American Record Holder Shaine Casas Will No Longer Be Coaching at Texas

U.S. Olympian and American Record holder Shaine Casas confirmed to SwimSwam right this moment that he has left the University of Texas professional group led by Bob Bowman.

The Texas professional group has change into one of many prime coaching teams within the nation with world file holders Leon Marchand, Summer McIntosh, Regan Smith, and Hubert Kos all coaching in Austin.

Casas first moved to Austin in 2022 after spending three years at Texas A&M University earlier than lacking the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team by three tenths of a second. Shortly earlier than the 2021-2022 NCAA season, Casas entered the portal earlier than deciding to show professional.

He made the transfer to Austin in January of 2022 to coach below long-time Longhorn coach Eddie Reese. Shortly after his transfer, he made the 2022 World Championship crew the place he gained the world bronze medal within the 200 backstroke.

In 2023, he certified for the Worlds crew within the 200 IM, the place he completed 4th, and in February of 2024, he was one in all simply 18 athletes named to the 2024 World Championships  crew in Doha to swim the 200 IM, and 50 and 100 fly. There, his highest end got here within the 200 IM, the place he took fifth.

Shortly after the Doha World Championships, it was introduced that Bob Bowman could be taking on the place from Reese, who was set to retire after the 2024 Olympic Trials. Later that summer season, he certified for the U.S. Olympic crew within the 200 IM, the place he completed ninth within the semifinal, one spot out of the ultimate.

At the SC World Championships in 2024, Casas had an excellent meet, successful the boys’s 200 IM for his first ever main worldwide gold medal in an American Record time of 1:49.51.

He ended up qualifying for 3 occasions on the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, the place he gained the silver medal within the 200 IM, changing into the 4th quickest performer in historical past within the occasion together with his 1:54.30.

Just a few months after his robust efficiency in Singapore, Casas broke his personal American file within the SC 200 IM, swimming 1:49.43 to win the Carmel cease of the World Cup and maintain off world file holder Leon Marchand.

Casas was one of many Texas athletes who had a lackluster Pan Pacs. He didn’t earn any medals, and his highest solely finals swim got here within the 100 fly, the place he completed fifth total in 51.24. After successful the silver medal on the 2025 Worlds, Casas didn’t even make the ultimate within the 200 IM, ending twelfth total in 2:01.08.

There are two years left earlier than the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, and he a change in his coaching will give him a season to determine if it’s working earlier than the Games. While Casas has left the Texas coaching group, he has not confirmed to SwimSwam the place he will probably be persevering with his coaching.

Casas mentioned about his future plan, “Time will tell. For now I’ll be in Austin training and focusing on what’s best for me as an athlete and a person.”