Andrew Couchon Transfers from Indiana to Texas, Joins 2020-21 Longhorn Roster

After entering the NCAA transfer portal in JuneAndrew Couchon has resurfaced on the University of Texas roster for the 2020-21 season.

Couchon spent two seasons with Indiana before his transfer, and as expected, he is listed as a junior on the Longhorn roster. He is originally from the state of Indiana and trained with Carmel Swim Club.

TOP TIMES (SCY)

  • 50 free – 20.33
  • 100 free – 45.09
  • 200 free – 1:40.23 (from high school)
  • 100 breast – 52.78
  • 200 breast – 1:59.76
  • 100 fly – 50.67  (from high school)
  • 200 IM – 1:51.20 (from high school)

“I’m seeking a program where I feel a greater sense of value from the coaching staff and have a better relationship with the coaches themselves,” Couchon told SwimSwam in June. “The kids on IU’s team are incredible and truly deserve the best; you’ll never hear me say a bad word about them. Towards the end of this year I just felt as if the relationship between the coaches and myself was fractured, and that for my own wellbeing and happiness it would be best for me to go somewhere else.”

Couchon had bests of 54.43/2:04.13 from high school in the breaststroke events, his specialty. He dropped down to 53.51/1:59.97 as a freshman, then hit his current bests during his sophomore season with the Hoosiers.

IU has a fantastic breaststroke group, and because of that Couchon did not make their Big Ten roster in 2019 or in 2020. That said, at the 2020 Boiler-Make-It Qualification meet (a last-chance meet at Purdue for the 2020 NCAAs), Couchon clocked his 100 breast lifetime best (52.78) and ended last season as IU’s #2 100 breaststroker.

Couchon’s 52.78 in the 100 breast ranked him 41st in the country last season; it took a 52.46 to get a 2020 NCAA invite. He joins a Texas breaststroke group led by sophomore Caspar Corbeau and junior Charlie Scheinfeld, both NCAA qualifiers in 2020. Junior Braden Vines and sophomore Jacob Foster were both NCAA qualifiers last season in the 200 breast, too.

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Wondering
3 years ago

Is “Bloomington” a native word for “Turnstile”?

Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

Well, I guess he gives the IU coaches zero credit for his dropping 1.7 sec in the 100 breast and over 4 sec in the 200 breast in just two years. Kid needs a reality check. smh

Guerra
Reply to  Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

Good point. Ray and the coaches, once again, did their job. Andrew came in and got a great education in a tremendous environment and got faster at IU. That is the big difference between what happens at IU under the GOAT, Ray Looze, and most DI programs like Arizona State where the athletes leave because they’re injured or don’t get any faster.

Reader
Reply to  Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

Not sure were you read he didn’t give the staff credit. It appears he made the transfer because he is a young man of integrity. Good luck to him!

Character matters
Reply to  Reader
3 years ago

Very confident young man. So confident in himself that he blames everyone accept himself. Good luck Texas. I wouldn’t want a virus in the locker room.

Gerald
3 years ago

So, Michael Couet transfers from Texas to IU and nothing, but a malcontent that couldn’t make the B10 conference team for 2 straight years is the headline? At what point can we move on from debating every single walk-on that leaves the IU Men’s Team? Or maybe SwimSwam could post every other school’s walk-ons that are unhappy they can’t make the conference team and transfer. But they don’t, because it doesn’t fit the narrative.

Admin
Reply to  Gerald
3 years ago

Hi Gerald, this comment is the first we’ve heard of Michael Coulet’s transfer. Indiana hasn’t announced their 2020-2021 roster, Michael hasn’t reached out to us, and it doesn’t appear as though he has made any announcement on his social media. But, we will definitely circle back with him to see if what you say is true. Thanks for letting us know!

Ol' Longhorn
Reply to  Braden Keith
3 years ago

Probably because it’s “Couet” not “Coulet.”

Guerra
3 years ago

You can’t be soft and make it at Indiana.

Swimmmmer
Reply to  Guerra
3 years ago

So if a swimmer doesn’t get along with the coach, that automatically makes them soft? The great coaches out there truly care about their swimmers and would bend over backwards to help them “make it” not just in the pool but in life.

jvog88
Reply to  Guerra
3 years ago

I don’t think anyone who makes it to 52 in the 100 breast is soft…

Swimfan
Reply to  Guerra
3 years ago

Guerra…perhaps it’s not a matter of being “soft” or Tough enough… perhaps it may be a matter of personal integrity. Andrew is an excellent student and a competitor. It makes perfect sense to me that he would seek out the best possible team culture to finish his college career and that starts with the coaching staff. Hook ‘em Andrew!

Guerra
Reply to  Swimfan
3 years ago

Only someone with something to hide, like softness, would make comments like he did on the way out.

Samiam
Reply to  Guerra
3 years ago

His comments appear to be a class act, probably just like him! Complements his team mates, wishes them well, and respectfully states coaching issues. All people deserve to be treated respectfully and all athletes should be supported and encouraged by their coaching staff!!! Not sure where ‘you’ get off seeing him as ‘soft’. Do you actually know the young man?

Austinpoolboy
3 years ago

52.78 ranked 13th in the big ten and 2nd on IU’s team.

Delusional IU Fan
3 years ago

Ray Looze is still the GOAT!

Horninco
Reply to  Delusional IU Fan
3 years ago

Username checks out

2022 Fan
3 years ago

41nd is my favorite number

swimfan210_
3 years ago

Caught it with only 4 comments #herebeforeithappens

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Karl Ortegon

Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, graduating in May of 2018. He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan.

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