Bob Bowman
3/4/202648 min
In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Katie Hoff sits down in Austin, Texas with legendary swim coach Bob Bowman — former U.S. Olympic Team Head Coach, head coach of Texas Men’s Swimming & Diving, and mentor to multiple Olympic champions and world record holders. Bob reflects on the past year of NCAA championships, coaching pros like Summer McIntosh and Leon Marchand, navigating NIL and roster limits in college swimming, and the evolving landscape of USA Swimming. He opens up about coaching philosophy, visualization techniques, leading under pressure, building championship culture, relay strategy, recruiting in the transfer portal era, and what...
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First 90 secondsKatie Hoff· Host0:00
What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another week and another episode of Unfiltered Waters. I feel like at this point we're playing a game of where in the world is Katie, and this week I am in Austin, Texas, at the very first Pro Series of the year, and have been able to have some wonderful conversations with all the athletes, but got to welcome back the legendary former head Olympic team coach, head coach of the Texas Men's Swim and Dive, as well as the coach to multiple Olympic champions and world record holders. We welcome Bob Bowman back to the pod almost a year to date to when he came on the podcast last year when Missy and I flew out to Austin to chat with him. And oh, my gosh, I mean, we talked about things that Bob admitted he'd never talked about on a podcast, which was very exciting. We talked about his coaching philosophies, how he really, really relates to the IU football head coach, how he likes to emulate Yoda. Great story there. As well as just how he manages the pressure of not only coaching, you know, NCAA winning championship men's team from last year and trying to bring it back this year and do it again, as well as feeling responsible for all of these Olympic medalists that have come to Austin to train with him. We talk about his love of piano, his favorite books, all