Coach Bill Dorenkott, The Ohio State Director of Swimming and Diving, unpacks 33 years of coaching, 28 of them as a college head coach. Bill grew up very middle class, the first in his family to go to college. Bill’s roots run deep in the sport, swimming at Cleveland State and captaining the team while winning 15 conference championship titles. Perhaps more importantly, CSU is where Bill met his wife, who is also a swimmer. Bill has been a head swimming coach at Ashland, Penn State, and now he’s been building the Buckeyes into a DI contender. Bill unpacks the wisdom he’s learned, his recruiting philosophy, and gets into the details of significant wins and losses, most recently at the 2024 Big Ten Championships.
Near the end of the podcast, Bill touches on his camps and clinics, sharing why he runs them and how they’ve grown over time. See the 2024 Ohio State Swimming Gold Medal Camps and Clinics for more details.
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In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges, Garrett McCaffrey, and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
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Time to update Mel’s bio and spell his swim coach’s name correctly. It is Franke Bell not Frankie.
Thanks for interview. Bill does a great job with the OSU program. Very grateful that our swimmer experienced being part of the Buckeye team.
One of the best. Just watch what he and his staff do with Sienna Angove
A Coach who walks the walk.
Bill Dorenkott sits down and discusses banner year of blowing a women’s winning streak by 1/2 a point and getting trounced in the men’s meet at home immediately afterward
….and he talks about that, no excuses, hitting it head on.
Had the privilege to have been one of Bill’s first recruits in his first head coaching position. Glad to see he still going strong for three years later.
Great interview! OSU has some killer recruiting classes coming in. Makes sense.
Almost thought this was a retirement post
Sorry…didn’t consider that with the title. 33 years is a long time…but Bill’s not going anywhere. He’s clearly happy there.
He is, he just doesn’t know it!
Yes! Nearly had a heart attack as my swimmer is going there next year.