One of the most successful collegiate careers in the business! Listen in as we have an engaging conversation with University of Virginia Head Women's and Men's coach Todd DeSorbo. Besides all of the NCAA and Olympic success, did he really say, " if there was one time-frame I would go back to in my life, it would be high school. Partly because... I loved high school, but my math classes were so much fun, and then [my coach] Nikki [Rosenbluth] was so much fun and swimming ... everything that we were doing was fun and I liked it. So it was easy to work hard at it."
Yes, he did. HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING.
We think you'll really enjoy this peek into the life and career of UVA and USA Olympic Head Coach Todd DeSorbo!
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Episode timeline:
00:01 - Disclaimer
00:20 – Safety or Convenience?
01:16 – Banter
03:15 – Compensation
04:13 – Introducing Todd DeSorbo
04:51 – Splitting time?
06:21 – Support at UVA
09:32 – Accolades
11:40 – Building the roster
14:01 – The Salisbury Post
15:00 – Contending for titles
16:36 – Sprinter Ryan Held
18:38 – Jaw-dropping workouts
20:50 – The Salisbury Hornets
22:01 – Coaching IM-ers
24:36 – Nicky Rosenbluth
26:46 – Numbers cruncher
32:01 – The new ACC
34:45 – What about the men?
37:02 – Titles to Titleist
40:10 – Powerhouse schedule
41:45 – Alternate meet formats
47:00 – Wrapping it up
47:39 – Looking ahead
Photo courtesy of Swimming World Magazine and Photographer Peter H. Bick
