2008 Longhorns Swim Camp: Coaching Staff

EDDIE REESE
MEN’S HEAD SWIMMING COACH
2008 HEAD MEN'S OLYMPIC SWIMMING COACH
Eddie Reese is in his 30th year as head men's swimming coach. The 2004 U.S. Olympic men's head coach, and 2005 USA Swimming and USOC National Coach of the Year, Reese has established a championship tradition and set the standard of excellence in the collegiate swimming world.

Reese's Longhorns are the defending Big 12 Conference Champions, and look to move up from a fifth place finish at the 2007 NCAA Championships. Texas has won eight of the last 18 NCAA National Championships, an incredible 28 consecutive conference titles, and had 28 consecutive top ten finishes at the NCAA Championships. Reese's Longhorns have never finished lower than seventh at the NCAA's since 1979, and Texas has gone on to win nine NCAA titles. He has coached 40 NCAA individual champions, 29 national champion relays, 146 All-Americans, and 22 Olympians who have claimed 21 gold medals in five Olympiads.

His selection by USA Swimming as the head men's Olympic swimming coach for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, represents his third stint as the head men's Olympic coach for Team USA, also serving in 1992 and 2004. Reese's string of U.S. Olympic coaching also includes three other Olympiads: 1988, 1996, and 2000. He received international honors in 2002 when he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Eddie Reese started the first Longhorns Swim Camp in 1978 and has always been one of the head coaches. He possesses a thorough knowledge of swimming fundamentals, an eye for talent, a genuine caring for his athletes and the ability to communicate and motivate. His passion for swimming and knowing the ingredients that are necessary to make champion swimmers, are reasons the Longhorns Swim Camp has thrived for the past 30 years.

*NOTE for 2008 sessions*
Due to his head Olympic coaching duties for the 2008 Games, Eddie's camp schedule is modified from previous camp years. Eddie will work with campers at the Sunday evening sessions, start one-three of the morning training sessions, and lead a Q&A session on Friday mornings. We feel this will allow him to not only fully prepare his athletes for Olympic Trials, but also lead Team USA to its full potential at the Olympic Games. Please contact Jon Alter, the camp director, if you have any questions.

For Eddie's full bio, please click HERE.

KIM BRACKIN
WOMEN'S HEAD SWIMMING COACH
Kim Brackin, former co-head women's coach at national swimming powerhouse Auburn University, is in her second season as Texas women's swimming and diving head coach. Brackin completed her first season at Texas by leading the Longhorns to a sixth-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Championships.

Brackin coached at Auburn University from 1997-2005, where she was part of seven NCAA Championship teams. She was the 2002 NCAA Women's Swimming Co-Head Coach of the Year and the 2003 SEC Swimming Co-Head Coach of the Year.

Known for her extensive international coaching experience, Brackin has mentored five Olympians (winners of three medals), seven World Championship swimmers (winning nine medals, including four gold), three Pan American Games swimmers (winning four medals), and 12 World University Games swimmers (who earned 15 medals, including six gold and five silver).

Brackin has been appointed once again to coach the Zimbabwe national team at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She served as the head swimming coach for Zimbabwe in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2005 and 2007 World Championships. Brackin helped bring the South African nation its first Olympic swimming medal as former Auburn great Kirsty Coventry, a native of Harare, Zimbabwe, captured three Olympic medals, including gold in the 200-meter backstroke. Kim also was the head coach for Panama at the 2003 World Championships. As a member of the USA Swimming coaching staff, she was an assistant coach for the 2003 World University Games, the head assistant women's coach for the 2002 US National Junior Team, and a 2002 National Select Camp coach.

For Kim's full bio, please click HERE.

KRIS KUBIK
MEN’S ASSISTANT SWIMMING COACH
Kris Kubik continues a 25-year coaching association with Eddie Reese and the University of Texas. Kubik recently served as an assistant men's swimming coach for Team USA for the 2007 Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

When Reese took the Texas job in the spring of 1978, Kris followed, serving as his chief assistant through the 1981 season when the Longhorns captured their first NCAA championship title. Kubik then left UT for four years, serving as age group coach of the Nashville Aquatic Club and later for the Longhorn Aquatic Club. He returned to UT in 1985 and has been an integral part of the long running success of the men's program, which includes nine NCAA national championships, and 28 consecutive conference titles.

Along with Reese, Kris is a Longhorns Swim Camp pioneer and has been involved over the years with every aspect of the camp's operation. He lends outstanding enthusiasm, experience, and knowledge of the sport, which enriches the camp experience for everyone.

For Kris's full bio, please click HERE.

JIM HENRY
WOMEN'S ASSISTANT SWIMMING COACH
Jim Henry is in his second season as an assistant coach with the Texas women's swimming and diving program.

Henry returned to Texas in May of 2006 after leading the Denver swimming programs for three seasons. He led Denver to back-to-back runner-up honors at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in 2005 and 2006 and being named Sun Belt Female Head Coach of the Year in 2005 and Male Head Coach of the Year in 2006. During his coaching tenure at Denver, the Pioneers set 66 school records and had 16 qualifiers for the NCAA Championships.

While at Texas, Henry swam for current UT men's swimming head coach Eddie Reese from 1987-90, and was a 1988 Olympic Trials qualifier. He was a team captain and All-American in the 400 individual medley his senior year. The Longhorns won the Southwest Conference Championship each of his four years and were NCAA champions in 1988, 1989 and 1990.

Jim brings an amazing energy and excitement to all he coaches, and is a great addition to the Longhorns Swim Camp.

For Jim's full bio, please click HERE.

JON ALTER
CAMP DIRECTOR
Jon Alter enters his 14th year with the Longhorns Swim Camp, and tenth year as Camp Director. He oversees all administrative and organizational areas. The Richmond, Indiana native served as a Longhorn Swim Camp counselor for four years prior to taking on the camp director responsibilities in 1999. Alter has 19 years of age group and high school coaching experience, and has coached athletes to the Junior and Senior National levels. He spent the 1998-99 season as a volunteer coach for the University of Tennessee women’s swimming program. At Texas, Jon was a volunteer assistant coach for the Longhorns women’s swimming team for four years, and an interim assistant coach during the 2005-06 season. In his time at Texas, he helped the women's squad to five top 10 NCAA finishes, and five Big 12 Conference championships. He also coaches age group and master's swimming with Longhorn Aquatics, a year-round competitive program in Austin.

JOSH DAVIS
LONGHORNS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
One of the nation’s most talented and congenial athletes, Josh Davis enters his 13th season with the Longhorns Swim Camp. The two-time Olympic team captain (1996, 2000) returned from the 2000 Olympic Games with two silver medals captured in the 400 and 800 freestyle relays. In the 200 freestyle, Davis placed fourth, (1:46.73), setting an American record. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Josh earned three gold medals - the most won by any man in the entire U.S. delegation. Davis competed for The University of Texas, is a four-time NCAA champion, and a member of the 1991 NCAA championship team.

Josh is known internationally for his superb public speaking and motivational work with children. He resides in San Antonio with his wife, Shantel, a former Longhorn volleyball player and their five children.

For more information on Josh, please visit www.joshdavis.com.

IAN CROCKER
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
*World record holder: 100-meter butterfly and 400-meter medley relay
*2-time Olympian
*4 Olympic medals
*5-time World Champion
*2004 NCAA Swimmer of the Year
*2005 USA Swimming Race of the Year Award

BRENDAN HANSEN
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
*World record holder: 100 and 200 meter Breaststrokes and 400-meter medley relay
*2004 Olympian
*3 Olympic medals
*5-time World Champion
*2005 USA Swimming Perseverance Award
*2006 USA Swimming Male Swimmer of the Year

NEIL WALKER
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
*World record holder: 400-meter freestyle relay
*2-time Olympian
*4 Olympic medals
*5-time World Champion

AARON PEIRSOL
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
*World record holder: 100 meter backstroke and 400-meter medley relay
*2-time Olympian
*5 Olympic medals
*8-time World Champion
*2003 NCAA Swimmer of the Year
*2005 USA Swimming Male Swimmer of the Year

KIRSTY COVENTRY
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST SPEAKER
*World record holder: 200 meter backstroke
*2004 Olympic gold medalist: 200-meter backstroke
*2-time Olympian
*3 Olympic medals
* Only the third woman in history to break the one-minute barrier in the 100-meter backstroke

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For employment opportunities at Longhorns Swim Camp, please see our FAQs page for job descriptions and the Camp Registration page for a job application.