UT has fired JT today, after 23 years of leading the Vols. The AD gave the reason as "gross misconduct."
www.swiminfo.com has the story.
JT has coached Melvin Stewart, Jeremy Linn, Tripp Schwenk and others to olympic medals in his yeas as a coach.
As I think I've said I went to JT's swim camps at Mercersberg for a couple of summers when I was a kid, so I only know him a little. But from what I knew of him I thought the man walked on water. He was charismatic and motivating, and I learned a lot at his camps.
My few experiences around him were similarly positive. Such difficult subject matter for anyone that knows him personally.
On another note, this is all seemingly unrelated to two of their best swimmers getting thrown off the team: Storvik and Harrison. The timing of it all was a strange coincidence.
As I think I've said I went to JT's swim camps at Mercersberg for a couple of summers when I was a kid, so I only know him a little. But from what I knew of him I thought the man walked on water. He was charismatic and motivating, and I learned a lot at his camps.
My few experiences around him were similarly positive. Such difficult subject matter for anyone that knows him personally.
On another note, this is all seemingly unrelated to two of their best swimmers getting thrown off the team: Storvik and Harrison. The timing of it all was a strange coincidence.
