Arthur Albiero has been the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Louisville since 2003. When he took the job, the men's team had half of a scholarship. The pool was in a basement. The team had no culture of winning. Fast forward 18 years and all that has been turned around.
Born and raised in Brazil, Coach Albiero has an amazing swimming story. At 12 years old he got the opportunity to attend Don Gambril's swim camp at the University of Alabama. He walked on at Cal State Bakersfield, swimming for the legendary Ernie Maglischo. His first job coaching was at Kenyon College under Hall of Fame Coach Jim Steen.
Arthur has had major success at U of L, recently winning the Men's ACC Championship by just 2 points. According to Coach Albiero, those two points were years in the making.
He was named to Team USA's coaching staff for the 2016 Rio Olympics and served as Head Coach for Pan Pacs in 2018.
Up next: Tokyo.
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00:00 Intro
01:06 Arthur Albiero 18th Season at Louisville
03:00 Fastest ACC Meet in History
03:50 How with a restricted season did you swim so fast?
05:45 Guys Stepping Up
07:15 Why this team, why now?
08:45 2 Points Built on Years of Points
09:55 Coaching Your Kids
15:45 How did you get to America?
16:00 Don Gambril Swim Camp
18:00 Cal State Bakersfield & Ernie Maglischo
19:10 Oakland University
19:40 1st Job: Kenyon College & Jim Steen
20:45 Louisville Head Coach at 29 yrs old
24:00 How do you take down Cal & Texas?
29:05 21x50's LCM going SC Goal Time
33:10 Representing Team USA
36:20 What Brazil is missing: YOU!
41:00 Why Louisville?
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