{"id":405523,"date":"2019-12-07T04:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=405523"},"modified":"2019-12-11T13:23:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T20:23:48","slug":"swimming-world-presents-qa-with-university-of-toronto-coach-byron-macdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-qa-with-university-of-toronto-coach-byron-macdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents &#8220;Q&#038;A with University of Toronto Coach Byron MacDonald&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Q&amp;A with University of Toronto Coach Byron MacDonald<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>By Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Byron MacDonald, a top-10 world-ranked butterflyer and Canadian Olympian, has made a living in Canada coaching University of Toronto athletes such as Kylie Masse and others to national and international prominence.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Byron MacDonald has placed swimmers on every Olympic team since he began coaching. They have won two Olympic medals and have set three world records.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">CREDENTIALS:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 University of Michigan, B.A., business, 1972; M.A., recreation\/kinesiology, 1975<br \/>\n\u2022 Head men\u2019s coach, University of Toronto, 1978-present; head women\u2019s coach, 1983-present<br \/>\n\u2022 Head coach, York University (Toronto), 1976-78<br \/>\n\u2022 Head coach, Canadian Pan Pacific team, 1989; FISU, 1985; FISU (WUG), 1993<br \/>\n\u2022 Assistant coach, Canadian Olympic team, 1992<br \/>\n\u2022 Won 58 conference titles and 24 national titles<br \/>\n\u2022 Finished sixth in 100 fly in 1972 Olympics; ranked in top 10 in world for five years in \u201970s; won two Commonwealth Games gold medals<br \/>\n\u2022 High school (New Trier West, Northfield, Ill.) and NCAA All-American<br \/>\n\u2022 Received 2 Gemini Awards (Canadian equivalent of Emmys) for Olympic TV coverage<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Q. SWIMMING WORLD:<\/span> <\/strong>Why did you start coaching?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A. COACH BYRON MacDONALD:<\/strong><\/span> I graduated with a business degree and started my MBA. But I always loved swimming and everything about it. As the impact of the coaching legends for whom I swam began to percolate, I bailed on the MBA and did a masters in recreation\/kinesiology. At the same time, I was coaching part time and loved it. A fortuitous opening in the Canadian university coaching ranks appeared just as I retired from competition at age 26, so I took it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To read more of our Q&amp;A with Coach MacDonald,<br \/>\nCheck out the December issue of Swimming World Magazine, available now!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2019\/swimming-world-magazine-december-2019-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"404430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-2019-female-world-and-american-swimmer-of-the-year-regan-smith-on-the-cover-of-december-2019-issue\/swimming-world-december-2019-cover-2019-world-swimmers-of-the-year-regan-smith-800x1070\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1070\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swimming World December 2019 Cover 2019 World Swimmers of the Year Regan Smith 800&#215;1070\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Swimming World December 2019 Cover 2019 World Swimmers of the Year Regan Smith 800&#215;1070&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;December 2019 &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-766x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-404430 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming World December 2019 Cover 2019 World Swimmers of the Year Regan Smith 800x1070\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-150x201.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-450x602.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-673x900.jpg 673w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-374x500.jpg 374w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Swimming-World-December-2019-Cover-2019-World-Swimmers-of-the-Year-Regan-Smith-800x1070-533x713.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Get <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em> and <em>Swimming World Biweekly<\/em> FREE When You<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product-category\/ishof-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product-category\/ishof-membership\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522345712821000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfwbLD2OaI21g28efcR0DZZlQSOQ\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want More? 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The list includes the top five performances for both female and male swimmers, with all swimmers eligible to appear only once.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>020 2019 SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn, Dan D\u2019Addona, Craig Lord and David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nWorld &amp; American: Regan Smith &amp; Caeleb Dressel, European: Katinka Hosszu &amp; Adam Peaty, Pacific Rim: Ariarne Titmus &amp; Daiya Seto, African: Tatjana Schoenmaker &amp; Chad le Clos<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>026 TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: WHEN BACKSTROKE WENT ROGUE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<br \/>\n<\/strong>It\u2019s been more than 30 years since the underwater dolphin kick altered the landscape of the backstroke event, and never more so than at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul did it play a greater role.<\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: XU YIMING<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: THE VERTICAL JUMP TEST FOR EVENT SELECTION<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Rod Havriluk<\/strong><br \/>\nThe vertical jump is a relatively simple test that reflects a swimmer\u2019s muscle fiber composition, which, in turn, can help select a swimmer\u2019s most competitive events. Using the VJ test to identify swimmers likely to excel in sprint or distance events may not only improve performance at an early age, but also avoid losing sprinters who are averse to distance training and distance swimmers who are discouraged by sprinting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>041 Q&amp;A WITH COACH BYRON MacDONALD<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>042 HOW THEY TRAIN KYLIE MASSE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>013 DRYSIDE TRAINING: HOLIDAY TRAINING<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>038 GOLDMINDS: WHAT MAKES GOOD COACHES GREAT?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Wayne Goldsmith<\/strong><br \/>\nCoaches change lives. They can inspire ordinary people to achieve remarkable and extraordinary things.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>045 UP &amp; COMERS: RYAN HOGAN<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COLUMNS&amp; SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>009 BEYOND THE YARDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>029 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>044 HASTY HIGH POINTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>046 DADS ON DECK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>047 GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>048 PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q&amp;A with University of Toronto Coach Byron MacDonald By Michael J. 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