{"id":132664,"date":"2015-04-24T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=132664"},"modified":"2015-04-24T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T22:12:10","slug":"press-conference-video-bob-bowman-michael-phelps-coming-to-arizona-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/press-conference-video-bob-bowman-michael-phelps-coming-to-arizona-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Conference Video: Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps Coming to Arizona State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, Bob Bowman was announced as the new head swimming coach at Arizona State<\/a> during a press conference that took place at Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz.<\/p>\n

During the press conference, Athletics Director Ray Anderson talked about shooting for the moon by going after someone world-renowned like Bowman.<\/p>\n

Bowman and Anderson talk about the vision that they both have to make Arizona State a world-class program and one of the elites in the nation.<\/p>\n

Bowman also confirmed that Michael Phelps will follow him to Tempe.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Anderson and Bowman both spoke about their thoughts about implementing a nationally-prominent learn to swim program under the USA Swimming Foundation Make a Splash initiative.<\/p>\n

Bob Bowman – Arizona State Head Coach Press Conference<\/h2>\n