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Less than 48 hours after the University of Texas men\u2019s team secured its 15th national championship<\/a>, coach Eddie Reese<\/strong> announced his retirement after 43 years<\/a>. The news came as a surprise to the swimming community, and even those in Reese\u2019s near orbit did not know until days before. Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte<\/strong> said Monday that Reese called him from Greensboro, a few hours before the Longhorns secured their national championship, and it was during that meet that Reese told his assistant coach, Wyatt<\/strong> Collins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEddie told me at NCAAs. He pulled me aside during the meet, and we had a conversation,\u201d Collins said. \u201cDespite my best attempts to throw some Eddie-isms at him or get him to reconsider or to postpone, at least, for a couple days or a couple weeks and think about it some more, he was pretty adamant about it. He told me that he and (his wife) Elinor<\/strong> had spoken on and off for a few weeks. He felt like it was time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point, I broke down crying, as I think a lot of people in that situation would have done. He has meant a heck of a lot to me. I wouldn\u2019t be where I am in life without him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Texas swimmers learned of Reese\u2019s decision in a 3 p.m. meeting on Monday that also included postgraduate swimmers training in Austin, support staff and former Texas assistant coach Kris<\/strong> Kubik<\/strong>. \u201cIt was emotional,\u201d Collins said. \u201cIt was extremely emotional. A lot of tears were shed. Kris Kubik was there, and he opened things up and talked about their time together. It was a powerful meeting. Eddie said a lot of great things in a way that only Eddie can. I don\u2019t know if there was a dry eye in the room. It was a lot to comprehend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins swam one year for Texas after transferring from Boston University, and he became the volunteer assistant coach for the team in 2013. After three seasons in that role, he was promoted to assistant coach when Kris Kubik retired after the 2016 Olympic Trials. Texas\u2019 press release on Monday<\/a> announced that Collins would become interim head coach following this year\u2019s Olympic Trials, but until then, nothing about the day-to-day operation of the program will change. In particular, Collins has led the Longhorns\u2019 recruiting efforts for the last five years, and he will continue to direct that area.<\/p>\n

\u201cEddie is still going to be on deck. He\u2019s still head coach, and he is still running this program. Once Trials comes to pass, he\u2019s going to be head coach emeritus. He\u2019ll still be able to be on deck, still be able to coach, still be able to work with the guys,\u201d Collins said. \u201cI\u2019m approaching everything the same way I\u2019ve approached the past five years with Ed. I\u2019m taking orders from him and working together with him to figure out how to best navigate the next few months getting to Trials.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When discussing the future head coach of the program in his retirement press conference, Reese said, \u201cReal good feeling on it, but it\u2019s not happening until after Trials.\u201d Regarding any possible changes in the program following this summer, Collins had no comment.<\/p>\n

After Collins had been his assistant for one year, Reese said, \u201cThe guys came to me after I hired Wyatt, and they said, \u2018If you\u2019d have retired with Kris and Wyatt would have stayed, no one would have left,\u2019 so that\u2019s a real complement to Wyatt, and he\u2019s done a phenomenal job.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was in 2017, and Reese has continued to speak glowingly of Collins in the years since,. Hours after Reese\u2019s retirement announcement, Collins was only grateful for Reese\u2019s mentorship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just super, super grateful to have had these experiences and these last 10 years with Eddie. He has been a huge part of my life, and he\u2019s going to continue to be a huge part of my life, no matter what happens. He\u2019s been a friend, a mentor, a father figure, a questionably good joke teller, sometimes,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can impart wisdom to you in any situation, whether it\u2019s sitting on the bleachers, in a pool, on a plane, whether it\u2019s in an airport, in the weight room, out to dinner, in a car ride, and it can seemingly come out of nowhere, sometimes. You might be talking hamburgers, and he drops a nugget on you where it\u2019s like, wow, that just shook my world. Usually, you walk away with a little more experience than when you sat down with him. That\u2019s why he\u2019s Eddie Reese. That\u2019s why there\u2019s never going to be anyone like him. We\u2019re all better for having him in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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