September 27, 2021

#193 Eddie Reese the GOAT

1 hour 38 minutes

Eddie Reese is the Head Coach of the Men's Swimming & Diving team at the University of Texas. He arrived in Austin, circa 1978, after 6 seasons at the helm of Auburn University. Since then, the Men's Swimming & Diving team at the University of Texas has won forty-two (42) straight Conference Championships and amassed fifteen (15) NCAA Championships.

Some of Eddie's swimmers include Bill Forrester, Rick Carey, Doug Gjertsen, Shaun Jordan, Neil Walker, Josh Davis, Nate Dusing, Ian Crocker, Brendan Hansen, Aaron Peirsol, Garrett Weber-Gale, Joseph Schooling, and Townley Haas.

"It's not a job. It's a lifestyle." - Eddie Reese on being a swim coach

Enjoy!

00:00 Swimming Sponsors

03:30 Hello Eddie Reese

04:30 Coming Back

06:00 Coaching Lifestyle

08:00 Sustained Success

09:30 Discipline

10:45 Have kids changed?

14:25 One Step Ahead

17:30 Before Texas

19:35 Rowdy Gaines

21:10 Bill Forrester

22:00 3 Reese brothers drown

25:18 Weak Stroke

26:45 Spin Drill

28:00 Breaststrokers Flutter Kick

30:12 Big, Strong, In Shape

33:45 Neil Walker

35:00 America First

37:54 Aaron Peirsol

39:45 Ian Crocker

40:55 Brendan Hansen

41:50 Weight training

45:00 Pressure to Change?

46:00 Eddie asks for NOTHING

47:30 Weekly Schedule

49:15 Art + Science

54:15 Fly Kick on Back

57:05 Kris Kubick

01:01:50 Self Evaluation

01:04:00 Advice

01:06:45 Nate Dusing

01:08:15 After Eddie

01:11:00 Successor

01:14:00 Scholarships

01:18:00 Intersquad

01:20:00 Winning Team

01:22:40 Austin Staab

01:23:15 Jo Schooling

01:23:40 Never rushed

01:25:45 No Secret Sauce

01:29:00 Hate to Lose

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