George Block​

George Block served the Northside Independent School District (NISD) as a swim coach and athletic administrator for 35 years, during which time he developed swimmers who excelled at the high school, collegiate, Olympic and world levels. ​

Block became Director of Aquatics for NISD in 1977 and Assistant Director of Athletics in 1993.  He retired in 2009 and the district honored him by re-naming its pool the George Block Aquatics Center.  During his tenure at Northside, Block also served as head swim coach of the U.S. Modern Pentathlon team and served USA Swimming in many official roles. He developed eight Olympians from four countries in three different sports; swimming, triathlon and pentathlon. His elite swimmers qualified for Olympic Trials from 1984 through 2000 and his high school swimmers earned 52 UIL State gold medals, more than 285 All-American designations, and numerous national and junior championship victories.​

Block is a founder of the San Antonio Sports Foundation (now San Antonio Sports) and has served the nonprofit by chairing numerous committees and projects, and as San Antonio Sports chairman in 2012-13. He has been inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame and received the Rings of Gold individual award from the United States Olympic Committee in 2012.​