Coaches, Overview

Jack Bauerle is the consummate team coach. What he has done at the University of Georgia represents the pinnacle of team swimming, which is what the U.S. Olympic Team is all about. He brings a fun approach to the sport, and that will be key to producing Olympic success for our women’s team.”

John Leonard has been the Executive Director of the American Swimming Coaches Association in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since assuming that post in January of 1985.

Valeri Viktorovich Liukin was born December 17, 1966, Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR, and is a world class former gymnast for the Soviet Union. He was a 1988 Olympics gold medalist and the first man to do a triple back flip on floor and both a layout reverse hect and a Jaeger with full twist on high bar.

No discussion on elite swim coaches in the world would be complete without the mention of Eddie Reese. Reese has been the head coach of the University of Texas Men’s Swim team since 1978, and has experienced success at every level possible since then—from coaching NCAA All-Americans and winning nine NCAA Team Titles, to becoming the head coach of the United States Men’s Olympics Swim Team three times.

One of the most loved coaches in the sport of swimming, Jon Urbanchek has trained many of the world's best athletes.  Most well known for his 22 year tenure as the head coach at the University of Michigan, Jon is considered one of the finest swimming coaches to ever grace the pool deck. Whether it be his success in the Big Ten, at the club level, or coaching the USA Swimming National Teams, Urbanchek has reached greatness at every level.