Olympian Ryan Lochte unrecognizable in new look amid recent job announcement
Ryan Lochte is now a swimming coach.
Olympian Ryan Lochte unrecognizable in new look amid recent job announcement originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Ryan Lochte shocked fans with his new look following the announcement of his coaching position.
The 12-time Olympic medalist's appearance in a recent Instagram video, where he showed off his darker, longer, and curly hair, was noticed by several fans in the comment section. "Literally does not look like him," one fan noted. "Plot twist this is the Greek version of Ryan," another fan wrote.
A fan simply wrote, "Would not have recognized him. " View this post on Instagram A post shared by @ryanlochte While many fans were distracted by his new look, Lochte shared something else that has changed recently -- his job title. The six-time Olympic gold medalist is sharing his swimming knowledge with the next generation of athletes at Missouri State University.
He will be taking on the role of assistant coach to the Division I men's and women's swim team at the college. "After spending half my life staring at the black line at the bottom of a pool, I figured it was time to help the next generation do the same thing," he said in the May 10 Instagram video. Swimming gave me an incredible career, memories, things I will cherish forever, but over the last couple of years, something so unexpected happened.