PHOENIX – Auburn Head Coach Brett Hawke and Sophomore Joe Patching join today’s edition of The Morning Swim Show to discuss the Tigers season so far, how November is the time to “make them hurt” and how football helps drive school pride for all sports.
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Coach Hawke also discusses his post-grad group and his love of the Godfather.
In his sixth full year as head coach of Auburn swimming & diving, Coach Hawke led the Auburn men to a sixth-place finish at the 2014 NCAA Championships, including guiding the Tigers’ 400 freestyle relay to a NCAA title. He also coached the Auburn women to another top-15 finish at the NCAA Championships and 12 All-America honors.
As a freshman, Patching made his first career appearance at the NCAA Championships, competing in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM and 200 medley relay. He earned first career individual All-America selection, placing 11th overall in the 200 back with a time of 1:40.67, the eighth-best time in school history. Patching also represented Great Britain at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp, Belgium winning gold in the 200m backstroke and helping the Great Britain’s 4×100 medley relay team to a bronze medal finish. Patching owns three British age group records in the backstroke events.
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