And the Newest Auburn Tiger is...

As one who coached for Retriever Aquatic Club for nearly a decade, including Paul's younger brother Tom (he swam for me at RAC and now coaches at NBAC) I can tell you that NBAC is NOT overrated, nor are they a joke. Their athletes come prepared to swim every time, period. Whether or not one agrees with the paradigm is not relevant; the results are the results and that's a fact.

Oh, btw, I also opened the program from which Bryan Collins comes and coached his younger brother. There is no better kid that Bryan, no harder working kid, and nobody with more passion for the sport. Reese has done nothing short of a fantastic job with Bryan...and that's another fact. I'm so happy for Bryan, because while many athletes are very deserving, none are more so than Bryan. He's a person you really want to get to know, and someone you really want young athletes to emulate. There is no better role model.

hahaha.......

Auburn's mascot is the Tiger. Their symbol is the War Eagle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Eagle

I thought Auburn's mascot was War Eagles? But come to think of it I've heard Auburn Tigers before too. Which is it? or are they so good they need 2 mascots?

hey maybe Michael Brooks (of the york ymca currently) will return to NBAC?

I wouldnt count Manaudou's return out. i can also see her here! And then winning the 400 free out touching katie hoff (it hurts me to say that cos i love katie but why bowman?)

For some reason, I now sort of fantasize Manaudou's return to competition with Paul being part of the equation...

Let's ask the pink dolphin

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4927224/Pink-dolphin-appears-in-US-lake.html

"Also there coachin staff seams a but young, should prob try to bring some experience and maturity to the staff...." hahahahahahaha
Just ask Eddie Reese and all the other coaches that schooled at NC's this year, I'm sure they will disagree!

within north baltimore scott armstrong and bob bowman are more known for D than paul is. he can handle any distance

Nbac's Elite group is far from a yardage-based training group.

You have no idea what you are talking about!

so im not a fan of Paul Yetter....good distance coach but focuses to much on yardage and guts, idk if thats the Auburn sprint excellence technique; well see how this works out. Also there coachin staff seams a but young, should prob try to bring some experience and maturity to the staff....

seriously? seriously?? do you think that someone was wearing a brett hawke mask or something?

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.digest242may24,0,7709116.column

You couldn't be more wrong about all those programs. Yes, they do have star talent. But each of these teams have also developed countless individuals from "average ability" to NCAA finalists. I don't think you've done your research, or are just turning a blind eye to the facts.

Why do you think they attract the talent in the first place instead of teams like Minnesota? Because they are the best at making the good even better. I don't know enough about Auburn or stanford, but a perfect example of what you think Texas lacks is someone like rising junior Bryan Collins. Not considered to be a messiah or anything out of high school, his freshman year he put up a a 350 4im, and other decent times in 2back and 5free. He also couldnt do breaststroke. Didn't qualify for NC's. This year, goes a 2:00 2breast in season, qualifies for NC's, goes a 341 in the 4im and makes A final, and also B finals in the 2back with a 141. Guys like Bryan collins are the reason that people want to go to places like Texas and Auburn, because people get better there no matter how fast they were out of high school.

I see this as nothing but a positive for AU

Different people do different things. These guys are in college because they enjoy coaching an adult athlete and "polishing" as you call it.

There are coaches that are called to athlete development, and they should do it. These guys are college coaches.

Not taking anything away from Hawke and Reese and all the college coaches that are competing for NCAA titles every year, but programs like Texas, Stanford, and Auburn only recruit guys who are already ridiculously fast in high school (or their mid-20s, depending on which country their from) and make them a little bit better. What I'm saying is that the talent is already there, they just polish it. I would be interested to see what these guys could do with an average swimmer out of high school, not a superstar. For example Minnesota recruits pretty average high school swimmers, and alot of the time, turns them into studs, especially in the distance events. Mike Holmes for instance was like 16:15 in the mile out of high school, and recently finished his senior season with a career best 14:55 in the mile. Thats pretty damned impressive.

that team is going to be ridiculous next year

Paul definitely completes the best looking coaching staff in the country. They just look too good.

just another nbac swimmer who can not make it in college? what other nbac swimmers have not made it in college besides cory knopp? im pretty sure that a lot of high caliber teams have atleast two swimmers to go onto college, only to end up quitting. nbac best generation of swimmers has yet to come. this years graduating nbac swimmers are among the best, and it only gets better throughtout the other high schoolers on the team including Lee and Pelton.

This is the best looking coach staff in the U.S.A.

I wonder what happens to those 19 swimmers? I wonder if he told them in advance, from what ive heard he didnt!

I love brett's accent

coaches or jaked's? that win national titles?

Yetter has a group of 19. Out of that 19, 14 made World Champoinship Trials for this summer. Three of them just finished up at the USA Junior Team Meet, bringing home some medals. Two of them went to the Junior Pan Pacs in Guam in January and brought home 1 gold, a silver and a bronze. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE group of kids just this past couple of months not to even mention Katie Hoff or his two swimmers who made the Japan team trip in 2007.

That's just the beginning of his accomplishments as a coach and he is truly one of the nicest guys I have met. Good Luck at World Champ Trials Paul's swimmers and congrats on the Auburn job Paul!

Whatever the reason Dorsey is not at Auburn- we all wish her the very best at ASU.

Court hs quit. she is finished with swimming, and having swim with 'SC last year, most of us say good riddence. Just another NBAC swimmer who can not make it in college swimming

...and then promptly rehired at another university. Way to go Dorsey!

Yetter is a great hire - he brings passion, energy and is someone who has a desire to continually improve and works his a$$ off.

Wow - I don't usually like to point out ignorance as this is a site that is open for all types of conversation, but this comment is ignorant - I can see how you think that young blood in college coaching would be a plus - don't disagree - but where it is relevant.

If you are questioning Eddie and Kris, how they relate to swimmers and their results you need to question every coach coaching right now, young and old - their swimmers respect them, their are plenty of people goin to Texas (oh yeah they only recruit Americans - imagine if they opened that up), their international results for the US are unmatched and even though they are both gettin up there in age (sorry guys) they are as passionate about this sport as anyone.

at what point is a swimmer not an import? Swimmers like Lee have been there for like 5 years. isnt that longer than college swimmers career? Botek made her first two National cuts with NBAC then moved to Eagles.

The bottom line here is that Paul is one of the most exciting young coaches in the world of swimming. Weather he "made" a swimmer or not is a totaly ludacris argument. Those swimmers made themselfs and Paul helped them... how many other coaches can say that they have helped as many swimmers to achive the level of success that Paul has?
Kudos to Auburn... Great Hire!!!

Kalicz was injured and redshirted this year.

ha ha ha

i heard that theyre bringing in bob bowman (and michael phelps)

Who's going to be the second hire? Two openings.

Does anyone know what Dorsey...the womens coach, thinks of all this?

i've been thinking the exact same thing. even IF paul yetter isnt the best coach at developing young talent, WHO CARES? hes not developing young talent here. he's going to be improving people who other coaches have developed, aka what all of you yetter haters say hes been doing the whole time.

Aren't ALL college swimmers imports?

People question club coaches credibility and point to their "imports" as a reason for their successes.
But no-one questions college coaches credibility in success, even though 100% of the college coaches' athletes are imports!!

Madwed was a 1:57 LC flyer when he trained by himself in CT. Not sure he went any faster at NBAC without the new suits. Kaily Morris??? She didn't swim at NBAC until she was already in college - and Brennan Morris was already a NAG record holder in the 1000 or mile before he went to NBAC. Didn't Botek swim at Eagle ST in high school? So we are down to Rowe and King.

I am in no way anti NBAC or Yetter - great program, but Yetter's group is made up of mostly imports - including Lee and Hoff - and their newest sensation.

So I guess the top 5 Nbac in college right now might be: Madwed (big ten champ), King (sec co-champ), Botek from Georgia (co-sec champ with King)swam with Nbac until 2004, Rowe from Fla St (NCAA 1650 man), and Kailey Morris (442 free, 411 IM, and 157 fly) from Penn St. Add Hoff to the mix, and guys like the previously mentioned HS Seniors....it's really not a bad group of swimmers.

the great coaching tradition at auburn started with eddie reese. he was the one that got auburn on its feet initially

are you ed? its because the NBAC is a very very small team and have never had a large group of kids go on to be successful at the college level. that will change this year when austin surhoff goes to texas, greg pelton goes to harvard, and sean roddy goes to lsu. and nbac did breed michelle king, an ncaa champion in the 50fr at tennessee. and ian rowe at florida state who is among the fastest milers in the country. so nbac's ratio of fast swimmers to swimmers on the team is much better then teams like curl burke(who has over 1000 people as opposed to nbac's 200) and rmsc. and just look at how many kids nbac puts on the national junior team each year.

Cheesy video kinda, but great news for Auburn!!

Eddie and Kris should step down?

I hope that is the dumbest thing ever to come out of your mouth, but I doubt it.

Yes, Texas had such a horrible season last year. They should get rid of Eddie immediately. They have no recruits coming because no one wants to swim for Eddie. Did you watch the NCAA's? Pull your head out.

See this is why we love what you're doing Garrett...no bs...you actually respond to the users your website!

how about a trip to Arizona State when Dorsey gets going over in Tempe next season?

Do she and Brett not get along? I guess its a non issue now that she is headed to ASU

It was probably you who called Eddie an aw shucks grandpa on that forum, since I could probably count with my fingers the number of people who question reese's relevance as a college coach.

you obviously have never held a conversation with eddie reese

Go Badgers. Good Luck Paul!

Eddie Reese has no problem relating to his swimmers. If you ever get a chance to meet him you will know that.

Does anybody else think PY is looking quite fierce with his light blue shirt and striped tie? Rrrr. Tiger!

Uh John, you have first had account of this? Last time I checked, college swimmers at this level will do the work expected of them. Mid/Distance is what it is, he will have an easier time with these kids as I see it. We are not talking about taking a basketball coach and asking him to train MP for the 400IM, why are we (you) so negative?

When will he start? i take it he will stay at NBAC until worlds trials , i think he owes it to his swimmers there. I wonder how many will follow him there?

I think Hawke is probably just young enough to understand that people get their information online these days as opposed to through newsletters, team meetings, etc. Maybe if some other coaches out there understood this, then they'd be on Floswimming quite often, too.

I have a few trips on the way, but if you think about it all I did was a workout video and a coaching update with them this week. Sometimes I just can't win. But I make no apologies, I go where I'm wanted. If you want me somewhere else then let me know.

thats sooo tight!

best looking coaching staff in the country!

Wow! My old coach at Auburn. Congrats, Paul.

lose katie a great, and then move onto GREATNESS!!!!!

cheers thanks!! how cute are they?

Rift between Brett and Paul? Didn't Hawke hire the man?

paul is the man

At the end of the video, Hawke can't get away from Yetter quick enough. I smell a rift brewing at AU

God I couldnt agree more...I LOVE floswimming...its the best site out there for our sport, but for the love of god lets see some other college teams or something.

Garrett is good at responding...please do

Paul is technically not even at Auburn yet and already he is being drawn into the usual auburn bashing cycle. This is ridiculous. Auburn's coaching staff is made up of some of the freshest and youngest minds of swimming. They are half the age of some coaches and have already been just as successful. Congratulations are in order, not rude comments. The people that are bashing these guys are ones sitting at home only wishing that they could have ever swam with or for these great men but were never good enough. Congrats Auburn, make Richard Quick and the rest of the Auburn family proud.

Ok ok he's a good coach, but lets see how well he can transition from age groupers to college kids who wont take as much shi*t from their coach

Is it just me or does nayone else think that maybe schools like TEXAS, where Eddie Reese and Kris Kubik have been at the helm for seemingly ever, loook at stepping down and hiring some young blood in to relate to the swimmers more? I mean lets be honest, it has been awhile since Texas or Stanford with Kenneny have won NCAAs, a possible revolution is needed in my opinion at these programs. As one floswimming poster said before, "Brett Hawke is burning fire and desire, Eddie Reese is ah-shucks grandpa"......and words for thought

everybody this guy coaches goes faster. i know because my kids go to the same meets. way to go auburn!

let the dynasty of auburn begin!!! hahaha

There aren't that many club teams that have 5 ncaa finalists in the first place. so to use that as a critique of nbac just isn't right. there can't be more than 3 or 4 teams who have 5 ncaa finalists. and nbac just doesn't have a history of ncaa swimmers (yet, but thats going to change, starting with madwed this year). their claim to fame is their 7 olympians.

Paul- you'll do great out there! Auburn just got one of the top coaches in the country and it will be such a blast to see how it goes. Good luck!

And to all you jerks who are putting this down I think it is because you are just freaking jealous and have nothing better to do.
This is going to be a great choice and I wish Paul the best of luck!

Can anyone name me 5 NBAC athletes that are performing at the top of their game in college. Lets look at at the Kalicz at 'SC......the girl never swam in one meet. It will be interesting to see if the Lee girl ever atually swims in college. NBAC is great for 15 and Under, and your race Phelps, and Hoff, but other than that.......NBAC athletes are "Spent" after 15.

Still looking for 5 NBAC athletes that finaled at NC's

an already scary team just got scarier

Man i would LOVE to swim under either if these two, that accent!

WOW

how can you NOT like whats going on down at AU? two great coaches and one of the most talented rosters in swimming.

No need to complain about frequent coverage of the best team in the country...Hawke's nice enough to let Flo come to his practices.

Amen to that!

wat a pick up for auburn! now they will be even more deadly at mid-d/distance... the last thing the rest of the american collegiate swimming community needs haha

look at the bright side.....no one has mentioned anything about suits in this thread....damn! i said it.....oh well

ya, im sick of seeing what the best do! go to some poe dunk school where I can learn how to swim the 100 in under 1:00! Come on guys, i'm sure floswim doesn't have a million dollar budget to fly all over the place to go to your favorite place, plus I'm sure there are many coaches who are in no hurry to share their "secrets" to their rivals. great job floswim! and big ups to the places that share their knowledge!

I can only assume that in order to get video of practices, people have to be given permission to be on deck at these schools. Second, this man is doing quite a bit of travel and last time i checked, flying/driving ain't free. Being at ultra-swim, given the proximity of AU and the story that went down concerning one of his swimmers I am not surprised that these videos ensued. This is all response to show that these boys put in a ton of work (personal experience watching them last summer during the AU swim camp) just like every other sprint. Everyone is wearing suits, but you still have to be able to swim.

Would I like to see other colleges, programs etc. Sure. But as I said, you need permission and Garrett needs time and $$.

I'm willing to bet that most of the negative comments are the same two or three people taking advantage of the ability to post anonymously.

Congratulations to Auburn on a great hire!

Im a big fan of floswimming, but i agree with what some other people have written already. Theres way too much Auburn stuff on this site. I understand that they won the national championship, and if it was solely because of that then it would slightly understandable. But where was all of Arizona's coverage when they won the national championship? There was some, but there was and still is too much Auburn coverage on the site. Its a bit tiresome

The team definitely has the 'tools' (cue the subtle laugh) to get the job done in the water. But as far as "student-athletes" go, how does AU fair in the classroom? Additionally, are the academic requirements to be admitted to AU that much of a challenge? Not that UT's are impossible, but we know Stanford, Cal, Mich, and Georgia are at least producing people that can contribute after their 4(/5) years.

Als Garret, I'm an avid flo site viewer, and I try and stay positive, but this vid was a little cheese-tastic (constructive criticism...promise).

great hire-congrats!!

When does Yetter do the Milk Chugging drills with Mid-distance swimmers? Did Hawke consult with Quick before this hire? Interesting all the Auburn bashing and NBAC defending - you people need a life and maybe start watching the NHL Playoffs. When do the UVA, CAL, and UT haters opine? CHEERS!

"... excellence in and out of the pool." Ha. Well, they're fast swimmers, I'll give them that.

Why does pretty much every video anymore turn into a bash fest? This team sucks, that coach sucks, you're a moron. Why the negativity? NBAC has a history of consistently putting swimmers on international teams. Several gold medalists and world record holders came from their program. Can you really say that your team wouldn't take that kind of history in a heartbeat?

Dan Madwed is one, he swam with Yetter for the last few years. Austin Surhoff is going to Texas next year as a top recruit. And then there's that guy Michael Phelps, not sure what he would do if he swam in college!

Dan Madwed is the only one I can think of at NCAA's this past year.

Well giving credit to NBAC, you have to realize they havbe excellent coaches, but the reason teh team is so good is because they recruit. A lot of their swimmers move to the baltimore area to train, so you have to put them on a different league. On the brightside those swimmers probably have no life besides swimming. How many swimmers from NBAC were at this past Men's NCAA championships?.....I can't think of one

Take the freak Phelps and Hoff off the NAG and they barely rank. Take a look at the virtual club champs and you will see that RMSC won it the past three years.

take a look at the nag record board and talk about rmsc or curl. what a joke. nbac swimmers always crush.

That was so cheezy...

that doesnt have anything to do with this, you tool..

NBAC is over-rated. RMSC and Curl in DC have better programs and are growing the talent. With the exception of a few, most of the really good NBAC swimmers move to it from other clubs (Madwed, Hoff, Lee, Pelton). In fact NBAC refuses to swim against the PVS programs, which produces lots of great swimmers. Good for Yetter, it was time to move on, especially with Hoff leaving him and Austin Surhoff going to College.

plz, let's not start measuring lenghts of ones.... coaching prowess... Yetter has done good work past, maybe be it one or 12 individuals...

Lets be honest...as a huge Florida fan, this is kinda a big setback for the Gators when it comes to SECs and NCAAs (even if the women won SECs this year), but this completely overshadows the fact that Dorsey Tierney-Walker just got hired as the new M/W head coach at Arizona State.

What a great move by ASU! Dorsey is obviously a phenomenal coach and ASU did the right thing by bringing her in.
I wonder if Paul got any advice from Bowman about the transition from age groupers to college swimmers. Both Yetter and Hawke are young smart coaches that can connect to these college swimmers. This could be a big deal for Auburn over the next few years recruiting wise.

Hot swimmers and now hot coaches. Just another reason to go to Auburn!

Bulding on my twin, Yetter had two kids on the Guam Jr. Team and has three more at Vancover meet ...this year alone....out of a traing group of 15. Facts speak for themselves. I was privledged to swim with Bowman's post grad group over Chirstmas and found it to be a very negative place. Lots of bad karma coming from Hoff and her minions. She made her decision to move to Bowman and was always trash talking Yetter. Cound't leave it alone. Don't blame Yetter for getting out of dodge. Who needs that crap?
The losers here are Yetter's age groupers.

there is no independent confirmation of this, i am not believing til i see someone else carry this story

It'll be fun to see how much Auburn can dominate at the next NCAA now that they have the best sprint coach and one of the best mid distance coaches. And both are young, so Auburn will rule the field for the next 20 years? :D

this is a huge deal, and great news for college swimming. for a highly successful club coach to take an assistant job at the college level all egos had to be put aside. Brett's sprint skills combined with Paul's proven ability to work with mid/distance swimmers (girls at that ), this could be a dangerous duo for years to come. congrats to Paul and Auburn.

Hawke was probably off to a Fight Club where Craig Lord is.

Do your research--yetter currently has about 15 swimmers in his charge, all of them high school or younger, and out of that group he is sending 11 kids to world championship trials this summer. All of them except for one or two made their first cut while swimming for him. Those are some pretty astounding facts. there shouldn't be any need to say anymore about him (especially considering he was an olympic coach and put katie hoff on 2 olympic teams) but just to drive the point home, here is one more fun fact: there have been at least 2 swimmers from his group on the past 4 national junior teams.

Nbac has less than 200 swimmers.

No mention of Dorsey

i think i missed the part where someone asked you to apologize or got angry that you posted this haha

You don't have 1000 kids for having bad coaches, and NBAC has a whole load of good kids.

what happens to all of yetters age groupers? do they go to bowman?

you dont get club coach of the year just for one swimmer

Think about it, NBAC isn't that good of team. They have two Olympians, both who are freaks of nature. Oh, and by the way did I mention they have over 1000 kids. Just from a mathematical standpoint, if you have over 1000 kids, usually one or two of them are going to be great, whether the coach is good or not. Yetter hasn't proved anything yet

whats so special?

Just imagine how beastly Auburn will be with both Yetter and Hawke. Insanium in the cranium.