Conversations With Coach

Short Story - Taste the Rockies

Coach’s friend tells a story about the team returning from a meet in Denver

#10 Ms. Weather Holt

In this conversation, Coach and I talk to Jennifer (Weatherholt) Hall. Jennifer was Coach's Assistant Coach from 2001 to 2010. During her time with the swim program, the Boys won one Conference Title and the Girls won two. Jennifer's brother Aaron was a sprint freestyler for Tell City. Coach tells some stories about him and about Jennifer. Enjoy the conversation!

#9 Tell City Coach Stacy Marion

Coach and I talk to Tell City Swim Coach Stacy Marion on the Girl's Sectional Performance, where Coach was in attendance. She discusses some great performances, and areas where she would like to work on next year. Tell City will return to the State Championship Meet for the first time in 8 years. Enjoy the Conversation.

#8 Beth and Molly

This is another light hearted conversation with lots of laughs between Coach, Beth (Carlson) Hibbard, and Molly (Kleaving) Pies. Beth is a Tell City Hall if Fame Member, still holding 3 TC swimming records. Today she’s a stroke analysis Coach for triathletes. Molly still holds the 500 free record and manages a household of kids. We packed a lot into this conversation, enjoy!

#7 Coach’s Coach

Coach and I talked to his UofE Coach this week, 76yr old Dr. Paul Jensen. In this light hearted conversation Coach Jensen discusses the type of swimmer and student Coach Page was, and about his visit to Tell City during the Schweitzer Fest.....it entails a lot dancing in the beer garden.

#6 Michelle

As Coach would say, “Michelle was special.” Michelle (Evrard) held so many firsts for Coach’s swimming career, she was the first state age group champion, the first to get a Junior National Cut, and the first to get a full swimming scholarship to swim at Ball State University.

#5 Discipline and Expectations

This conversation is between Coach and his younger brother Rusty. The two discuss growing up in a military family, where they learned to swim, and what life was like swimming on the same teams together.

#4 1988

In this episode, Coach and I talk to Eric Kleaving, a member of the 1988 Boy's Sectional Championship team, and 3 time Sectional Champion in the 200 and 500 Freestyle. Eric discusses how swimming still impacts his every day life, with endurance taking center focus. Coach and Eric discuss some of the crazy practice sets, the Boy's 1988 upset of Castle High School, the Girl's 1988 Sectional Championship, and Tell City athletics at that time in history. Oh, and Coach briefly talks about a job offer...

#3 In Coach We Trust

Today we talk to Jasper Coach, Kristy Vaughn. She shares with us some Tell City Swimming history from her unique perspective, as well as some of Jasper's traditions over the Christmas break. I even get some advice on how to be a swimming parent, and lastly, Coach and Kristy give some advice to those Age Group Coaches just starting out. Enjoy!

#2 The Birth of a Tradition

Christmas is coming, everyone get ready for the 1000 Butterfly!! This week Mr. Tim Reed, current holder to the 6 and 11 dive 1 meter records at Tell City, and long time dive coach joins me and Coach. We discuss the early stages in Coach's career at Tell City, and the traditions he instilled along the way.

#1 Who is Coach?

This is my first conversation with Coach in over a year. After petitioning to get the Tell City Junior/Senior High School pool named in his honor, we discuss what Coaching, Family, and Tel City means to him.

Conversations With Coach (Trailer)