#207 Dave Salo on coaching philosophies, breaststroke, doping, ISL, Cody Simpson

Dave Salo is one of the world's most innovative and decorated swim coaches. He has been on Team USA's Olympic staff 3x and was just named Head Coach for SC World Championships in Abu Dhabi.

As the Head Coach of Irvine Novaquatics for 26 years (1990-2006), he coached a few swimmers you might recognize: Aaron Peirsol, Amanda Beard, Michael Cavic, and Jason Lezak.  

As the Head Coach of the University of Southern California (2006-2020), he coached superstars like Larsen Jensen, Ous Mellouli, Katinka Hosszu, Jessica Hardy, and Rebecca Soni. 

His list of successful athletes is a mile long.  

Currently, he is the Head Coach of the Tokyo Frog Kings of the International Swimming League.

00:00 Swimming Sponsors

03:00 Hello Dave Salo

07:45 Head Coach Team USA SC Worlds

10:45 Does USAS need a Head Coach?

13:00 Dave Salo Bio

17:45 Academics

19:45 Peter Daland

22:30 Jon Urbanchek, Long Beach State

24:15 Coaching Philosophy

30:50 Sprint Salo Book

36:50 Experimenting

42:00 Rebecca Soni

49:45 Breaststroke

01:01:30 Adam Peaty

01:05:00 Coaching Women

01:09:45 College Recruiting

01:13:30 Athletes testing positive

01:24:20 XYZ

01:30:00 Swimming fast in practice

01:33:00 Larsen Jensen

01:37:00 Aaron Peirsol

01:43:30 Intl Swimming League

01:46:30 Professionalize swimmers

01:52:40 Cody Simpson

02:00:00 Salo Swim Camp

02:02:00 Coaching the Japanese

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