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The University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 Men's Swimming program began in 1921 and has had nine coaches in its history. The current coach is Mike Bottom
Mike Bottom
Mike Bottom is the ninth head coach in the 87-year history of the University of Michigan men’s swimming program and one of the world's most recognized swimming coaches...

, who took over the helm from Bob Bowman
Bob Bowman (coach)
Bob Bowman is an American swimming coach, who is the coach of Michael Phelps. From 2005-2008, he was the head coach for the University of Michigan men's swimming & diving team, replacing Jon Urbanchek; as well as the head coach for the club team based at the school: Club Wolverine. He was the...

 in 2008. They also host a summer sleepaway swim camp.

The coaching history is as follows:
  • Mike Bottom
    Mike Bottom
    Mike Bottom is the ninth head coach in the 87-year history of the University of Michigan men’s swimming program and one of the world's most recognized swimming coaches...

     (2008-present)
  • Bob Bowman
    Bob Bowman (coach)
    Bob Bowman is an American swimming coach, who is the coach of Michael Phelps. From 2005-2008, he was the head coach for the University of Michigan men's swimming & diving team, replacing Jon Urbanchek; as well as the head coach for the club team based at the school: Club Wolverine. He was the...

     (2004 to 2008)
    • Record 30-8-1 in dual meets, including 21-1-1 against Big Ten opponents, Big Ten Championships: 1.
  • Jon Urbanchek
    Jon Urbanchek
    Jon Urbanchek is an American swimming coach, best known for his 22-year tenure as the Men's Swimming & Diving Head Coach for the University of Michigan...

     (1982-2004)
    • Record 163-34-0, Big Ten Championships: 13, National Championships: 1
  • Bill Farley (1979-81)
    • Record 14-4-0
  • Gus Stager
    Gus Stager
    Augustus P. "Gus" Stager, Jr. was the swimming coach for the 1960 U.S. Olympic team and the swimming coach at the University of Michigan for 25 years . His Michigan swimming teams won four NCAA national championships in 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1961...

     (1954-79,1981-82)
    • Record 188-40-1, Big Ten Championships: 3, National Championships: 4
  • Matthew Mann
    Matthew Mann
    Matthew "Matt" Mann II was a British-born American college swimming coach and was coach of the men's swim team in the 1952 Summer Olympics that won four gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal....

     (1925-54)
    • Record 203-25-3, Big Ten Championships: 16, National Championships: 13
  • Gerald Barnes (1924-25)
    • Record 4-0-0
  • William Brown (1922-24)
    • Record 3-4-1
  • John Jerome (1921-22)
    • Record 0-1-0

Alumni

  • Gustavo Borges
    Gustavo Borges
    Gustavo França Borges Gustavo França Borges Gustavo França Borges (born December 2, 1972 in Ribeirão Preto is a former international top swimmer from Brazil. He participated in four Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...

  • Fernando Cañales
    Fernando Canales
    Fernando Canales may refer to:*Fernando J. Canales, swimming coach, originally from Puerto Rico*Fernando Canales Clariond, former governor of Nuevo León, Mexico and former Mexican Secretary of Energy...

     (1981)
  • John Davies
    John Davies
    -Politicians:*John Davies , British businessman and Conservative MP and cabinet minister*John S. Davies , Pennsylvania politician...

  • Tom Dolan
    Tom Dolan
    Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics...

  • Brian Gunn
    Brian Gunn
    Brian Gunn is an American screenplay and television writer.-Life and career:With his cousin Mark, Gunn created 2ge+her for MTV, which started as a television movie and then ran as a series for two seasons....

  • Tom Malchow
    Tom Malchow
    Thomas James Malchow is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He broke Denis Pankratov's world record in the 200 m butterfly in 2000.Malchow was also a captain of the U.S. Men's Swimming Team at the 2004...

  • Eric Namesnik
    Eric Namesnik
    Eric John Namesnik was an Olympic swimmer for the United States.-Biography:He was born and raised in the town of Butler, Pennsylvania. Namesnik won silver medals in the 400-meter individual medley at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics...

  • Richard O. Papenguth
    Richard O. Papenguth
    Richard O. "Dick" Papenguth was an American college swimming coach at Purdue University and coach of the women's swim team in the 1952 Summer Olympics that won two bronze medals....

    (1925)
  • Andy Potts
    Andy Potts
    Andrew Robert Potts is a triathlete from the United States, who won the bronze medal as a swimmer in the men's 400m individual medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade....

  • Owen Von Richter
    Owen Von Richter
    Owen Von Richter is a retired male medley swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...

  • Carl Robie
    Carl Robie
    Carl Robie was an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and one gold in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico...

  • Chris Thompson
    Chris Thompson (swimmer)
    Christopher Lee Thompson , is an American swimmer, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 1500 m freestyle. He was the second American swimmer to go below the 15 minute mark on the 1500m and held the American Record for 4 years...

     (2001)
  • Jon Urbanchek
    Jon Urbanchek
    Jon Urbanchek is an American swimming coach, best known for his 22-year tenure as the Men's Swimming & Diving Head Coach for the University of Michigan...

  • Alex Vanderkaay
    Alex Vanderkaay
    Alex Vanderkaay is an American swimmer. At the 2007 World University Games, Vanderkaay won the silver medal in the 400m IM. At the 2009 World University Games, he won the gold medal in the 200m IM and again the silver medal in the 400m IM...

  • Peter Vanderkaay
    Peter Vanderkaay
    Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:...

  • Marcel Wouda
    Marcel Wouda
    Marcel Reinier Wouda is a former Dutch swimmer, who became Holland's first world champion when he won the world title in the 200 m individual medley at the FINA 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia...

  • Eric Wunderlich
    Eric Wunderlich
    Eric Wunderlich is a retired breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He twice won a gold medal at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in the men's 4x100m medley relay event .-References:*...

  • Salvatore Barba

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