#143 Arthur Albiero

Arthur Albiero has been the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Louisville since 2003. When he took the job, the men's team had half of a scholarship. The pool was in a basement. The team had no culture of winning. Fast forward 18 years and all that has been turned around.  Born and raised in Brazil, Coach Albiero has an amazing swimming story. At 12 years old he got the opportunity to attend Don Gambril's swim camp at the University of Alabama. He walked on at Cal State Bakersfield, swimming for the legendary Ernie Maglischo. His first job coaching was at Kenyon College under Hall of Fame Coach Jim Steen. Arthur has had major success at U of L, recently winning the Men's ACC Championship by just 2 points. According to Coach Albiero, those two points were years in the making.  He was named to Team USA's coaching staff for the 2016 Rio Olympics and served as Head Coach for Pan Pacs in 2018. Up next: Tokyo.  Enjoy! This episode is sponsored by: Destro Swim Towers: use code "brett" at checkout to save $150 per double tower! 00:00 Intro 01:06 Arthur Albiero 18th Season at Louisville 03:00 Fastest ACC Meet in History 03:50 How with a restricted season did you swim so fast? 05:45 Guys Stepping Up 07:15 Why this team, why now? 08:45 2 Points Built on Years of Points 09:55 Coaching Your Kids 15:45 How did you get to America? 16:00 Don Gambril Swim Camp 18:00 Cal State Bakersfield & Ernie Maglischo 19:10 Oakland University 19:40 1st Job: Kenyon College & Jim Steen 20:45 Louisville Head Coach at 29 yrs old 24:00 How do you take down Cal & Texas? 29:05 21x50's LCM going SC Goal Time 33:10 Representing Team USA 36:20 What Brazil is missing: YOU! 41:00 Why Louisville? This episode is sponsored by: Destro Swim Towers! Use code "brett" at checkout to save $150 per double tower! Subscribe, Review, Share! Apple Google Spotify YouTube Connect | Brett Hawke On Instagram @hawkebr On Twitter @insidewithbh On Facebook @insidewithbh Connect | Arthur Albiero On Twitter On LinkedIn Produced by: SWIMNERD Sponsored by: Destro Swim Towers: use code "brett" at checkout to save $150 per double tower! Supported by: Fitter & Faster