16 Facts About Jeremy Linn

Jeremy Porter Linn was born on January 6,1975 and is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, world record-holder and current swim coach.

Jeremy Linn was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on January 6,1975, and swam his first race at the age of four.

Jeremy Linn was known for his unusual warm-up routine and unorthodox swim sets, and was given the nickname "The Goat" due to his facial hair.

In 1998, Jeremy Linn took a silver medal at the World Championships in the medley relay.

Jeremy Linn attended the University of Tennessee from 1995 to 1998, under Head Coach John Trembley, where he was a member of the Tennessee Volunteers swimming and diving team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Southeastern Conference competition.

Jeremy Linn was only the third athlete to win the same event, the 100-yard breaststroke for four consecutive years at the SEC Championships.

Jeremy Linn won eleven SEC swimming titles-six individual and five relay.

Jeremy Linn was highly instrumental in leading the Tennessee Volunteers to an SEC team championship in Austin in February 1996 where events he won included the 200-yard medley relay in American Record time, the 400-yard medley relay in SEC record time, and the 100-yard breaststroke in pool record time.

At the national level, Jeremy Linn won four individual NCAA titles.

Jeremy Linn held the NCAA and US Open record in the 100 yard breaststroke until 2007, until it was broken by Mike Alexandrov of Northwestern University.

Jeremy Linn was the senior coach at the Quantico Devil Dolphins Swim Team in Manassas, Virginia from September 2004 until August 2007.

Jeremy Linn coached three of the four QDD women in the 200-meter freestyle relay to the VSI State Senior Championships for short course in 2007, breaking the meet record and nearly breaking the five-year-old state record.

Jeremy Linn coached for Tar Heel Aquatic Team, in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina from August 2007 to December 2007.

Jeremy Linn has coached a number of USAS Scholastic All Americans, 20 Olympic trial qualifiers, four members to the US National Junior Team, and helped one club swimmer qualify for the 2023 Pan Am Games' National Team.

Jeremy Linn was a staff member when the US National Junior Team attended the World Cup Meets in Berlin and Budapest.

Jeremy Linn was earlier named the 1995 Southeastern Conference Swimmer of the Year.