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Who’s Coaching Team USA? The Candidates for the Tokyo Olympics Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

With six out of eight days at the United States Olympic Trials complete, the Olympic team has begun to take shape, and enough swimmers have begun to qualify in multiple events to allow second-place finishers to be added to the women\u2019s team, with the men\u2019s team poised to add more swimmers once Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> adds more events to what should be a busy Olympic schedule.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, it\u2019s worth taking a look at which coaches will be selected to join the official Olympic staff for training camp and the Games. The guidelines to identifying potential members of the staff are fairly simple: Which coaches put the most swimmers on the Olympic team, and which coaches\u2019 swimmers will make the biggest impact at the Tokyo Olympics?<\/p>\n

Cal men\u2019s coach Dave Durden<\/strong> and Stanford women\u2019s coach Greg Meehan<\/strong> were selected as head men\u2019s and women\u2019s coaches of the Olympic team, respectively, in late 2018, although those nominations were essentially locks years before. That covers the primary coaches for several of the top swimmers on the team. Durden coaches backstroke gold medalist Ryan Murphy<\/strong> and Meehan is responsible for Katie Ledecky<\/strong>. In addition to those two, three coaches will be picked to primarily focus on the men and for the women.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s take a look at some of the primary candidates.<\/p>\n

Gregg Troy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This is an obvious option for this list since Troy is the primary coach for Caeleb<\/strong> Dressel<\/strong>. Dressel has only qualified for the team in the 100 free so far, but he\u2019s expected to add the 100 fly and 50 free to his slate before the meet ends. Troy is no longer the head coach at the University of Florida, focusing solely on the pro group, so he is not directly responsible for freestylers Kieran Smith<\/strong> and Bobby<\/strong> Finke<\/strong>, so that might earn a second Florida coach a look here, such as Gators head coach Anthony Nesty<\/strong> or associate head coach Steve Jungbluth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ray Looze<\/h3>\n

Lilly King<\/strong> is the most established star qualified for this Olympic team outside of Ledecky, so her coach, Indiana\u2019s Looze, is a good candidate here. Looze could end up on the women\u2019s staff or the men\u2019s since he has also placed Zach<\/strong> Apple<\/strong>, Blake Pieroni<\/strong> and now Annie Lazor<\/strong><\/a> on the team for the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n

Mike Parratto<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Regan Smith<\/strong> is seen as a virtual certainty to qualify for the Olympic team in the 200 back Saturday, which would give her three events for the Tokyo Olympics, more than any swimmer besides Ledecky. She still owns the 200 back world record, and she will be a contender for medals (some of them gold) in all three individual events as well as on the 400 medley relay.<\/p>\n

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Georgia coach Jack Bauerle with Texas women’s coach Carol Capitani at Olympic Trials<\/a> — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Jack Bauerle<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Georgia Bulldogs have been on fire all week, and they have now qualified six swimmers for the team: Chase Kalisz<\/strong>, Jay Litherland<\/strong>, Andrew<\/strong> Wilson<\/strong>, Nic<\/strong> Fink<\/strong>, Olivia<\/strong> Smoliga<\/strong> and Natalie<\/strong> <\/a>Hinds<\/a><\/strong>. That\u2019s by far the most swimmers of any coach in Omaha. Bauerle had Melanie<\/strong> Margalis<\/strong> miss out, but he deserves credit for helping Fink and Smoliga each bounce back from very disappointing third-place swims earlier in the week to get onto the team in the last couple days. Kalisz, in particular, is a medal favorite in the I.M.s.<\/p>\n

Todd DeSorbo<\/strong><\/h3>\n

No coach has had a better year than Todd<\/strong> DeSorbo<\/strong>. The Virginia coach led his women\u2019s team to an utterly dominant performance at the NCAA championships and the Cavaliers\u2019 first team championship, and now his team has officially placed three swimmers on the Olympic team, Paige<\/strong> Madden<\/strong> in the 400 free and on the 800 free relay and Alex<\/strong> Walsh<\/strong> and Kate<\/strong> Douglass<\/strong> in the 200 I.M. Catie DeLoof<\/strong> also trains at Virginia, and she could be added to the team as a 400 free relay alternate.<\/p>\n

Bob Bowman<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bowman has been on the last four Olympic team coaching staffs as the primary mentor to Michael<\/strong> Phelps<\/strong>, but an Olympics nod this time would be for the women\u2019s team. He has placed Hali Flickinger<\/strong> on her second Olympic team\u2014this time as a gold-medal contender in the 200 fly\u2014and also Allison Schmitt<\/strong> on her fourth.<\/p>\n

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Texas men’s coaches Wyatt Collins and Eddie Reese, who is not interested in coaching for the U.S. team at the Olympics\u00a0— Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Eddie Reese<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After his last meet as the head coach at Texas, USA Swimming might want Eddie Reese<\/strong> join the team for one last hurrah. So far this week, Reese has three swimmers on the team: Townley Haas<\/strong> and Drew<\/strong>\u00a0Kibler<\/strong> in the 200 free and Gunnar Bentz<\/strong> (in a huge surprise) in the 200 fly. However, Swimming World<\/em> has learned that Reese is not interested in joining the U.S. staff.<\/p>\n

Peter Andrew<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Peter Andrew has just one swimmer who has qualified for the team, his son Michael<\/strong>, but Michael will be a big-time player for the Americans as a medal favorite in the 100 breast and arguably the gold-medal favorite in the 200 I.M<\/a>. The drawback for Peter\u2019s case on the team is that he coaches just one swimmer in a very unique, specific training style (USRPT). That works for Andrew, but it seems unlikely Durden would assign Peter to coach an entire group of swimmers either in that style or an unfamiliar style, so we\u2019ll see if this ends up being a fit.<\/p>\n

Ron Aitken<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This one could be a longshot, but Aitken has placed Erica Sullivan<\/strong> on the Olympic team as the second-place finisher in the women\u2019s 1500 free, and Bella Sims<\/strong> is likely to be added as a relay alternate in the 800 free relay after finishing fifth in the 200 free. Sims will also be a contender to qualify for the team in the 800 free, where she was the second-fastest qualifier for the final. Coaches that are primarily age group club coaches are rarely considered for Olympic team spots, but maybe no team has been more surprisingly impressive this week than Aitken\u2019s Sandpipers of Nevada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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