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Little did a 16-year-old Rohan Taylor<\/strong> realise that he would one day become the latest National Head Coach of the same Australian Olympic Swim Team<\/a> that showed up in his family backyard in San Jose in 1984.<\/p>\n

Taylor was born in Melbourne in 1968 but grew up in Hong Kong and the United States with his father working for various companies in the human resources sector.<\/p>\n

And while in San Jose, California, the talented teenager started swimming under renown South African-born freestyle world record holder Jonty Skinner<\/strong> \u2013 who had turned his hand to coaching.<\/p>\n

And teen Taylor actually swam against the Australian Olympians in the San Jose lead up meet en-route to the LA Games and the team coaches connected with the Taylor family.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext thing you know I\u2019ve got the entire Australian Swim Team in my backyard \u2013 I couldn\u2019t believe it \u2013 people like Jon Sieben, Neil Brooks, Lisa Curry, Ron McKeon<\/strong> all having a barbeque,\u201d recalled Taylor today, after his anointing to replace Jacco Verhaeren<\/strong><\/a> as Australia\u2019s new National Head Swim Coach for next year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a dream come true for me being a young swimmer and having your idols walk through the side gate just before the \u201984 Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it is something he has never forgotten.<\/p>\n

\"Rohan

TAKING THE REINS: Australia’s latest National Head Swimming Coach Rohan Taylor with predecessor Jacco Verhaeren Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

As a young Taylor continued to work his way through High School and College in California he began casual coaching under another aspiring coach in Dave Salo <\/strong>at Irvine Novaquatics – who would also go on to become a mainstay on the US National Team, and the long-standing Head Coach at USC, a role he has only just relinquished<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs it turned out I had learnt so much from Jonty and Dave that when I returned to Australia I was ready to take on coaching and I loved it,\u201d said Taylor, who landed a role with at Shoalhaven in NSW, before moving on to Carey Aquatic and Nunawading \u2013 coaching the likes of Sarah Katsoulis,<\/strong> Belinda Hocking, Ashley Delaney<\/strong>, Shayne Reese, Travis Mahoney, Josh Beaver <\/strong>and Leisel Jones<\/strong>\u2013 who he steered to Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008.<\/p>\n

Taylor also served a term as the president of the Australian Swimming Coaches And Teachers Association (ASCTA) and he has spent the last three years working alongside Verhaeren and the National Team coaches \u2013 in a coach leader role as well as his 9-5 position as the Victorian and Tasmanian State Head Coach in what has turned out to be the perfect stepping stones to his role as the new National Head Coach.<\/p>\n

Taylor, who turns 52 on Friday, is ready to step into the successful shoes of Verhaeren, who will honour his family by returning to his native Holland<\/a> for his teenage sons to complete their schooling \u2013 his stay cut short by the postponement of the Tokyo Games for 12 months.<\/p>\n

Verhaeren had been contracted to Swimming Australia until November, when he was always preparing to return home and after lengthy discussions with SA High Performance strategist and two-time Canadian Olympic gold medallist (also in \u201984), Alex Baumann,<\/strong> Verhaeren knew he could not provide a 100 percent commitment for another term.<\/p>\n

\"Rohan

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: One of the key components towards building a good team. Rohan Taylor working with World Championship breaststroker Jess Hansen. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

And he leaves swimming in Australia and the Australian Dolphins in good shape after he steered them to a successful 2019 World Championships and in the best of hands with Taylor transitioning from his coach leader\/mentor role into becoming the new head man.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honour and a privilege to have this opportunity to take over and continue what Jacco has put in place,\u201d Taylor said yesterday as he “Zoomed into” his first official online press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be my job is to continue the work Jacco has done and to make sure the athletes and the coaches have everything they need (to succeed).<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously there are a number of barriers coming forward with COVID-19 and that\u2019s going to be a challenge but really to facilitate that and to help maintain the campaign plans with the Australian Olympic Committee and when we get the opportunity to select our team, transition into Tokyo as seamless as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to give the coaches and athletes the best opportunity to perform and because I\u2019ve been involved with the team for the last number of years under Jacco and the leadership group I\u2019m familiar with that and it gives me good confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know who I\u2019m working with and I know my role and what I need to do and that\u2019s a supporting role and a guiding hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rohan

PERFECT TIMING: After three years working as a National Team mentor and leadership coach Rohan Taylor now the Head Man. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

Taylor said it was a privilege to follow in the footsteps of some of the best known coaches in Australian Olympic history \u2013 including the likes of the late\u00a0Terry Buck, Bill Sweetenham, Don Talbot, Leigh Nugent, Alan Thompson<\/strong> and Verhaeren.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I\u2019m going to need a little bit of time to let it sink in but from my point of view I\u2019m in this position because I\u2019m standing on the shoulders of those before me,” said Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a familiar face around the team; I do have some leadership responsibilities around the team; Jacco and I have worked extremely well together; so I was thinking this is clearly the best thing to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is all about building relationships. Jacco had to build a lot of relationships (when he arrived into the role in 2014) with a lot of people \u2013 we didn\u2019t know him well \u2013 he didn\u2019t know us \u2013 so as a coach on the pool deck he really reached out to build that relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd myself moving into a supportive role basically an extension of that; I had been working with the coaches on team and I think there are really good trusting, honest relationships amongst the coaches which ultimately helps support their environment which ultimately helps the athlete and builds that (trust).<\/p>\n

\"Rohan

IN THE BOX SEAT: Rohan Taylor with St Peters Western Coach Dean Boxall in the lead up to last year’s World Championships. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cFor me personally I transitioned off the pool deck so I had to learn how to detach from that environment and become more of a global thinker; be more aware of the unique differences of what peoples needs are and what athletes and coaches in our unique sport need and really listen more and spend more time processing and engaging in that way,\u201d said Taylor.<\/p>\n

The father of two girls said he is excited but at the same time, he knows he has to temper that excitement with a bit of patience because he knows it\u2019s about slowly easing back into that normal training routine (with) competitions still a long way off.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I love about our sport and what I love about being around the team is the work ethic; the athletes putting themselves through their paces; their competitions that are a way off; so I have to stay patient and focused on what can we do now to help?\u201d said Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are the important pieces that we can put in place that maybe aren\u2019t there but are going to lead us towards that and (as many people know) I like to run at 100 miles an hour so this is a test for me\u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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