Tom DeLong was an all-conference diver on two state championship swimming & diving teams (1958-59). In 1958, he earned All-American honors and was the state championship runner up. DeLong was also a two-year member of the LBCC football team (1957-58) and was a part of the 1958 Alfalfa Bowl championship squad. Following LBCC, he took his two-sport talents to the University of Denver (1959-61) and twice earned All-Skyline Conference honors as a diver (1960-61). DeLong returned to California to become the head coach of the swimming  (1966-92) and water polo (1967-75) teams at Foothill High School in Santa Ana. He was named California High School Coach of the Year in 1975, Orange County Coach of the Year in 1976, and was inducted into the CIF Hall of Fame in 2005. He is also a member of the Long Beach Lifeguard’s Hall of Fame (2010).

* - Emeritus Inductee