



Speakers
ISHOF Clinic

Eddie Reese
3x Olympic Head Coach
Eddie Reese's ability to train his athletes technically has been a big part of his success but his unique approach to swimming and training may be his best attribute. That combination is what makes Reese one of the world's finest coaches, regardless of sport. He possesses a thorough knowledge of swimming fundamentals, an eye for talent, a genuine care for his athletes, and the ability to communicate and motivate. Eddie Reese has established a tradition of excellence at the University of Texas and set the standard in collegiate swimming through his 46 years in Austin. A three-time United States Men's Olympic Team head coach, Reese is the winningest coach in the sport's history with 15 NCAA team titles, a figure that also positions Texas as the winningest NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving program. Reese's style has been the staple of the Longhorns program. Always calm, unflappable, amiable and quick with a joke, he is a man who likes to work hard but doesn't see why hard work must be dull. His Texas teams reflected the coach's personality. It is a loose bunch, but the team knows when to buckle down. In fact, Reese contends that his championship teams have excelled because they outworked everybody else. At Texas, team success derives from individual accomplishments. For Reese, the individual swimmers have priority. "I've always worried about the individual first," Reese said. "We don't talk about winning the NCAA Championship. We talk about what it takes for each individual to get better. What satisfies me as a coach is seeing people go faster than they ever have before. With that focus, we are in a battle for the championship every year. I like that, too." Reese came to Texas after a remarkable six-year rebuilding job at Auburn University. When he took the job at Auburn in 1972, he inherited a team that had not qualified a single swimmer for the finals or consolation finals of the Southeastern Conference Championships during the previous season. Six years later, the Tigers had produced four consecutive Top 10 showings at the NCAAs, culminating in a second-place finish in 1978. Prior to this he was a standout swimmer at the University of Florida where he graduated in 1963 and started his coaching career as an assistant coach. Reese and his wife, Elinor, have two daughters and four grandchildren. Eddie is also an avid fisher and hunter.
Mark Schubert
8x Olympic Head Coach
A native of Akron, Ohio, Mark attended the University of Kentucky where he swam and stayed on as an assistant coach after graduation. He later returned to Ohio where he coached Cuyahoga Falls High School and Waterwork Swim Club. A year later he made a bold move when he packed and moved to Southern California and took over a local rec team…the Mission Viejo Nadadores. In short order, they developed into a powerhouse winning 44 National Team Championships over the next thirteen years. Schubert then moved to Boca Raton, Florida to coach the newly created Mission Bay Makos. Here his teams won another 10 National Team Championships. The challenge of coaching college called and he went on to win NCAA’s team championships at the University of Texas and later at the University of Southern California. Over the years Mark has helped to develop numerous Olympians and world record holders (including Olympic gold medalists Brian Goodell, Shirley Babashoff, Janet Evans, Lenny Krayzelburg, Ous Mellouli, and Dara Torres to name a few). This resulted in his being named to eight USA Olympic Coaching Staffs. Because of his success and business acumen, he was asked to serve as USA Swimming’s National Team Director and Coach. He later went back into club coaching…first at Golden West Swim Club before returning to the Mission Viejo Nadadores. He is currently coaching The Swim Team (TST) in Lake Forest, California which recently qualified 2 swimmers for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Chris Plumb
USA Olympic Coach Paris 2024
Chris Plumb got his start at Carmel Swim Club as a part time age group coach in 2003. He took over as head coach of Carmel High School and Carmel Swim Club in 2006. Since then, Carmel has won 12 National and 29 Indiana State High School Championships. Overall, the girls’ team have won 37 consecutive state titles which is the longest winning streak nationally in any sport. Although successful prior to Chris’ arrival, the club team did not have a single individual qualify for Junior, Seniors, or Olympics Trials. Since then, they have had as many as 17 swimmers qualify for a single Olympic Trials, including two who represented the USA in the Tokyo Olympics. Overall, Carmel Swim Club has been a USA Swimming Gold Medal Club 10 times since 2010. Recently he placed 3 swimmers on the 2024 Paris Olympic Team and, as a result, was named to the Olympic coaching staff. Chris attended Indiana University where he was an All-American. He later served as an Assistant Coach at the University of Miami (FL) while working on his master’s degree. He then returned to Indiana as the head coach of the Bloomington South High School before moving to Carmel. Chris also founded the Carmel Swim Academy. He and his wife Emily have two sons William and Nicholas.

Dr. Genadijus
Sokolovas
Sports Psychologist
Dr. Genadijus Sokolovas (Dr G) is considered to be one of the world’s most accomplished sports physiologist. Genadijus was USA Swimming’s Director of Physiology & Director of Sport Science. Here he developed several innovative testing programs for USA Swimming’s Olympic and National Team members including Olympic gold medalists and world record holders Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Dara Torres, Jenny Thompson, Ryan Lochte, Aaron Peirsol, Gary Hall Jr., Anthony Ervin, Lenny Krayzelburg, and Cullen Jones. Overall, he has tested and worked with 115 Olympic Champions and 15,000+ swimmers from 125 countries, developed innovative swimming tests and databases. Dr. Sokolovas has provided testing feedback and advice to high schools, clubs, and universities such as Stanford, California Berkeley, Texas, Michigan, Florida, Southern California, Alabama, Auburn, Arizona, Arizona State, North Carolina, South Carolina. Dr G received his doctorate from the Russian Academy of Physical Education in Moscow where he used physiological, biochemical, and pedagogical testing programs to assess adaptation in swimming to different workloads. He received his BS and MS degrees from the Lithuanian University of Sport.


John Waldman
Fluid Mechanics (FM) is an aquatic consulting company that takes a unique visual approach to help competitive swimmers develop, achieve, and exceed their goals. Their swimmers have competed in every major international competition including the Olympics, World Championships, and World Games. FM was founded in 1987 by John B. Waldman, a renowned leader and visionary in competitive swimming instruction and a former world-ranked swimmer and record-holder at Indiana University. Waldman was mentored throughout his career by Dr. James E. Counsilman (four-timeme US Olympic Coach) – widely considered one of the most successful coaches of all time – who coached such swimming luminaries as Mark Spitz (7 gold medals 1972 Munich Olympics) along with gold medalists Gary Hall Sr., Charles Hickcox, and John Kinsella to name a few. FM uses a unique approach to dramatically improve swimmers' performance. Their visual training system, uses life-like avatars to teach the science of swimming. This ground- breaking system utilizes cutting edge technique, strength, in-water training methods, and mental strategies. With FM Animations, swimmers internalize advanced athletic concepts at-a-glance. Simply put, swimmers just see it, then do it.