Eddie Reese
Reese will embark on his third Olympic head swim coaching assignment in 2008, after serving at the helm of the U.S. Men’s Olympic Swimming Team in both 2004 and 1992. He was also a three-time Olympic assistant swim coach, in 2000, 1996 and 1988.
“Eddie Reese is without a doubt the best coach in America, if not the world,” Schubert said. “No coach in recent memory has had three world record holders and three Olympic gold medalists in the same program. His job at the 2004 Olympics in Athens as the men’s team head coach, and the success he’s had since, made him the hands-down choice to lead our men’s team in Beijing.”
Reese concluded his 28th season at the University of Texas in 2005-06 where he serves as the head swim coach of the men’s swimming team. Among his most successful swimmers, Reese coaches world record-holders Ian Crocker, Brendan Hansen and Aaron Peirsol. In addition, Reese’s Longhorns have won 27 consecutive conference titles and nine NCAA team titles. In 2005-06, UT finished fourth in the nation at the NCAA Swimming and Diving National Championships.
Already an eight-time NCAA Swim Coach of the Year, Reese won four coaching awards in 2005-06. He was named USA Swimming Coach of the Year and was given the same distinction by the American Swimming Coaches Association. Reese was also awarded the 2005 Terao Award by the World Swimming Coaches Association, as the top swim coach of the 2001-2004 quadrennium and was named the 2006 Big 12 Male Swimming Coach of the Year.
Jack Bauerle
Bauerle embarks on his second Olympic swim coaching assignment, having also served as an assistant swim coach for the 2000 Olympic Women’s Swimming Team. Additionally, Bauerle served as a personal swim coach at the Athens Olympics in 2004 where four Georgia swimmers brought home Olympic medals.
“Jack Bauerle is a consummate team coach. What he has done at the University of Georgia represents the pinnacle of team swimming, which is what the U.S. Olympic Team is all about,” Schubert said. “He brings a fun approach to the sport, and that will be key to producing Olympic success for our women’s team.”
Bauerle has spent the past 27 seasons at the University of Georgia, where he has served as head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming teams. In his tenure at Georgia, he has produced four NCAA Women’s titles and six SEC Women’s titles and has been named NCAA coach of the year five times. He has also been the SEC coach of the year 11 times.
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