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Mike Bottom (c. 1956) is the ninth head coach of the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving program at the University of Michigan.

Mike Bottom

Personal information
Full name	Mike Bottom
National team	United States
Born	c. 1956 Akron, Ohio, United States
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
College team	University of Southern California
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Summer Universiade 1979 Mexico City 100 m butterfly 1979 Mexico City 4×100 m medley 1979 Mexico City 100 m backstroke

His men's team finished as champions at the 2013 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships.

Swimming career

Bottom was a member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team in 1980, and thus boycotted the Olympic Games that year.[1]

Coaching career

Bottom served as assistant coach for the swimming team at Auburn University from 1991 until 1994, before serving as assistant coach for the University of South Carolina swimming team until 1997. From 1998 until 2007, he was men's co-head coach for the University of California, Berkeley swimming team.[1]

He was the personal coach for Gary Hall Jr., and later worked at the swimming club founded by Hall and his father.[1]

In June 2008, it was announced that Bottom would take over from Bob Bowman as head coach of the University of Michigan's swimming team.[1]

Personal life

Bottom was born in Akron, Ohio.[1] His older brother Joe is also a former competition swimmer, and they both trained at Santa Clara Swim Club under George Haines.[2]

Bottom graduated from University of South Carolina in 1978 with a Bachelor's in psychology. In 1993, he graduated summa cum laude with a Master's degree in counselling psychology from Auburn University.[1]

Bottom and his wife Lauralyn have two daughters (Micaiah and Dublyn).[1]

References

External links

• Michigan profile

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