Hall of Fame
Paul McClintock is one of the most respected swimming and diving officials in New York State with a long, decorated career that began in 1984. For 25 consecutive years, he held the head diving referee position at the NYSPHSAA Boys State Championships then served as head swim referee of that event for five years, all while he was the head referee for 40 postseason Section I Boys and Girls Championship meets that led up to states. McClintock has been the official rules interpreter for Section I since 1997, and he’s been in the same capacity with NYSPHSAA since 2018. Spanning over three decades, he was also a level 1A official along with the meet referee, starter, and strokes/turns official at over 30 meets per season during the regular season and in totality, has officiated nearly 2,000 scholastic swimming and diving meets. From 1991-97, Paul served as President of the Westchester County Swim Officials Association and was President of the New York State Certified Swim Officials Association in 2022-23. From 1996-2007, McClintock was the Commissioner of the Westchester Fairfield Swim League which began naming its highest award, given to the top high school male and female swimmer, after McClintock in 2007. That same year, he was awarded the prestigious USA Swimming Conoco Phillips Award for Outstanding Service and, a year later, was inducted into the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame. Paul’s valuable experience has also been utilized at the next level as a certified official at NCAA meets for over 30 years and as Meet Referee of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships for 14 years. A graduate of Archbishop Stepinac High School, McClintock earned a bachelor’s degree at Villanova and a master’s degree from Long Island University.