It seems impossible that Bob Bowman has never before been the head coach of the United States Olympic swim team.
How could the coach of the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time (Baltimore's Michael Phelps) have been no more than an assistant during the last three Olympiads? Were the folks at USA Swimming afraid they might ... win too much?
"I don't know. I kind of think they felt like, you know, me having Michael there was like a full-time job in itself, so maybe I wouldn't be able to coach the other people," Bowman said May 25 on Glenn Clark Radio.
Bowman is still coaching Phelps, who is set to compete in his fifth and final (final?) Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. This time he will also be the head coach of the rest of the men's team for the first time in his career. The significance of the opportunity is not lost on the two-time former head coach of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.
