Lessons With The Legends - (Tag)

Lessons with the Legends: Coach Jerry Holtrey By Michael J. Stott Indelible—and successful—is the impression left on retired swim coach Jerry Holtrey by his mentors, Glen Hummer, Gus Stager and Doc Counsilman. Indelible—and caring—is the lasting impact he has had on the thousands of athletes he h...

Lessons With The Legends: Coach Cecil Colwin By Michael J. Stott Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. Cecil Colwin was a man for all seasons and many disciplines. Born in 1927 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Colw.....

Lessons with the Legends: Ron O'Brien Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The May issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Ron O'Brien. O’Brien was a national champion div...

Lessons with the Legends: Hobie Billingsley Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear "Humble, curious, collegial, driven. Hobie Billingsley was all of these and much more. Born in 1927 and a child of the Depression, he was raised by his mother in a hardscrabble existence. Early on, he discovered an ability an....

Lessons with the Legends: Diving Coach Xu Yiming By Michael J. Stott Well known to diving cognoscenti and international diving coaches—and revered at home—diving coach Xu Yiming has been a seminal figure in his native China since the early 1970s. “He led Chinese diving from a somewhat competitive...

Lessons with the Legends: Cal-Berkeley Coach Karen Moe Humphreys By Michael J. Stott Before and after she became the first women’s head coach at the University of California-Berkeley, Karen Moe was a fighter. Born in the Philippines and educated in California, Moe emerged as a standout swimmer un...

Lessons with the Legends: John Collins Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The September issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach John Collins. A lawyer by education and w...

Lessons with the Legends: Jack Roach Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The January issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Jack Roach. In more than four decades of coac...

Lessons With The Legends: Doc Counsilman Sponsored by Dolfin Swimming World continues its “Lessons With the Legends,” a series in which top coaches share secrets of their success, in the July issue with a feature on Doc Counsilman, two-time Olympic head coach and college coach at Indiana. In this mo...

Lessons with the Legends: Matt Mann II - August 2018 Issue Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The August issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Matt Mann II. Michigan a...

Lessons with the Legends: Penny Taylor Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The January issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Penny Taylor. Taylor, known early on for he...

Lessons with the Legends: Mary Freeman Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The December issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Mary Freeman. Before Teri McKeever became ...

Lessons with the Legends: Walter Schlueter Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The April issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Walter Schlueter. Currently, the American...

Lessons with the Legends: University of Utah's Coach Don Reddish If ever a swim coach labored in the fields, it just may be the University of Utah’s Don Reddish. “I was extremely lucky,” he says. “Forty-nine years at the university. Every morning I wanted to get to work as quickly as I could. In swi...

Lessons with the Legends: Mike Peppe Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The March issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Mike Peppe of Ohio State. Last March when Texas...

Lessons with the Legends: Ray Bussard Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The November  issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Ray Bussard. In the 1950s and 1960s, he co...

Lessons with the Legends: Joszef Nagy Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The April issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Jozsef Nagy. Nagy has been a stalwart on the c...

The debut of the October cover is quickly approaching and will feature one of swimming's biggest names on the cover. Swimming World's newest cover swimmer has been turning heads for several years, collecting Olympic and World Championship medals alike. This summer she continued to turn heads with do...

Lessons with the Legends: Ron Ballatore Sponsored by Dolfin Swimwear Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. The March issue of Swimming World Magazine highlights the many accomplishments of Coach Ron Ballatore. Ballatore coached the UCLA Br...

The month of June is quickly approaching and Swimming World Magazine is turning it's attention from collegiate swimming to the professional circuit. The June cover will feature one of swimming's top female athletes, Katie Ledecky, as she prepares to take command of the professional realm. A special...