Bob Bowman CEO & Head Coach – North Baltimore Aquatic Club

1. Eric R. Wold Octagon Speakers Group Eric.Wold@Octagon.com www.OctagonSpeakers.com 1/2010 Bob Bowman CEO & Head Coach – North Baltimore Aquatic Club Personal Data...Birthdate: 4/6/1964 | Resides: Towson, MD | Passions: swimming, horses, playing the piano | Corporate Partner: Speedo | Career Highlights... Serves as the primary coach for Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps & Katie Hoff | Three-time Golden Goggle recipient for Coach of the Year honors (2006-08) | Two-time Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year (2007-08) | USA Swimming and American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year Awards (2001 & 2003) | USA Swimming’s Developmental Coach of the Year (2002) | Gold Medal Architect… Under Bowman’s tutelage , Phelps has emerged as arguably the world’s greatest swimmer ever | His strategy and development of Phelps has led to the two greatest individual swimming performances of all-time | Phelps set the Olympic record for most gold medals won at a single Games with 8 golds and 7 world records at the 2008 Beijing Games | Phelps captured 7 gold medals and broke 5 world records at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne, Australia | Bowman first identified Phelps’ talent at the age of 11 when he began coaching the swimming prodigy | Bowman’s comprehensive training program for Phelps has spanned 11+ years with a carefully scripted training program that included specific goals for the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics | International Experience…Two-time assistant coach on the US Olympic Team (2004, 2008) | Served on the staffs of four World Championship teams, including head coaching duties for the 2007 & 2009 teams | Two-time assistant coach for Pan Pacific Teams | Go Blue…Guided the University of Michigan swim team to the Big Ten Championships title and 6th place finish in the 2007-08 NCAA Championships | During his tenure at Michigan, he led the Wolverines to a Big Ten title (2008), 2nd place finish (2007) and two 3rd place finishes (2005 & 2006) | Over the course of his 4-year tenure at Michigan, he compiled a 30-8-1 record in dual meets, including a 21-1-1 mark against Big Ten opponents | Stable of Talent… Along with Phelps and Hoff, Bowman has also coached world-class swimmers Peter Vanderkaay, Eric Vendt, KaitlanSandeno, Chris DeJong, Davis Tarwater, Chris Thompson and Klete Keller among others | Professor Bowman...Bowman is a highly sought-after inspirational and motivational speaker | Topics include: goal-setting, mental toughness and achieving excellence | Involved with swim clinics and camps including Swim With The Stars, Eastern States Swim Clinics, Central States Swim Clinics and Western States Swim Clinics | Has also produced an instructional DVD with Phelps entitled, “Personal Best- Butterfly” | Bowman Thoroughbreds LLC... In addition to his coaching duties, he also runs Bowman Thoroughbreds LLC, a thoroughbred racehorse racing, breeding and sales company | Maestro of Rhythm… Bowman began to play the piano when he was 10 and set out to be the next great American composer |It wasn’t until a year later that Bowman began his swimming career when his father took him to watch a competition| He wanted to incorporate his musical background with its emphasis on rigor and repetition into his coaching practices | During his junior year at Florida State, Bowman opted for a career in coaching with the idea having a swimming race move a person the way a musical score made an impression on his life |