A take a look at Ryan Lochte’s contract as Missouri State’s new assistant swim coach

Twelve-time Olympic medalist and actuality TV present determine Ryan Lochte will make his teaching debut as a part of Missouri State University head swimming and diving coach David Collins’ workers.

Lochte, 41, signed a contract with MSU on Sunday and is about to talk with reporters on Tuesday about his resolution to hitch the Bears.

Lochte, who has the third-most Olympic swim medals in Team USA historical past, trailing solely Michael Phelps (28) and Katie Ledecky (14), has additionally been featured in a number of actuality TV collection, most not too long ago the Food Network’s “Worst Cooks In America: Reality Check” that premiered earlier this 12 months.

He has familiarity with the Springfield space, as he’s relationship Greenwood and Drury alum Molly Gillihan.

A big popular culture determine within the 2010s, Lochte has appeared in episodes of “30 Rock,” “90210,” and actuality present “The Traitors.” In 2013, he was the main target of the E! collection “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” and, in 2020, he was the main target of the Peacock documentary “In Deep with Ryan Lochte.”

According to the phrases of his one-season contract as assistant males’s and girls’s coach (Aug. 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027), Lochte will make $34.10 an hour, although it doesn’t seem like a full-time place by way of the 12 months, as he’s set to make “apprx $30,000 annually,” in keeping with the contract paperwork.

Lochte may additionally get incentives for achievement, together with:

• $750 for a convention championshp or co-conference workforce championship.
• $500 per particular person who qualifies for the NCAA championships.
• $500 for any relay workforce that qualifies for the NCAA championships.

Collins, who has led MSU’s swim groups since 2010, had a wage of $85,074 in 2025-2026 plus incentives. Associate head coach Chelsea Dirks-Ham made $52,732 plus incentives.