Fitter and Faster Coaches Corner

John Carroll is the Head Coach of Blue Wave Aquatics in South Jersey; is arguably one of the best club coaches in USA Swimming History. Over the past four and half decades, He has coached an American Record Holder, two USA Olympians, and 38 USA Olympic-trial qualifiers spanning 1988-2016. John's swimmers have been selected to compete internationally at Pan-Pacific Championships, Pan-American Champ...

Ellen Johnston has been developing highly successful swimmers over the past three and a half decades. During that time she has worked with the Westport YMCA Water-Rat Swim Team, faithfully serving the club in multiple capacities before becoming the Head Coach in 2011. In 2015, Ellen received the Larry Lyons YMCA National Coach of the Year Award, the highest recognition for YMCA coaches. She has tw...

Emmett Walling is the Head Coach & Aquatic Director at the Peddie School, an independent, private school in Hightsown, NJ. In this episode of Coaches Corner, Emmett and host Mike Murray discuss what it’s like working at Peddie, where the expectations for success in both the classroom and the pool are extraordinarily high! Walling attended Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Fla., before bec...

Will Bernhardt is the Head Coach & Aquatic Director at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Will’s life in coaching is one of the most versatile, interesting, and robust experiences in the profession. Throughout his unique journey in the sport, Bernhardt has worked with some of the finest names in swimming, Salo, Looze, Welsh, Barnes, Bashor, among other coaching greats. In this week’s episo...

Coach Mo talks about building a culture of achievement

Josh Runkle is the Head Coach & Aquatic Director of New Trier High School Boy’s Varsity Swimming, in the Greater Chicago area. In this episode of the Fitter & Faster Coaches Corner, Josh discusses some of the things that have led his program to unprecedented success, culminating in both individual & team state titles. The Varsity Swimming Season is unique, find some ideas on how to plan your schol...

Head Coach of the Westchester Aquatic Club, Carle Fierro has worked with every level of competitive swimming. Carle has coached Over 100 National Age Group Ranked athletes, Including 16 Number 1 National Age Group Swimmers! Coach Carle’ was one of 13 Women in the United States Invited by USA Swimming to attend the USA Swimming Women’s Leadership and National Team Coaches Summit. Over the last deca...

Emily Melina is the Head Coach of the Lake Oswego Swim Club in Oregon. Over the past several years Coach Melina has tirelessly worked in governance at both the LSC & USA Swimming House of Delegates, as well as continued the development of the highly successful Lake Oswego program. Emily has led athletes to USA Swimming national rankings, Olympic Trials, World Top 100 designations and numerous top...

Coach Davidson talks about his commitment to speed and power while maintaining a strong aerobic base, and how his training got Hunter Armstrong to the Olympic Games.

CEO of the American Swim Coaches Association, Jennifer LaMont, explains her passion for helping coaches excel. She also touches on the upcoming ASCA World Clinic coming up in Orlando this September.

Coach Mike dives deep into the 2021 Olympic games and asks 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, Tyler Clary, for some of his insights on these exciting races we have coming up!

Coach Ira Klein gives some great insight into everyone being able to train AND compete in the IM events. He even dives into some of his different training methods and sets that have given him a lot of success.

Coach Lanzo talks about the importance of club coaching for USA Swimming and the journey of taking Kieren Smith to the Olympics

Coach Clemmer dives deep into his upbringing in the coaching world. Ranging from learn to swim programs, all the way up to Olympic Swimmers. He talks about the importance of IM and distance based training

Abi Liu talks about her journey of growing up in China, and how that has impacted her career as a coach and building relationships in the United States

Atiba explains the importance of having core strength and overall body mobility to enhance the athleticism of a swimmer. These dryland exercises help with acquiring "free speed".

Legendary Coach, Jack Roach, dives deep into the art of coaching and how having a passion for the sport can truly excel your success.

On this special edition episode, Mike brings on Wolfpack Elite Pro Swimmers: Coleman Stewart, Aly Tetzloff, and Makayla Sargent. They dive deep into what life is truly like as a pro swimmer.

Coach Salo talks about the methods to his success and the future of the ISL

Elite Clinician, Atiba Wade, talks about developing athleticism in swimmers through dryland workouts

Coach Ingram tells the story of his journey up Mt. Everest and the many lessons he learned along the way.

Bobby talks about taking on the role of Head Coach at UNC Wilmington and his creative way of thinking when writing a practice

Coach Matt talks about his methods of instilling team culture into a high-level collegiate program.

Scott talks about the excitement of coaching high school athletes at the pristine Albany Academy

Austin talks about going from a collegiate athlete for the Texas Longhorns, to a part-time assistant coach and unattached athlete complete at the highest level