{"id":259683,"date":"2017-06-08T05:15:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=259683"},"modified":"2017-06-13T09:13:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T16:13:55","slug":"off-deck-arizona-head-coach-rick-demont-explains-why-hes-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/off-deck-arizona-head-coach-rick-demont-explains-why-hes-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Off Deck: Arizona Head Coach Rick DeMont Explains Why He&#8217;s Retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona head coach\u00a0<strong>Rick DeMont\u00a0<\/strong>announced his retirement last month after four seasons at the helm of the Wildcats&#8217; program and after more than three decades coaching at the school. 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