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#6	ahelee September 14, 2008 at 1:33pm I'm pretty excited about this piece and I hope all of you will get it out in your regions. Any of us who have been or are still swimmers can help bring swimming to areas that are limited. Pull out that box of a million goggles, swim equipment, and swimsuits and bring them down to your closest pool in need. Then try volunteer coaching. Who has not felt like they wanted to give back to the sport that gave us so much? Do it - you won't regret it. reply
#5	Warren September 12, 2008 at 4:30pm Nice job G. Good interview, great questions, nice perspective. reply
#4	ahelee September 11, 2008 at 10:29pm Ben Sheppard, you are my new hero! I sure wish I had met you at ASCA. I'm from the Bay Area and I know what you are doing in Oakland is no joke... and finally just now, beginning to be appreciated. I would love to have some of the charitable type events that we run with Masters Swimming, fund programs like our inner city swim teams who need help. Talking about your great coaching staff, do you not have the great Ash Jones from Alameda coaching at Oakland Undercurrents? He has been raving about what you are doing in Oakland for almost 2 years! Next time I am up north, I am coming to check your team out! Keep up the amazing work building swimmers and future swim coaches. reply
#3	Anonymous September 11, 2008 at 5:55pm Garrett, You HAVE to get out there and document this program and this young coach's efforts. USA Swim has a diversity initiative and this guy's program is an example of it. I had goosebumps listening to his wish of turning his swimmers into coaches. reply
#2	BigGuy September 11, 2008 at 2:39pm What an articulate coach. This kind of program speaks well for the notion that what you can teach, or role model, as a coach transcends the sport. reply
#1	Ben's Brother September 11, 2008 at 12:49pm Ben is my brother, and he's also a hero of mine. His program is an exciting and invigorating addition to United States Swimming. I wish he was able to talk about it more. The things he teaches goes way beyond the pool for many of his swimmers, and for many of his fellow coaches. We need more like him. reply

Mike Bottom

Inner City Swimming

September 11, 2008

In 1998 Ben became the director of the Oakland Community Pool Project. He also founded the only inner city swim teams in Oakland and is the head coach of that team, the Oakland Undercurrents. Ben swam under legendary coaches like Gregg Troy, Randy Reese, Nort Thornton, Mike Bottom, and the late Paul Blair. With coaches like those it's no big surprise he wound up on a pool deck.

About Mike Bottom

Organization:	Michigan Swimming
Current School:	University Of Michigan-ann Arbor
Bio:	Mike Bottom A world class swimmer in his day, Mike has established himself as one of the premier sprint coaches in the sport. At the past 2 Olympics, his sprinters accounted for the top 2 spots in the… + See More + Mike Bottom A world class swimmer in his day, Mike has established himself as one of the premier sprint coaches in the sport. At the past 2 Olympics, his sprinters accounted for the top 2 spots in the… + See More - See Less - Mike Bottom A world class swimmer in his day, Mike has established himself as one of the premier sprint coaches in the sport. At the past 2 Olympics, his sprinters accounted for the top 2 spots in the 50 free (Hall and Ervin in 2000, and Hall and Draganja in 2004). At the NCAA level Bottom played a role in the rise of Auburn as an assistant from 1991-1994. He then returned to his alma mater The University of Southern California in 1995, and by 1997 the USC women won their first ever NCAA championship. As the sprint coach at Cal, Mike's sprinters went through a stretch of 5 years of 100 yard free NCAA championships. After a full year at The Race Club, Mike is now the head men's coach at The University of Michigan.

Related Pages
   - Bio: About Mike Bottom
   - Speaker: Ben Sheppard
   - Coverage: American Swim Coaches Association Clinic

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university of california, the bolles school, nort, randy reese, nort thornton, mike bottom, oakland undercurrents, ben sheppard

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