Chuck Warner Books

07/17/2026

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the remarkable achievements of Coach Don Gambril and the 1976 Olympic swim team. The American men won 12 of 13 gold medals, 27 of a total possible 39 medals, set 11 world records, and swept (1-2-3) five events. Coach Gambril, 92 years old, shares his perspective on the preparation and performance of the most successful Olympic swim team in history, in our video series, "Unsaid Wisdom: Lessons from Coaching Legends" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxZyLhXOlvY The entire conversation with Coach Gambril is also available on our channel. Please subscribe.

Americans Tim Shaw, Brian Goodell, and Bobby Hackett, and Australian Steve Holland, had a common goal of winning the 1500 meters at the 1976 Olympics, one of the greatest races in Olympic history. Hall of Fame coach Chuck Warner tells their compelling story in his book, "Four Champions, One Gold Medal," which Swimming World calls "a monumental achievement!" All Coach Warner's acclaimed books on swimming are available at https://www.chuckwarnerbooks.com/books

07/08/2026

Coach Dick Hannula’s professional coaching career spanned over 60 years. His swimmers have set 2 world records, 2 Olympic records, 13 American records, and 2 national high school records. He was manager of the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic swim teams. See our conversation with Coach Hannula, at 97 years old, in Chuck Warner Books' YouTube series “Unsaid Wisdom: Lessons from Coaching Legends” at https://youtu.be/e04rrNn78dU?si=Pepe_E9CBOxXeLhu Please subscribe to our channel.

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ISHOF and ASCA Hall of Fame Coach Dick Hannula address subjects of ...

06/24/2026

Chuck Warner’s "…And Then They Won Gold: Stepping Stones to Swimming Excellence" tells the stories of eight swimmers who collectively won 28 Olympic gold medals: Aaron Peirsol, Matt Biondi, Josh Davis, Mike Barrowman, Ian Crocker, Grant Hackett, Lenny Krayzelburg, and Dave Berkoff.

"Want to know how to make an Olympic Champion? Start here. Read and savor these eight athletic biographies; distill out the common ingredients; mix and blend them in just the right amounts and just the right stage in life; and you will begin to create what Chuck Warner calls a 'recipe' for what Olympic Champions did to win a Gold Medal. Delicious! Bon appetit." - Tim Welsh, Former Head Men's Swimming Coach, Notre Dame University; Former President, ASCA.

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06/03/2026

Long-time assistant coach Kris Kubik once stated of the winningest college swim coach in history, "Eddie Reese is a genius at stroke technique." Coach Reese’s astute eye for the smallest inefficiencies and his ability to correct them, even in world-class swimmers, was one of the keys to his phenomenal success. Chuck Warner and Dana Abbott, authors of the world-renowned book, "Eddie Reese: Coaching Swimming, Teaching Life," discuss Coach Reese’s tips on stroke technique in this video clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mK3dpNWnKg&list=PLzvbzdbKm8W6e0dz68T33VzZ__b6SqLJ2&index=6
The book is available at https://www.chuckwarnerbooks.com/books and on Amazon.

Long-time assistant coach Kris Kubik once stated "Eddie Reese is a ...

05/14/2026

Sports provide a safer means to learn real-life lessons than the more serious hard knocks one confronts in life. When evaluating an unsatisfactory performance, a focus on learning rather than blaming almost always provides the most benefit. Hall of Fame swim coach Chuck Warner offers a snippet of advice from his acclaimed book, "How to Be a Great Swim Parent": https://youtu.be/drv1dHiPIs8 The book is available in print or audio at https://www.chuckwarnerbooks.com/books

05/14/2026

Five-time Olympic Coach Don Gambril, age 92, joins us for a look back at coaching through some of swimming's all-time triumphs and tragedies in Chuck Warner Books' video series, Unsaid Wisdom: Lessons from Coaching Legends. Watch our full conversation with Coach Gambril at https://youtu.be/c1H1rdQC0xg?si=SO4MQSRV8eB8hWmP

Gambril coached the distance group in the 1976 Olympics that included Brian Goodell and Bobby Hackett, culminating in the 1500-meter race considered to be one of the greatest races in Olympic history. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of this milestone with a dive into the whole story, told in Hall of Fame coach Chuck Warner’s acclaimed book, Four Champions, One Gold Medal. All Warner’s books are available at https://www.chuckwarnerbooks.com/books

05/06/2026

Five-time Olympic Coach Don Gambril, age 92, joins us for a look back at coaching through some of swimming's all-time triumphs and tragedies in the Chuck Warner Books YouTube channel’s series, Unsaid Wisdom: Lessons from Coaching Legends, dedicated to preserving the astute perspectives from legendary coaches who have years of perspective behind them: https://youtu.be/c1H1rdQC0xg?si=6dukpbYkJ1M1tOnv . Conversations with others can be found on our YouTube channel as well (please subscribe).

Gambril was a coach of the 1976 Montreal Olympic swim team, the remarkable achievements of which are recounted in Hall of Fame coach Chuck Warner's book, Four Champions, One Gold Medal. All of the acclaimed books on swimming written by Chuck Warner are available at https://www.chuckwarnerbooks.com/books

05/05/2026

“Chuck Warner's…'Four Champions, One Gold Medal' is a monumental achievement!... It recounts – step-by-step – the road taken by four world-class athletes in quest of Olympic gold: Americans Tim Shaw, Brian Goodell and Bobby Hackett, and Australian Steve Holland…focused on their common goal of winning the 1500 meters at the 1976 Olympic Games.… Only three made it to the blocks at the start of the 1500 in Montreal...one of the greatest races in Olympic history, and Warner recounts the race in thrilling detail…. For budding distance swimmers and their coaches – or for anyone who wants to learn how dedication to a goal can reap unbounded rewards – this book is an absolute must.” – Swimming World magazine review. The book is available at https://www.chuckwarnerbooks.com/books

04/27/2026

Help your child develop their own character by preparing them for the path, because eventually you won’t be available to help them face life’s challenges. Hall of Fame swim coach and author Chuck Warner offers a snippet of advice from his acclaimed book, “How to Be a Great Swim Parent,” available at https://www.chuckwarnerbooks.com/books and Amazon, and discussed by Coach Warner in this video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIn9vK9dsJ0