THE EL PASO AQUA POSSE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL SWIM PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. EPAP WAS STARTED IN THE LATE FIFTIES BY OUR FIRST COACH AND CREATOR, MST.SGT. DICK McGUIRK. HE WAS THE ARMY’s COACH FOR THE FT. BLISS SWIM TEAM AND ALSO THE INSTRUCTOR AT THE EL PASO YMCA. THE SWIMMERS AT THE "Y" MADE HIM THEIR SWIM TEAM COACH AND HE CREATED THE FIRST EPAP LOGO IN 1957.