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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Unlike recent predecessor\u00a0Frank Busch<\/strong>, USA Swimming National Team Managing Director\u00a0Lindsay Mintenko\u00a0<\/strong>is not, by trade, a swim coach.<\/p>\n

Busch was the head coach at the University of Arizona for 22 years, leading the Wildcats to a pair of NCAA titles in 2008. In contrast, the coaching experience on Mintenko’s r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is\u00a0the\u00a0five years she spent as an assistant under Mark Schubert<\/strong> at USC, which overlapped with her career as a professional swimmer.<\/p>\n

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Lindsay Benko on April 2002 cover of Swimming World Magazine<\/p><\/div>\n

Then known as Lindsay Benko<\/a>, she was one of the best in the world in the 100 and 200 freestyle during the early 2000s. After winning five NCAA titles while at USC, Benko won a pair of Olympic gold medals as a part of American women\u2019s 800 free relay squads in 2000 and 2004. She also won three individual golds during her career at the Short Course World Championships.<\/p>\n

And since 2006, she\u2019s been the No. 2 figure leading the National Team, first behind Schubert and later Busch, operating mostly behind the scenes. Now, even though her title won\u2019t change, Mintenko is ascending\u00a0to the No. 1 spot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The job is much the same as the one she stepped into more than a decade ago, one which prepared her for the promotion better than any time spent coaching could have. The main difference: she will be more visible, both to the public and to the athletes and coaches representing the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a little more leadership I\u2019m going to be providing, especially in team meetings and stuff like that,\u201d Mintenko said, \u201cbut a lot of what I\u2019ll be doing is what I\u2019ve been doing for the past 11 years, just more in a leadership role and more involved and more decision-making.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, Mintenko has been plenty involved over the past 11 years, including helping to lead a massive internal audit after the Rio Olympics where Olympic athletes and coaches as well as athletes\u2019 personal coaches were all interviewed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt ended up being a much bigger project than we thought it was going to be,\u201d Mintenko said, laughing.<\/p>\n

A common refrain from that audit: \u201cWe need to make our events more exciting.\u201d And that led directly to the changes to USA Swimming\u2019s Pro Swim Series, where knockout-style 50s, a mystery 200 IM and a mixed medley relay will all be included in three of this year\u2019s meets.<\/p>\n

No, Mintenko\u2019s expertise is not as a coach, but there\u2019s no hands-on coaching involved in her job. After announcing his plans for retirement earlier this year, Busch explained that \u201cI felt like my job was not to coach athletes anymore.\u201d Instead, he was and Mintenko now is in a position to help and to serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never tell a coach what to do with their athlete. My job is to say, \u2018If you have any questions, we\u2019ll talk about it. What support can I give to help you with your athlete to get better, to take the next step?\u2019\u201d Busch said. \u201cYou have to understand that we are a service industry, and the more we serve, the better our chance for success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mintenko\u2019s goals, as she explained them just a few days after her promotion was announced? Almost the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to support the athletes and coaches,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s what our job is. Help them be the best they can be so when it comes time to do their job when they get up on the blocks, they can do it without any distractions.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Busch offered in coaching experience, Mintenko has competitive experience. Her leadership style likely will be much different, in part because she is much closer in age to most of the team than Busch was.<\/p>\n

In fact, two of Mintenko\u2019s teammates from the 2004 Olympics, Dana Vollmer<\/strong> and Ryan<\/strong> Lochte<\/strong>, are still active swimmers, while Michael Phelps<\/strong> and Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> have only recently stepped away from the pool.<\/p>\n

But as much as she can, Mintenko wants to keep the status quo. After all, why fix what isn\u2019t broken? As Busch put it, any job at USA Swimming is a \u201cperformance-based operation,\u201d and performances have been strong as of late: 32 medals, 16 of them gold, at the Rio Olympics, and a record-tying 38 medals, 18 of them gold, at this summer\u2019s World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n

Mintenko has every intention of keeping the infrastructure that helped produce those medals in place\u2014except, of course, Busch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a great group of people that work in the National Team division, so I don\u2019t expect that changing by any big means or anything like that,\u201d Mintenko said. \u201cI may have a different take on it, but Frank and I worked really well together for many years, so I don\u2019t expect massive changes to come anytime soon.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we\u2019ve already started the process for 2020, so I don\u2019t anticipate that changing, either,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After Mintenko\u2019s promotion was announced, the reaction was unanimously positive, and Mintenko was getting more public attention than she had at any point since retiring after the 2004 Olympics. And all that made Mintenko feel a bit uncomfortable but no less prepared for the job standing in front of her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not me, first of all. I like the behind-the-scenes work,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m very flattered by the people who are supporting me. I\u2019m very blessed by the people who are supporting me. But I know that this role comes with challenges, and I\u2019m willing to take them on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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