Staff

Eddie Reese
Kim Brackin
Kris Kubik
Jim Henry
Jon Alter
Josh Davis
Ian Crocker
Aaron Piersol
Garrett Weber-Gale
Brendan Hansen
Colleen Lanne'-Cox
Kathleen Hersey

EDDIE REESE , MEN'S HEAD SWIMMING COACH
2011 TEAM USA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN'S HEAD COACH
2008 MEN'S HEAD OLYMPIC SWIMMING COACH

Reese is in his 34th 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 ten NCAA team titles in his 33 seasons in Austin. He is the only college swimming coach to win NCAA team titles in four separate decades.

Reese's Longhorns are the defending Big 12 Conference Champions, and look to move up from their second place finish at the 2011 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 enters the 2011-12 season with two incredible streaks to its credit: 32 consecutive top 10 finishes at the NCAA Championships and 32 consecutive conference titles. Along the way, Reese has developed 43 NCAA individual champions, 31 national champion relays, 204 All-Americans and 26 Olympians who have won 29 gold medals.

At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy, five Reese-coached athletes helped Team USA to five gold medals and three world records. His selection by USA Swimming as the head men’s Olympic swimming coach for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, represented his third stint as the head men’s Olympic coach for Team USA, also serving in 1992 and 2004. 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. Reese's string of U.S. Olympic coaching also includes three other Olympiads: 1988, 1996, and 2000.

Reese started the first Longhorns Swim Camp in 1978 and has always been one of the head coaches. His eye for talent, a genuine caring for his athletes, and the ability to communicate and motivate are reasons he was named the 2009 American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year. His passion for swimming and knowing the ingredients that are necessary to produce champion swimmers, are reasons the Longhorns Swim Camp has thrived for the past 33 years. For Eddie's full bio, please click HERE. top

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KIM BRACKIN,  WOMEN'S HEAD SWIMMING COACH
Kim Brackin is in her sixth season as Texas women's swimming and diving head coach. Brackin’s fifth season at UT ended with a 6th place team finish at the 2011 NCAA Championships and a Big 12 Conference Championship. 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 11 medals, including five gold), three Pan American Games swimmers, and 12 World University Games swimmers.  She served as the head swimming coach for Zimbabwe at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and the 2005 and 2007 World Championships. Brackin helped bring the South African nation its first Olympic swimming medal as 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 broke two world records (100 and 200-meter backstrokes) on her way to winning one gold and three silver medals. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy, Coventry broke her 200-meter backstroke record, and won a gold and silver medal.  Kim continues to be one of the best recruiters and technicians in the country, and brings a fun, hardworking, and positive experience to the camp. For Kim's full bio, please click HERE. top

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KRIS KUBIK,  MEN’S ASSISTANT SWIMMING COACH
Kris Kubik continues a 29-year coaching association with Eddie Reese and The University of Texas. Kubik served as an assistant coach with USA Swimming at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, and as a special assistant to Eddie Reese as a member of the USA swimming coaching staff at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also served as an assistant coach for Team USA for the 2007 Pan American Games.

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 10 NCAA national championships and 32 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. top

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JIM HENRY,  WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE HEAD SWIMMING COACH
Jim Henry, a former Texas swimming captain and All-American, is in his sixth 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 University of 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 was 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.

For Jim's full bio, please click HERE.
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JON ALTER , CAMP DIRECTOR
Jon Alter is in his 17th year with the Longhorns Swim Camp, and 13th year as Camp Director. He oversees all administrative and organizational areas, and also acts as a Special Assistant to Texas Swimming & Diving. 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 five 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. top

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JOSH DAVIS,  LONGHORNS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
One of the nation’s most talented and congenial athletes, Josh Davis enters his 17th 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.

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IAN CROCKER,  OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
2008 Olympic Gold medalist: 400-meter medley relay 
3-time Olympian 
3-time Olympic Gold medalist 
5 Olympic medals 
8-time World Champion 
2004 NCAA Swimmer of the Year  
2005 USA Swimming Race of the Year Award
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AARON PEIRSOL, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
2011 World Championships Team member
2009 World Champion
2008 Olympic Gold medalist: 100-meter backstroke & 400-meter medley relay
World record holder: 100/200 meter backstrokes & 400-meter medley relay
3-time Olympian
5-time Olympic Gold medalist
7 Olympic medals
16-time World Champion
2005 USA Swimming Male Swimmer of the Year
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GARRETT WEBER-GALE,  OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACH
2011 World Championships Team member
2008 Olympic Gold medalist: 400-meter freestyle and 400-meter medley relays 
2 Olympic medals 
World record holder: 400-meter free relay 
2-time World Champion 
NCAA champion
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**NOTE** Garrett will only be coaching at sessions 1-3.

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BRENDAN HANSEN
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist: 400-meter medley relay
2-time Olympian
2-time Olympic Gold medalist
4 Olympic medals
5-time World Champion
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COLLEEN LANNE-COX
2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
4-time NCAA Champion
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KATHLEEN HERSEY
2008 Olympian
4-time PanAm Games Gold Medalist
4-time National Champion
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For employment opportunities at Longhorns Swim Camp, please see our Employment Opportunities page for an application package and job description. top