Eddie Reese: Coaching Swimming, Teaching Life

by Dana Abbott, Chuck Warner

For more than fifty years, 7-time USA Olympic Coach Eddie Reese has mentored college men in life and swimming, resulting in 14 NCAA team titles at the University of Texas and 39 Olympic gold medals.

198 pages, Paperback

Published March 2, 2019

Reviews

[Andre · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the greatest coaches of all time, in any sport. Loved to hear about his story, personality and leading skills

[DrKal-El · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of motivational quotes. Lots of great words. Lack of actual knowledge. Really disappointed.

[George Tsakumis · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read about one of the sport's all-time greatest coaches!

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

[Kimberly Erin Yeager · Rating 4 out of 5]

So many good ideas, Eddie is an amazing coach but an even better human. While it is about coaching swimming, it is also about how to be a successful coach and care for others in general

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being someone that loves swimming it was a good read. Eddie Reese is a very accomplished and well respected man. And this book clearly illustrates that. However, I was a little disappointed with the lack of substance.

[Rich Yavorsky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pleasant collection of memories, quotes, and photos of perhaps the greatest swimming coach of all time. My family and I had the pleasure of meeting him two months ago, 83 years young. He autographed my copy of this book (plus my daughters' kickboards) and was very kind.

A primer for the uninitiated: you know Michael Phelps, right? Well, Phelps had a coach through all those gold medals. No, that coach wasn't Eddie--it was Bob Bowman (who now happens to be the UT men's swimming head coach). Bob Bowman and his wife had a son sometime during those years. They named their son Reese. THAT'S who Eddie Reese is.

Ignite the fire in each of your swimmers from within themselves. Hook 'em.