Unlike Texas Basketball, Football, Track,And Baseball There Are Very Few Books That Discuss Longhorn swimming. I Hope With Time This Site Can Add Some Historical Insight And Tell The Full And Compelling Story Of The Texas swimming Tradition. Please visit WETS to learn more about Longhorn swimming. The link is denoted in blue font below. http://www.wetswim.org/about-us/founders-page/…
What does it mean to be a Texas Longhorn Swimmer? Philip Nenon By Philip Nenon, ’79 – ‘82 Article is from the “WETS” newsletter When asked earlier this week to share my thoughts on this question, I found it both easy and very difficult. I’d spent time thinking about this topic with Kris’ retirement announcement….
Dr. Don Thomas says, “my high school class consisted of about 15 people. I was not an outstanding student, even in this small group. I entered the University of Texas in Austin in 1937. In my first semester, I made only B grades, but as time went on and the courses became more difficult and…
Shaun Jordan was not offered many Division I scholarships, but Coach Reese saw something special in his swim stroke and asked him to walk-on at Texas. April 08, 1991 Hook This Longhorn Cutup Shaun Jordan hogged the stage as Texas won its fourth straight NCAA title By Merrell Noden The NCAA men’s swimming and Diving…
Hondo Crouch was country strange but genuine. He grew a beard and wore unfashionable clothes before the hippies, and had a knack for converting his “liabilities” into assets. Intentionally, he looked like an ignorant sheepherder. Hondo was a marketing genius and used his counter-culture persona to break bread with some of the most influential people…
Coach Tex Robertson was a risk-taker who used personality, energy, creativity, politics, contacts, recruiting, promotion, discipline, strong will, and Business Savvy to forever change the swimming landscape for Longhorn swimmers. TEX- The Father of Texas Swimming by Ross LuckSinger Coach Tex Robertson tells his new swimmers “Go Swim a mile and your body teaches you”…
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