The Swim Brief
The Swim Brief
Chris DeSantis
To Save Swimming, Start With the Coaches | Doug Cornish
1 hour 6 minutes Posted Aug 24, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Swimming has spent decades asking coaches to become more professional. But has the profession done enough to support them in return? Doug Cornish is a former swim coach, financial planner, and the creator of the 2025 Swim Coaches Compensation Survey. His findings expose how precarious coaching has become: 38% of respondents reported working without a current contract, while 80% had no cost-of-living adjustment built into their agreements. Doug and I discuss why coaches contin...