2009 Longhorns Swim Camp: Coaching Staff

EDDIE REESE
MEN’S HEAD SWIMMING COACH
2008 HEAD MEN'S OLYMPIC SWIMMING COACH
Reese is in his 31st year as head men's swimming coach. The three-time U.S. Olympic men’s head coach has established a championship tradition and set the standard of excellence in the collegiate swimming world. Eddie has led Texas to nine NCAA team titles in his 30 seasons in Austin.

Reese's Longhorns are the defending Big 12 Conference Champions, and look to move up from a second place finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships. After placing 21st at the NCAA Championships in his first season (1979) at Texas, Reese's teams have never finished lower than seventh at the national meet. His Texas team will enter the 2008-09 season with two incredible streaks to its credit: 29 consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championship and 29 consecutive conference titles. Along the way, Reese has developed 41 NCAA individual champions, 29 national champion relays, 192 All-Americans and 26 Olympians who have won 29 gold medals.

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. Seven of Reese’s current and former swimmers joined him in Beijing and accounted for about one-third of the 22-member USA team while capturing eight gold medals, one silver medal, and setting four world records. As a result of their performances at either the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials or the Beijing Olympics, USA Swimming named eight current and former Longhorns to the 2008-09 National Team.

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 31 years.

*NOTE for 2009 sessions*
Eddie's camp schedule is modified from previous camp years. Eddie will work with campers at the Sunday evening sessions, start one-two of the morning training sessions, and lead a Q&A session on Friday mornings. This schedule is similar to his 2008 camp schedule, and will allow him to fully prepare his athletes for the 2009 World Championships Trials. 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 is in her third season as the Texas women's swimming and diving head coach. Brackin’s second season at UT ended with a 14th place team finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships, and a runner-up finish at the Big 12 Conference 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 seven 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).

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.

Brackin was appointed once again to coach the Zimbabwe national team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Under Brackin’s tutelage, Coventry went on to win one gold and three silver medals and break two world records (100 and 200-meter backstrokes). Coventry has set five world records: 100 backstroke (long-course meters), 200 backstroke (short-course and long-course meters), 200 IM (short-course meters), and the 400 IM (short-course meters).

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 U.S. 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 26-year coaching association with Eddie Reese and the University of Texas. Kubik served as a special assistant to Eddie Reese as a member of the USA swimming coaching staff at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which marked his first coaching appearance at an Olympic Games. He also served as an assistant coach for Team USA for the 2007 Pan American Games, where the Americans secured six gold medals, 10 silver medals and two bronze medals.

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 29 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, a former Texas swimming captain and All-American, is in his third season as an assistant coach with the Texas women’s swimming and diving program for 2008-09.

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.

Prior to his three-year tenure at Denver, Henry served as assistant men's swimming coach at SMU from 1999-2003 where he coached 12 NCAA All-Americans and helped lead SMU to a 12th place finish at the NCAA Championships.

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 is in 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.

JOSH DAVIS
LONGHORNS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
One of the nation’s most talented and congenial athletes, Josh Davis enters his 14th 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.

KIRSTY COVENTRY
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST SPEAKER
*2008 Olympic Gold medalist: 200 backstroke
*World record holder: 100 & 200 meter backstrokes
*2-time Olympian
*7 Olympic medals
*6-time World Champion

IAN CROCKER
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
*2008 Olympic Gold medalist: 400-meter medley relay
*World record holder: 100-meter butterfly
*3-time Olympian
*5 Olympic medals
*8-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
*2008 Olympic Gold medalist: 400-meter medley relay
*World record holder: 400-meter medley relay
*American record holder: 100 & 200-meter breaststroke
*2-time Olympian
*4 Olympic medals
*5-time World Champion

AARON PEIRSOL
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
*2008 Olympic Gold medalist: 100-meter backstroke & 400-meter medley relay
*World record holder: 100 meter backstroke & 400-meter medley relay
*3-time Olympian
*7 Olympic medals
*14-time World Champion
*2003 NCAA Swimmer of the Year
*2005 USA Swimming Male Swimmer of the Year

ERIC SHANTEAU
2008 OLYMPIAN AND GUEST COACH
*2008 Olympian
*Member of 2008-09 USA National Team
*2007 World Championships team member

NEIL WALKER
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
*2-time Olympian
*4 Olympic medals
*10-time World Champion
*NCAA Champion

GARRETT WEBER-GALE
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST SPEAKER
*2008 Olympian
*2008 Olympic Gold medalist: 400-meter freestyle and 400-meter medley relays
*2 Olympic medals
*World record holder: 400-meter free relay
*American record holder: 50-meter free
*2-time World Champion
*NCAA champion

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For employment opportunities at Longhorns Swim Camp, please see our Employment Opportunities page for an application package and job description.