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Cheers to Bob Newcomb's retirement!
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- Feb 26, 20219 min
UMass Men’s Coach 1979-2020 - Russ Yarworth
Day whichever of Bob’s retirement and he hasn’t been able to get rid of us yet! For today’s guest we have: UMass Men’s Coach - Russ Yarworth Head Men’s Coach 1979-2020 Welcome back to the show! We couldn’t send Bob a final farewell without hearing from Russ. Russ coached the Men’s team at UMass and was a great companion to Bob. It was so fun to chat with Russ and hear some of his favorite memories. This will be our last show so enjoy!
- Jan 6, 20215 min
Bonus! Friend of Cece - Jonathan Freeman
Day 83 of Bob’s retirement and he hasn’t been able to get rid of us yet! For today’s guest we have: Friend of Cece - Jonathan Freeman Voice Actor for Jafar in Disney's Aladdin We welcome a very special guest to the show, Jonathan Freeman! He sends his well wishes for Bob’s retirement. My husband Steve wanted to contribute to the show so he invited Jonathan to say happy retirement to Bob and congrats to us for our wedding. Get this pandemic done, we got a retirement party to get to!
- Dec 31, 202034 min
UMass Women’s Swimming Coach 1985-2020 - Bob Newcomb
Day 81 of Bob’s retirement and he hasn’t been able to get rid of me yet! For today’s guest we have: UMass Women’s Swimming Coach - Bob Newcomb Head Swim Coach 1985-2020 We welcome the star of the show, Bob! He was so touched by the response of the podcast, he wanted to share some of his favorite memories as our coach. We include a lighting round of some true or false items, so Bob goes way back to find some truths and debunk the false ones. I learned so much about Bob and the team- old trad...
- Dec 30, 20209 min
UMass Diving Coach 2002-2017 - Mandy Hixon
Day 80 of Bob’s retirement and he hasn’t been able to get rid of us yet! For today’s guest we have: UMass Diving Coach - Mandy Hixon Head Diving Coach 2002-2017 So thrilled to share that we have Mandy joining us on the pod! She coached along side Bob and Russ from 2002-2017 and has some great memories of Bob. He was always a good sport to have around and always up for a friendly wager. We will be back tomorrow for the last episode and it’s going to be a fun one! Get those flags down, we hav...
- Dec 29, 20206 min
Friend of Bob - Bill Tyler
Day 79 of Bob’s retirement and he hasn’t been able to get rid of us yet! For today’s guest we have: Class of 1981 - Bill Tyler Swim Camp 1991-92, 2000-18 Retired Head Coach for Elms We welcome one of Bob’s coach friends to the show, Bill! He was so kind to chat with me about his favorite memories of working with Bob and share well wishes for his retirement. Bill swam with Russ back in the day and graduated Class of 1981. We hear about Swim Camp days and looking forward to future days with ...
- Dec 24, 202011 min
UMass Associate AD for Swimming 2010-18 - Joan Hopkins
Day 78 of Bob’s retirement and he hasn’t been able to get rid of us yet! For today’s guest we have: UMass Associate AD for Swimming 2010-18 - Joan Hopkins I am thrilled to welcome our next guest, we welcome Joan to the podcast! Joan was a former colleague of Bob’s as she was the Associate AD for Swimming and shares some wonderful memories of Bob. She was a swim coach herself and knew how intense the job of a swim coach can be- the long hours, being on the road, being there for your swimmer...
- Dec 23, 20209 min
Class of 2009 - Kaitlin Gass
Day 77 of Bob’s retirement and he hasn’t been able to get rid of us yet! For today’s guest we have: Class of 2009 - Kaitlin Gass Off Campus Residence - Red House Stroke - Butterfly/IM We welcome one of my closest friends and teammate Kait to the podcast! By chance, Kait and I were Freshman roommates and have remained close through out college and even to today. Kait was in a wedding this summer and gave the perfect speech. She shares some of her favorite memories with Bob and some of the th...
- Dec 22, 202014 min
Class of 1990 - Michele “Shelf” Leary
Day 76 of Bob’s retirement and he hasn’t been able to get rid of us yet! For today’s guest we have: Class of 1990 - Michele “Shelf” Leary Off Campus Residence - Sylvan/down Rt 116/High St Stroke - Mid-distance Free This is a super fun episode as we welcome Michele to the podcast! She joined the team in 1985 and ended up swimming a fifth year. She held five records during her time and was inducted into the UMass Hall of Fame for Swimming. She shares wonderful (PG) stories of Bob and her expe...
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