Bob Bowman (coach)

Bob Bowman
Bowman with Michael Phelps in 2009
Current position
TitleDirector of Swimming and Diving & Head Men’s Coach at University of Texas
TeamUniversity of Texas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Biographical details
Born (1965-04-06) April 6, 1965 (age 59)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma materFlorida State University
Playing career
1983–1985Florida State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)

1986–1987
USA Swimming:
Area Tallahassee Aq. Club (AC)
1988–1990Las Vegas Gold Swim Team (AC)
1991–1992
1992–1994
Napa Valley Swim Team (AC)
Birmingham Swim League
1994–1997Napa Valley Swim Team
1996–2005North Baltimore AC
2008–2015North Baltimore AC

1986–1987
NCAA:
Florida State (Asst.)
2005–2008Michigan
2015–2024Arizona State
2024–Texas (Director; Men)

2001, 03, 05, 11
Team USA/International:
U.S. World Championships (Men; Asst.)
2007, 09, 13U.S. World Championships (Men)
2004, 08, 12, 16U.S. Olympic Team Coach
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division I Championship Men's Team Champions (2024)

NCAA Division I Championship Men's Team Runner-Up (2023)

2x Pac-12 Conference Men's Team Champions (2023, 2024)
Awards
ASCA Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame Inductee (2010)

5x ASCA Coach of the Year
6x USA Swimming Coach of the Year
4x USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggles Award
USA Swimming Developmental Coach of the Year (2022)

CSCAA Division I Men's Coach of the Year (2024)

Robert Bowman (born April 6, 1965) is an American swimming coach who is the current Director of Swimming and head men's coach of the Longhorns swimming and diving teams of University of Texas. Bowman is best known as the coach of 23-time Olympic gold medalist American swimmer Michael Phelps and, more recently, of French swimmer Léon Marchand.

From 2005 to 2008, Bowman served as the head coach of the men's swimming and diving team of the University of Michigan. Over the next seven years he worked as the CEO and head coach of North Baltimore Aquatic Club, where he had formerly coached, then moved on to Arizona State University, where he coached until 2024.

He served as a U.S. Olympic coach in 2004, 2008, and 2012, and in 2015, USA Swimming appointed him the head coach of the men's 2016 Olympic Team.