Todd Schmitz (born 1978) is an American

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coach. He lives in Aurora, Colorado. He is the head coach of the Denver-area club team, the Colorado Stars, which is the training program of 17-year-old swimming phenomenon

Missy Franklin Melissa Franklin Johnson (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competition swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She formerly held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course). As a member of the U.S. national swim team ...

, a 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member. Following the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, Schmitz was named to the 2012 U.S. Olympic women's swimming team as an assistant coach.Associated Press,
Missy Franklin's coach Todd Schmitz named U.S. Olympic assistant
" ''The Denver Post'' (July 2, 2012). Retrieved July 12, 2012. Schmitz is a native of North Dakota and a graduate of

Metropolitan State University of Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver or Metro State) is a public university in Denver, Colorado. MSU Denver is located on the Auraria Campus, along with the University of Colorado Denver and the Community College of Denver, in d ...

, where he swam for the now-defunct

Metro State Roadrunners The Metro State Roadrunners are the athletic teams that represent Metropolitan State University of Denver. The Roadrunners participate in 15 intercollegiate sports and compete in the Division II Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. History Metro ...

swim team.Matthew Futterman,
How Not to Ruin a Swimming Prodigy
" ''The Wall Street Journal'' (May 29, 2012). Retrieved July 12, 2012. After graduation from Metro State, he worked as a junior executive with a national restaurant chain; he quit to accept a full-time job as the under-8 coach of the Colorado Stars, a club team with about 130 young swimmers. Missy Franklin was among his first class of age-group swimmers. With Franklin and his other swimmers, he has employed an atypical approach, emphasizing the need to avoid burnout, rather than pushing his young athletes' bodies to their physical limits as most other elite coaches do. "It's hard to argue with his success," said

Gregg Troy Gregg Troy (born December 19, 1950) is an American professional and Olympic swimming coach. As of April 2021, he is the head coach for the Cali Condors, which is part of the International Swimming League. Until 2018, he was the head coach of the ...

, the head coach of the 2012 U.S. Olympic men's swim team.

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External links

ColoradoStars.org
– Official website of the Colorado Stars swim club
20 Question Tuesday: Todd Schmitz
– Interview with Schmitz at USASwimming.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmitz, Todd Living people American Olympic coaches American swimming coaches Metropolitan State University of Denver alumni People from North Dakota 1978 births