EDDIE REESE: Coaching Swimming, Teaching Life

About The Book

What's inside?

Three sections: Who is Eddie Reese?, How Eddie Coaches, and Why So Much Winning? Stories from over 50 former swimmers and coaches about Coach Reese. 130 quotes from the man himself.

HARDCOVER on SALE 2/1/20-4/30/20

Hardcover includes 60 color pictures.and is for sale for a limited time.

Softcover continues to be

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Your Purchase Becomes A Gift

A significant portion of each book purchased will be donated to the Eddie Reese-Kris Kubik Legacy Endowment at the University of Texas.

Book Reviews

Rick Barnes, Basketball Coach #1 Ranked U Tennessee

I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it, He's a master of his craft. He works his sport better than anybody I've ever seen. He understands it. He gets it. He understands how it all comes together — mind and body. And he understands competition, what second is, and what it takes to be first.

Mack Brown, Football Coach U North Carolina, 2005 National Champions at Texas

Coach Eddie Reese is a legend in the coaching world and an icon at the University of Texas. He became a great friend to me during our time together at UT and he represents the best of what it means to be a coach and mentor. The lessons recounted in this book are invaluable for anyone interested in become a better leader.

Aaron Peirsol, 5-Time Olympic Gold Medalist & World Record Holder

An emotional and educational read. Although I swam for Eddie for eight years, I still learned more about him from reading this book.

John Leonard, Executive Director American Swim Coaches Association

This is a brilliant read…..insightful, warm, funny and filled with meaning…just like Coach Reese himself.

Don Heidary, President American Swim Coaches Association

There are few times in a life when one is humbled by an exhibition of life and of its depiction. This is one. This book is a must read, not simply for those in the aquatic world, but for every human being searching for a compass in life and a value system that breeds irrefutable respect and unparalleled success. This is the living example. While this story is powerful and inspiring, its presentation is equally so. Chuck Warner is the preeminent author in the world of swimming and masterfully intertwines the extraordinary success of Coach Reese with the powerful virtues that laid the groundwork for that success.

Bill Sweetenham, Head National Team Coach at five Olympic Games, coached nine world record holders.

Eddie Reese , no person a better coach and no coach a better person. This book says it all. A master class from a true genius in our sporting world.

Book Types

HARD COVER & PAPER BACK OPTIONS

HARD COVER - Available 2/01/20

$125.00 USD

Hard Cover available with full color interior (65 pictures, 51 of which are color) Contribute to the endowment of Men's Swimming & Diving at the University of Texas. The authors will donate the majority of the proceeds to the Reese - Kubik Legacy Endowment at UT. Hardcover books will continue to be printed at the same price through April 30.

SOFTCOVER- Available

$24.95 USD

Color soft cover. Sixty-five interior pictures are black and white. The authors will donate a significant portion of the proceeds of each copy to the Reese-Kubik Legacy Endowment at the University of Texas.

The Authors

Both authors were on Coach Reese's first coaching staff at Texas in 1978. They were there, each day, in the initial years of transformation of a "regional" program into one of sport's greatest dynasties ever. For each one, the experience was a "fork-in-the-road" of life, just as the Texas Swimming experience under Coach Reese has been for so many young men.

Chuck Warner

This is the third book that Chuck Warner has authored. The first two (Four Champions, One Gold Medal & ...And Then They Won Gold) have been highly acclaimed and continue to be popular reads. As a coach, Warner's swimmers achieved success at the highest level of the sport and his teams won national titles. He is a 3-time USA national team coach. He has served as past president of the American Swimming Coaches Association & on the Board of Directors for the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Dana Abbott

Dana Abbott swam at Tulane University and coached in Mississippi and Alabama before starting grad school at Texas. After working 1978-80 with Eddie Reese, was head coach at Katy (TX) High School for 25 years, and 12 more years in Katy at St. John XXIII. He has been a speaker/clinician locally, nationally, and internationally, president of TISCA and twice president of NISCA. Has previously worked with Chuck Warner on "And Then They Won Gold" and several articles in Swimming World Magazine.

Photographers

We are very grateful to have the contributions of multiple photographers including Peter Bick (long-time premiere photographer for Swimming World Magazine), Andy Ringgold, Texas Sports, and Taylor Brien.

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