Kim Brackin, 2002 NCAA coach of the year and founder of Brackin Elite Swim Training, will be stepping in as a coach on the LA Current in the ISL, and Brackin couldn’t be more excited to get back on deck.
“We are very excited to add Kim to our coaching staff this season. She brings tremendous experience and success on both collegiate and international levels. Over the course of her career she has worked with many of the best athletes and coaches from around the world and we are excited to have her be part of our team.”
-Lenny Krayzelburg, LA Current GM
Great interview with Kim Bracken! Thanks for sharing your impressive resume and breadth of experience.
Kim is one of the kindest, nicest coaches I have ever met. Sat with her at a state swim meet in 2008 and she played with my niece almost the whole meet. Great person and I’m glad to see she is still making moves in swimming!
Mel and Coleman: Many thanks for a greta interview, and some great insights from Kim Bracken, a Great Dane!
It takes a brave woman to speak her truth, especially against some of the male giants of the sport. Well done, Kim!
So proud of my friend (and former coach) for telling HER story about her time at Texas. And Mel, thank you for framing it the way you did. I’m sad collegiate women don’t have the opportunity to work with Kim like I did but I’m so excited for her to still have influence over young women in her new endeavor. BEST of luck, Kim!
The isl should allow trades! This way it is more of a professional league similar to basketball or football, and also to break up some of the top teams to be more competitive!
I would love trades, but it seems like it’s been excruciating to get any information from this league whatsoever. Doesn’t appear as though they have the sophistication or organization for something like ‘trades.’
Trades are also pretty meaningless when everyone’s on a one year contract.
And finally, this whole league exists just to challenge FINA/the IOC. To do that, you’ve gotta really butter up the athletes. Forcing an athlete to go to a team they don’t want to swim for (right now, most of the good teams are just “I wanna swim with my friends”) wouldn’t do well to continue to buy the athletes’ loyalty.
…We’ve been in-talks with ISL, and I think it’s fair to say they’re striving hard to host the season this fall, and even more motivated to host with FINA pushing-off until next year. If we’re being honest, hosting the ISL season is a big, big challenge, and navigating that process (happening now) is a very tall order. BUT, I’m bullish they’re going make it happen.
Congrats, Kim!! And appreciate your vulnerability in this interview!