Written By: Sean M. Tedesco As the focus, excitement and energy of winning our Swimming and Diving Conference Championship subsides, a...

I believe community should be the backbone of a quality college program as it pulls together all of the involved groups toward a common goal

The majority of talks are soft skill based and have moved away from the more technical aspects or what I term as the “nuts & bolts”.

Taking a program from good to great begins and ends with coaches and athletes developing trust and forming an internal agreement.

Most officers in the Coast Guard are Academy graduates, unlike any other service.

When it comes to our work with student-athletes, we are on the front lines.

As inconvenient as change can be, it has forced us as individuals, and as a sport, to look at what really matters.

I am forced to navigate my voice and success in a community that is not represented by people who look like me.

Duty, Honor, Country. West Point is known for developing ready and strong leaders of character at its academy who will serve our country...

Social media to our swimmers, though, is so much more. Social media is how our swimmers communicate love.

I know it seems like a small thing to call college athletes “Kids”. Maybe even irrelevant. But I would urge that we reconsider.

If we do not meet our athlete’s needs as people first (psychologically and emotionally) we won’t be able to help meet their athletic needs.

For every hour spent on planning and executing swim training, I put an hour into growing communication and team culture.

Mutual trust is beneficial to the team, to how athletes play their sports, and it often leads to positive results.

We learned that through using “inquiry based” learning, GenZ athletes were capable of retaining and applying the information they received.

Every year, thousands of prospective student-athletes will flood recruiting databases and services each year in an attempt to find...