Building Culture in College Swimming’s Transactional Era
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to build a championship-level program without allowing college swimming to become purely transactional? S...
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The Swim Brief
A swimming podcast featuring natural conversations about the sport. Chris DeSantis brings the poolside conversation to the podcast form.
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Building Women's Sports Differently: Ted Lasso Season 4
Send us Fan Mail Ted Lasso returns with a new challenge: building a women’s team inside a sporting structure created for men. Chris DeSantis...
Why Swimmers Aren’t Eating Enough | Alicia Glass
Send us Fan Mail Swimmers spend hours in the pool, yet many still aren’t eating enough to support the work they’re doing. Alicia Glass, Spor...
To Save Swimming, Start With the Coaches | Doug Cornish
Send us Fan Mail Swimming has spent decades asking coaches to become more professional. But has the profession done enough to support them i...
The Making of a Head Coach | Margo Geer
Send us Fan Mail Margo Geer’s path to becoming the head coach at the University of Alabama was anything but conventional. When she took over...
Reflecting on 50 Years of Coaching | Don Wagner
Send us Fan Mail Don Wagner spent more than fifty years coaching swimmers at every level of the sport—from developing young athletes to coac...
How Do Great Programs Stay Great? | Todd DeSorbo
Send us Fan Mail Todd DeSorbo has built one of the most dominant programs in college swimming history—but he says there was never a master p...
Leadership, Responsibility, and Shame in The Odyssey
Send us Fan Mail What can The Odyssey teach us about leadership when every available choice carries consequences? Chris is joined by Juliet...
We Protect Athletes. Who Protects Coaches? | Sophie Parr
Send us Fan Mail For years, conversations about athlete welfare have rightly transformed the way we think about coaching. But there's anothe...
The Parent Pressure Trap: Why Giving In Makes It Worse
Send us Fan Mail Why do parents keep intervening in coaching decisions—and why does giving in usually make the problem worse? In this solo b...
The Most Important Thing a Coach Can Say After Failure | Dave Salo
Send us Fan Mail Dave Salo has coached at every level of the sport—from NCAA championships to Olympic medals—but this conversation isn't abo...
Debrief: Jeana Kempe
Send us Fan Mail The head coach of Swimming and Diving at the University of Illinois Jeana Kempe joins to talk influences and the path of he...
Debrief: David Marsh
David Marsh tells all about what his retirement actually looks like, and what he had planned if he was National Team Director. Debrief: Davi...
Debrief: Tracy Menzel
Tracy Menzel joins to talk GAIN, Diversity and why she’s back coaching in her hometown. Debrief: Tracy Menzel Chris DeSantis Download
Bonus Pod: A Day With Greg Meehan
Recapping the day I spent following around USA Swimming National Team Director Greg Meehan at last week’s Indy Pro Series event. Bonus Pod:...
Debrief: Dave Durden
Dave Durden joins to discuss how he approaches his unconventional start at Cal and his approaches to recruiting and hiring. Debrief: Dave Du...
Debrief: Megan Devito
Megan Devito, a high school swim coach and performance mindset coach, joins to talk shop on the value of coaching. Debrief: Megan Devito
Debrief: Kevin Ring, USA Swimming CEO
The CEO of USA Swimming joins to share what he’s learned in his nine months on the job and what he thinks is possible for the future. Debrie...
Debrief: Cara Stawicki
Former National Team and World Champion rower Cara Stawicki joins to talk shop and even turns the tables on me. Links for Cara: Website: htt...
Solobrief: My Thoughts on the Loser Olympics
Organizing my big picture reflections on the stupidest event in swimming history, and all the losers who tried to make it work. riverside_ch...