Teaching and coaching
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| Following the Olympics, Tanabe enlisted in the United States Army from 1958-1960.<ref name=hawaiiswim/> After completing a Masters Degree at Indiana in Physical Education, he stayed in the United States mainland, and worked directing aquatics and coaching swimming at [[Hinsdale Central High School|Hinsdale High School]] outside Chicago from 1961-2. He later returned to his native Hawaii to teach and coach swimming and Water Polo at [[Kamehameha Schools]], and would continue his teaching career at Kamehmeha for over three decades. The Honolulu Kamehmeha School had a new pool by 1965 and at an annual Honolulu Private School swim meet, hosted at Kamehmeha in February 1965, Kamehameaha placed second to a powerful Punahou team in both the boy's and girl's division.<ref>"Punahou Sweeps Meet", ''Honolulu Star Bulletin'', Honolulu, Hawaii, 7 February 1965, pg. 47</ref> Kamehameha Schools, in Northern Honolulu, has a stated preference for accepting students of Native Hawaiian ancestry. Although originally located exclusively near Honolulu, Kamehameha Schools currently has campuses that support kindergarten through 12th grade in [[Kapālama]], [[Oʻahu]], [[Pukalani]], [[Maui]], and Keaʻau, Hawaiʻi, and has pre-schools state wide.<ref name=hawaiiswim>{{cite web |title=Richard "Sonny" Tanabe |url=http://www.hawaiiswim.org/legacy/sonny.html |website=hawaiiswim.org |accessdate=2019-11-11}}</ref><ref name=Olympedia>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51584|title=Sonny Tanabe, Olympedia Biography|website=www.olympedia.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref> After five years of swim coaching for the Varsity and Middle School teams at Kamehameaha, in 1972, due to heavy teaching responsibilities at Kamehameaha, Tanabe resigned as head swimming coach, and was replaced by fellow Olympian [[William Woolsey]].<ref>Ito, Monte, "Swim Great to Coach at Kam", ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', Honolulu, Hawaii, 14 July 1970, pg. 21</ref> | Following the Olympics, Tanabe enlisted in the United States Army from 1958-1960.<ref name=hawaiiswim/> After completing a Masters Degree at Indiana in Physical Education, he stayed in the United States mainland, and worked directing aquatics and coaching swimming at [[Hinsdale Central High School|Hinsdale High School]] outside Chicago from 1961-2. He later returned to his native Hawaii to teach and coach swimming and Water Polo at [[Kamehameha Schools]], and would continue his teaching career at Kamehmeha for over three decades. The Honolulu Kamehmeha School had a new pool by 1965 and at an annual Honolulu Private School swim meet, hosted at Kamehmeha in February 1965, Kamehameaha placed second to a powerful Punahou team in both the boy's and girl's division.<ref>"Punahou Sweeps Meet", ''Honolulu Star Bulletin'', Honolulu, Hawaii, 7 February 1965, pg. 47</ref> Kamehameha Schools, in Northern Honolulu, has a stated preference for accepting students of Native Hawaiian ancestry. Although originally located exclusively near Honolulu, Kamehameha Schools currently has campuses that support kindergarten through 12th grade in [[Kapālama]], [[Oʻahu]], [[Pukalani]], [[Maui]], and Keaʻau, Hawaiʻi, and has pre-schools state wide.<ref name=hawaiiswim>{{cite web |title=Richard "Sonny" Tanabe |url=http://www.hawaiiswim.org/legacy/sonny.html |website=hawaiiswim.org |accessdate=2019-11-11}}</ref><ref name=Olympedia>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51584|title=Sonny Tanabe, Olympedia Biography|website=www.olympedia.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref> After five years of swim coaching for the Varsity and Middle School teams at Kamehameaha, in 1972, due to heavy teaching responsibilities at Kamehameaha, Tanabe resigned as head swimming coach, and was replaced by fellow Olympian [[William Woolsey]].<ref>Ito, Monte, "Swim Great to Coach at Kam", ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', Honolulu, Hawaii, 14 July 1970, pg. 21</ref> Tanabe was also a long term American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor for the American Red Cross, as well as SCUBA Diving Instructor.</ref><ref name=islandnews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kitv.com/kakou/aging-we...b8-d9ff-11ee-8f47-677cecd3a0d8.html|title=Ako, Dianne, Aging Well: Retired Swim Coach Sonny Tanabe has spent his life as a Waterman|website=kitv.com|language=en-US|access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref> |
| Staying active in swimming, Tanabe tied for high point honors at an AAU Masters Swim Meet at the Punahou School pool in Honolulu in December 17, 1972.<ref>"Welsh, Tanabe Top Masters Swimmers", ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', Honolulu, Hawaii, 19 December 1972, pg. 36</ref> | Staying active in swimming, Tanabe tied for high point honors at an AAU Masters Swim Meet at the Punahou School pool in Honolulu in December 17, 1972.<ref>"Welsh, Tanabe Top Masters Swimmers", ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', Honolulu, Hawaii, 19 December 1972, pg. 36</ref> |
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