#150 Bill Pilczuk

Bill Pilczuk is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at The Savannah College of Art and Design. Bill is the reigning NAIA Coach of the Year. The Women's team has won 3 straight NAIA Championships.  As a swimmer, Bill was a dragon slayer. He became World Champion in the Men's 50 Free at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia, taking down the greatest sprinter of all time in Alex Popov.  He used the money he won to pay off his Auburn school debt. Bill has a fantastic sense of humor which really comes out in this interview.  Enjoy! 00:00 Intro 00:15 Destro Swim Towers 00:45 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard 01:16 Where are you coming from? 01:30 The Savannah College of Art & Design 2:07 Episode 1(x)50 02:45 How'd you get into swimming? 03:30 Cape May, New Jersey 04:00 Miami-Dade Community College 07:30 Transfer to Auburn 08:05 Won JUCO Nats in 21.1 10:00 Lane 8 Group 12:10 Mike Bottom, Asst. Coach 15:45 What did you do well? 18:35 Never made the SEC team 19:00 FIGHT 20:00 Last Chance Meet 19.7 21:00 Swim Off vs. Jon Olsen 23:30 Popov puffing a cig 24:30 41 Strokes 26:30 Getting 3rd at 96 Trials 29:00 Goal was to travel the world 29:30 Brett becomes Bill's Training Partner 34:00 World Championships 1998 36:00 Alexander Popov 37:30 Yoav Bruck: "Bill you know you can win this." 38:30 Track Start 40:30 Bill's Routine 47:00 Stop Breathing 47:50 Missing the Olympic Team again 49:10 Back injury 51:25 Current Swimmers 52:00 Giving Back to the Swimming Community 53:00 Making Physiology Based Changes 54:00 Documenting Swimming History 55:00 From Beach Lifeguard to America's Best Destro Swim Towers: use code "brett" at checkout to save $150 per double tower! Connect: Find | Brett Hawke On Instagram @hawkebr on Twitter @insidewithbh On Facebook @insidewithbh Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Supported by: Fitter & Faster