{"id":346969,"date":"2019-01-13T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=346969"},"modified":"2019-01-13T07:20:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T14:20:59","slug":"preview-swimmerjoe-show-with-florida-head-coach-anthony-nesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/preview-swimmerjoe-show-with-florida-head-coach-anthony-nesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: SwimmerJoe Show with Florida Head Coach Anthony Nesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Florida Head Men’s Swimming & Diving Coach Anthony Nesty<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will join hosts\u00a0Joe Auer<\/strong>\u00a0and Chris Emig<\/strong> on the SwimmerJoe Show on Sunday, Jan. 13 at 6:00 pm EST. The live event can be streamed on both the\u00a0Swimming World<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00a0Facebook pages. Replays will\u00a0also be available on Spotify and Amazon\u2019s Alexa.<\/p>\r\n

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In the pool, Nesty was a two-time Olympian and won the first gold medal for his country of Suriname in the 1988 Olympics. He then took home five NCAA titles for the University of Florida during his career. The only two Gators to have passed that mark of five national championships are Caeleb Dressel<\/strong><\/a> and Ryan Lochte<\/strong><\/a>. He was inducted into the UF Athletic Hall of Fame in April 2002.<\/p>\r\n

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Entering his 21st season coaching at his alma mater, Nesty was promoted to Head Coach of the men’s team. Prior to this year, he helped\u00a0Florida athletes to 1,148 All-America honors, 43 individual national championships, eight SEC Championship teams, 177 SEC titles, 10 top-10 team finishes and two top-three team finishes at NCAAs, and\u00a042 Olympians who have won a total of 23 medals, including 11 gold. Nesty has also served as the head coach of the Suriname Olympic team three times (2008, 2012, 2016).<\/p>\r\n

Further upcoming episodes will stream on Sunday nights at 6:00pm EST. Next week\u2019s show will feature NC State Head Coach Braden Holloway<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

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