UT Adds Olympic Gold Medalist as Volunteer Assistant

By Amanda Pruitt on September 4, 2012 5:25 PM

Knoxville native and new Olympic gold medalist Davis Tarwater will be working with the Tennessee swimming and diving program as a volunteer assistant coach.

Tarwater was part of the United States' gold medal 800-meter freestyle relay team at the 2012 London Olympics. He was a three-time NCAA champion as a collegiate swimmer in Michigan, excelling in the butterfly.