Katie Hoff Moving to Train with Yetter at T2 Aquatics

American National Teamer Katie Hoff is set to reunite with former coach Paul Yetter at T2 Aquatics in Florida.

Hoff and Yetter previously worked together at NBAC, but after the 2008 Olympics, Hoff switched and began working with Phelps’ coach Bob Bowman. Yetter left for Auburn and things didn’t click between Hoff and Bowman, so Hoff headed out west to Fullerton, where she’s seen a resurgence in her career under Jon Urbanchek.

Now, Hoff has made the decision to return to working with the coach who brought her so much success and the precipice of legend-status prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she didn’t meet decidedly-lofty expectations.

Yetter is now amassing a pretty impressive training group that includes Liz Pelton and Erika Erndl, both National Teamers, as long as Karie Haglund and Anne-Marie Botek. The group really stands out for the massive veterans they’ve already pulled in (and specifically for all of the women, which is where Yetter has always made his impact).

One had to imagine that more pull was in the works for Yetter when he left Auburn to start his own program, so don’t be shocked if there’s others headed his way either in the next month, or after London.

Working with Yetter and Pelton will theoretically fit well into her shift in focus back to the IM’s (versus the training group at FAST with Klueh, Ziegler, et al that are distance freestylers).

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joeb
12 years ago

no, from a wise man

don
12 years ago

Was that from a fortune cookie?

joeb
12 years ago

just because one is not a olympic swimmer with medals doesn’t mean you are unsuccessful as a person! and just because you have won medals,doesn’t make you a good person either.

Ron
12 years ago

To call someone who has won over 20 international medals at age 22 an epic fail is kind of weird. What have you done with your life ANON?!

ANON
12 years ago

I cant wait to watch another epic fail. sorry not a Hoff fan

joeb
12 years ago

agreed….everyone knows that is really what went down. paul is a saint for taking her back. hope it works out for everyone!…including liz.

Swimfam7
12 years ago

Don, on the contrary. Anonymous of course was clearly at NBAc when this whe train wreck with Hoff/Yetter/Bowman went down. That post is dead on. Ask anyone who swam at tha club at that time and do not for one second believe the nonsense in the press that all was nice and good. Yetter is a class act for taking her back after the what went down.

don
12 years ago

Anonymous of course:

You have absolutly no idea what you are talking about and clearly do not know Katie.

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