#146 Sarah Dunleavy

Sarah Dunleavy is currently the college recruiting director for the Sierra Marlins Swim Team. Sarah's collegiate experience includes stints at Kentucky, Pitt, and California. She swam at Purdue. Brett and Sarah discuss in depth about women in swim coaching, their struggles, and how we can do a better job retaining women coaches.

00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:40 Swimnerd Live: the best way to live stream your swim meet
01:00 Sierra Marlins
03:00 Sarah Dunleavy Bio
04:15 Why coaching?
06:00 Swimming at Purdue
07:00 John Klinge's Influence
09:10 What challenged you?
10:15 Trial & Error at Illinois State
11:45 What do you gain from listening to this podcast?
14:30 Having a woman on your coaching staff
15:40 Shortage of women in coaching
22:45 University of California
23:40 Roles at Cal: Compliance, Recruiting, Coaching
25:00 Struggling Personally, Mental Health
32:00 The Cost of Coaching College Swimming
34:00 College Recruiting
37:00 Plans to get back into college coaching?

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