Dave Salo is one of the world's most innovative and decorated swim coaches. He has been on Team USA's Olympic staff 3x and was just named Head Coach for SC World Championships in Abu Dhabi.
As the Head Coach of Irvine Novaquatics for 26 years (1990-2006), he coached a few swimmers you might recognize: Aaron Peirsol, Amanda Beard, Michael Cavic, and Jason Lezak.  
As the Head Coach of the University of Southern California (2006-2020), he coached superstars like Larsen Jensen, Ous Mellouli, Katinka Hosszu, Jessica Hardy, and Rebecca Soni. 
His list of successful athletes is a mile long.  
Currently, he is the Head Coach of the Tokyo Frog Kings of the International Swimming League.
00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:00 Hello Dave Salo
07:45 Head Coach Team USA SC Worlds
10:45 Does USAS need a Head Coach?
13:00 Dave Salo Bio
17:45 Academics
19:45 Peter Daland
22:30 Jon Urbanchek, Long Beach State
24:15 Coaching Philosophy
30:50 Sprint Salo Book
36:50 Experimenting
42:00 Rebecca Soni
49:45 Breaststroke
01:01:30 Adam Peaty
01:05:00 Coaching Women
01:09:45 College Recruiting
01:13:30 Athletes testing positive
01:24:20 XYZ
01:30:00 Swimming fast in practice
01:33:00 Larsen Jensen
01:37:00 Aaron Peirsol
01:43:30 Intl Swimming League
01:46:30 Professionalize swimmers
01:52:40 Cody Simpson
02:00:00 Salo Swim Camp
02:02:00 Coaching the Japanese
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