Coaching
Tyler began coaching swimming and water polo at West Orange High School, Winter Garden, Florida from 1979 to 1989. He has been head aquatics coach at Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida since 1990. He coached the Lake Mary Rams to a second place finish in 2004 and fourth place in 2005 at Florida state swimming championships. Tyler's boys' water polo team reached the 2005 state quarter finals, and the girls' the state 2005 semis and the 2007 quarter finals. In 2004-2005, Fred Tyler was recognized as both the Seminole Athletic Conference and Florida State 3A Coach of Year. Tyler passed on the Olympic torch by coaching gold medal winner Brad Bridgewater (200 meter backstroke at 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta), who attended Lake Mary High School from 1987-1990. Tyler teaches social studies and mathematics to exceptional education students.
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