{"id":135807,"date":"2015-06-08T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T17:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=135807"},"modified":"2015-06-08T13:12:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T20:12:57","slug":"lessons-with-the-legends-jon-urbanchek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lessons-with-the-legends-jon-urbanchek\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons with the Legends: Jon Urbanchek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lessons with the Legends: Jon Urbanchek<\/h2>\n

Sponsored by: Dolfin<\/a><\/h2>\n

PHOENIX-A common thread throughout Jon Urbanchek\u2019s career\u2014whether it be with his high school swimming and water polo teams or those at Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team (FAST), Long Beach State, Michigan, the United States or Club Wolverine\u2014is victory.
\nThanks to an ability to sell science and physiology, he not only developed world-class swimmers, but relationships that will continue to influence swimming long after he leaves the deck.
\nUrbanchek\u2019s hall of fame credentials are, indeed, legendary: ASCA (2004); Long Beach State (2004); International Swimming (2008); Michigan Sports (2010). His International coaching assignments include the USA Olympic team (1988-2012); USA World Championships (1986, 1990 as assistant; 1994, 1998 as head coach); Pan Pacific Championships (1999, 2002, 2006); and Pan Am Games (1983, 1987, 2003).
\nAt the collegiate level, he piloted the University of Michigan from 1982 to 2004, compiling an overall dual meet record of 163-34 (100-4 in the Big Ten Conference) while winning 13 conference titles. His 1995 NCAA championship team, which won every freestyle event and boasted eight Olympians, is considered one of the most powerful of all time. For his efforts, he was named 1995 NCAA and ASCA Coach of the Year (also ASCA, 1990). And he was a nine-time Big Ten Coach of the Year.
\nAt the Olympic level, 44 of Urbanchek\u2019s swimmers have represented their native countries and have won more than 20 medals.
\nAfter retiring from the top job at Michigan, he served as one of the High Performance coaches at Club Wolverine and special assistant to the USA Swimming National Team Director before departing for FAST to coach the USOC-supported post graduate program. He is currently in his third year as a volunteer coach at USC, assisting his former swimmer, Dr. Dave Salo (Long Beach State \u201978).
\nIn the June 2015 Issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em> Coach Urbanchek shares the secrets of his success with writer Michael J. Stott. (See article pages 8-10)<\/p>\n

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