Career
In 1975, at 17 years of age, while representing Pine Crest High School at an Amateur Athletic Union swimming meet, he broke Jim Montgomery"s 12-day-old 100 metre freestyle world record. After graduation from Pine Crest in 1976, Coan attended the University of Tennessee on a swimming scholarship. Coan broke four American records while at University of Tennessee - the 50, 100, 200 and the 4x50 freestyle relay.
In 1978, his sophomore year, he led the Tennessee Volunteers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and was named the university"s Athlete of the Year.
Coan was inducted into Pine Crest High School"s Athletic Hall of Fame. Current athlete nephews of Andy are Matthew and Kyle Coan, both raised in Fort Lauderdale and coached by Jack Nelson while combining for 8 state championships while attending the Saint Thomas Aquinas High School.
After upper school each respectively received athletic scholarship offers to attend the University of Florida receiving while training distance freestyles.
