Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Last July Jobs Post

 


Incarnate Word (Corpus Christi) assistant swim (HS & MS), Kevin Steen

Heights HS (Houston) head swim, Stephen Dixon

Life Time Fitness (Allen) assistant

Brenda & John Duncan YMCA (Houston) youth development director - aquatics

Grapevine HS & Heritage HS assistant swim, Daniel Jau

The Woodlands Township aquatics superintendent


 
Find more jobs here
 

Quote of the Day

 
The trouble with lying and deceiving is
that their efficiency depends entirely
upon a clear notion of the truth that
the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
Johannah "Hannah" Arendt
 

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Episode Fitty: Kevin Cargill

Our visit with Trials announcer Kevin Cargill is here

00:01 – Disclaimer & Banter

02:15 – The Jay in Needville

02:40 – Introducing Kevin Cargill

03:18 – Indy Trials highlights

05:12 – From swimming to announcing

10:10 – Tough Doubles

13:05 – Time Out

13:25 – Kelcie at The Jay

14:15 – ’28 Los Angeles Games

16:40 – Public Address vs. Broadcast

21:51 – Out AFAP & Negative Splitting

22:55 – Reagan Smith WR call

24:14 – Omaha vs. Indy

26:52 – Gabrielle Rose

27:43 – Life away from the pool

29:06 – All-Taper Team

34:41 – Beyond the Podium

37:44 – Tough names

41:40 – Bloopers?

42:32 – Trials Stories

43:53 – Gretchen Walsh WR call

45:27 – Simone Manuel 50 free

47:05 – Mental health

51:50 – The great Sam Kendricks

53:13 – Wrapping it up

 

'24 Paris Swim Results

Link to swim results is here

Quote of the Day

 
So much of left-wing thought is a kind
of playing with fire by people who
don't even know that fire is hot.
Eric Arthur Blair, a.k.a. George Orwell
 

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Quote of the Day

 
No matter what hyenas sound like,
they are not actually laughing.
George Robert "Bob" Newhart
 

Friday, July 19, 2024

Quote of the Day

 
Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.
Thomas Sowell

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Quote of the Day

 
Wit must be foiled with wit:
cut a diamond with a diamond.
William Congreve

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Mid-July Jobs Update

 

 
Cypress Lakes HS assistant water polo, Tyrone Carter
 
Stony Point HS head swim, Allison Coburn
 
Southwest ISD aquatics director, Peter Wagner
 
Capital of Texas Aquatics (COTA) assistant age group coach
 
YMCA of Metro Ft. Worth aquatics director
 
Trinity University assistant swim
 
Villa Sport (The Woodlands) competitive swim team
 
North Texas Nadadores (NTN) assistant swim
 
Academy of Texas Aquatic Champions (ATAC) head age group coach, Chris MacCurdy
 
 
 
Previous jobs posts here
 
 

Quote of the Day

 
The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible,
the easier the sailing will be.
Ella Maillart
 

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

I don't bother...

...chasin' mice around...
 
 

Quote of the Day

 
Man has demonstrated that he is master
of everything except his own nature.
Henry Valentine Miller 

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Monday, July 08, 2024

A Couple More Jobs

 
 
University of Texas Permian Basin head swim coach
 
Lamar HS (Arlington) head swim coach, Kim Peach
 
 

Mark Onstott

 
In our latest episode, we visited with legendary high school swim coach Mark Onstott.
 
Listen to Part I here

00:01 – Disclaimer & banter

01:44 – Endless Pools plug

02:30 – Introducing Mark Onstott

02:55 – Road to the UNI Panther HOF

09:35 – Breaking into high school coaching

12:45 – Working the Jack Nelson camp

13:45 – Cypress, Texas calling!

16:10 – Brian Seifert “taper”

18:13 – Escape from CFHS

22:04 – New Trier hiring process

28:06 – TNT?

29:20 – Dave Robertson era

31:38 – Evanston rivalry

36:40 – Texas vs. Illinois high school rules

41:30 – Onstott Part II Preview