14 Facts About Eddie Reese

Edwin Charles Reese was born on July 23,1941 and is a Hall of Fame American college and Olympic swimming coach, and a former college swimmer for the University of Florida.

Eddie Reese served with the United States' Olympic Swimming Team in 2004 and 2008, and was an assistant coach at the 1992,1996,2000 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Eddie Reese is the winningest swim coach in history and is the only collegiate swim coach to win NCAA national team titles in five separate decades.

Eddie Reese is widely regarded by many swimming historians as the greatest swim coach in history.

Eddie Reese attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach and swam for the Mainland Buccaneers high school swim team, winning two state high school championships in the 200-yard individual medley swimming event.

Eddie Reese then enrolled in the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Buddy Crone and coach Bill Harlan's Florida Gators swimming and diving teams, leading the Gators to three consecutive Southeastern Conference team championships.

Eddie Reese graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1963.

Eddie Reese then coached and taught at Roswell High School in Roswell, New Mexico for one year, before returning to the University of Florida as an assistant coach for six seasons.

Eddie Reese became the head coach of the Auburn Tigers swim team at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama in 1972, leading the Tigers for six seasons.

In 1978, Eddie Reese accepted the head coaching position for the Texas Longhorns men's swimming and diving team of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

Eddie Reese has coached numerous current and former world record holders.

From to 1986 through 2016, Eddie Reese coached Texas with Associate Coach Kris Kubik, a former All American swimmer at North Carolina State who excelled in backstroke.

Eddie Reese was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1988, and the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Coach" in 2002.

Eddie Reese's brother, Randy Reese, who is a university and Olympic swimming coach, was inducted in 2005.