On Saturday, March 30, a fully clothed Bob Bowman jumped in the IUPUI Natatorium pool with his Arizona State Sun Devils men’s swimming team to celebrate the first NCAA championship in program history. The following night, the legendary coach called some—but not all—of the members of his pro group while they were training in Colorado Springs with some shocking news.
Bowman informed them that the next day—April 1st, but not April Fool's Day—he would be announced as the new men’s coach and overall director of swimming and diving at Texas.
Several of Bowman’s pro swimmers were “furious” and “felt betrayed,” according to sources familiar with the reaction from that group. The impact on the collegians Bowman was leaving behind in Tempe was even worse.
