Kim Goodwin
2020 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Contributor)
2002-2003 NEM News article producer – My Swimming Life
2001-2002 NEM News article producer – How I Train
2001 February NEM News NEM Thanks…
2000-2004 NEM VP of Meets
1999-2001 NEM News article producer – How Do They Swim So Fast
1998 March NEM News Spotlight on Volunteers – Eileen Craffey and Kim Goodwin
1997-2004 NEM Officials Chair
1995-2004 Workout contact for Dedham High School
1984-2004 NEM Executive Committee
1984-1987 Mini Meet Director (Lawrence, Dedham, Rosemary Pool, 1-Hour Swim & 1650 at BC)
1984 NEM 1-Hour Swim Coordinator
1983 April NEM News Kim Goodwin – Profile of a Lovely Backstroker
USMS Certified Coach Level 1 & 2
USMS Records
Pool – 1 lifetime relay
USMS All-American
Pool – 3 relay
USMS Top Ten – 40 individual, 25 relay
Club: New England Masters (NEM)
Kim Goodwin was born in Boston in 1958 and began swimming at the Hyde Park YMCA at age seven. The four-lane, 20-yard pool became a second home to her until she went to college. She was recruited and swam at Boston College for four years but her true love quickly became water polo. She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in special needs (later also getting a master’s degree).
In 1984 she began swimming Masters and hasn’t stopped since. She has coached swimming at the age group, high school (MIAA Coach of the Year in 2006), and Masters levels and been a MIAA official for about 20 years. “Of course, my love of swimming and coaching knows no bounds... I couldn't imagine life without being immersed in water and/or on a pool deck just about every day!” she says.
Kim was a learning disabilities teacher in Salem, NH, for four years and then worked for the Boston Public Schools for 38 years, retiring in 2018. She and her husband Bill have been married for 39 years and have three kids, Joey, Tim, and Mike.