Anthony Nesty’s role as U.S. Olympic men’s swimming head coach is a ‘vision’ fulfilled
Anthony Nesty was named head coach of Team USA Swimming and will lead the men's team at the Paris Olympics. He is the first Black head coach of the team.
U.S. men’s swimming coach Anthony Nesty initially swam only because his father made him.
“I didn’t enjoy swimming,” he tells TODAY.com in an interview.
“Why he chose swimming, I think, is because of the discipline of the sport,” Nesty adds. “It’s just you and the clock.”
His first swim at 5 in a Learn to Swim program was in the country he grew up in, Suriname, where at the time there was only one Olympic-sized 50-meter pool, Nesty says.
His first swim ultimately turned into USA Swimming tapping him last fall as the head coach for the men’s Olympic team for the 2024 Games in Paris, making him the first Black person to hold a U.S. Olympic swimming head coach position. He previously served as an assistant on the coaching team for the Tokyo Games.
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