Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center

Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center Home of Texas Longhorns Swimming and Diving It is modeled after the pool used in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Named in 1993 for benefactors Lee and Joe Jamail, the Texas Swimming Center provides The University of Texas at Austin with one of the world’s finest facilities for all known events in competitive swimming, diving and water polo. Completed in 1977, the center includes a competition pool with a separate diving area. The diving well is known as the Skippy Browning Diving Facility in honor of David G

. (Skippy) Browning, a 1953 graduate of the university who won eight Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national diving titles, four National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) national championships, and the 1952 springboard Olympic gold medal. The center’s Alderson Conference Room, is named in honor of Dr. Curtis J. (Shorty) Alderson, who introduced the sport of swimming to the Southwest Conference in 1931. He served as the university’s swimming coach for three years, winning three Southwest Conference titles. The center provides permanent armchair seating for 2,056 spectators and about 1,100 portable folding bleacher-type seats are available on deck for additional spectators. The facility serves the needs of intercollegiate practices and competitions, as well as kinesiology and health education classes, recreational sports programs and events, and community programs, camps and special events.

Cheer on the Texas Swimming & Diving team at the inaugural Eddie Reese Texas Showdown tomorrow, January 23rd!🤘The Univer...
01/22/2026

Cheer on the Texas Swimming & Diving team at the inaugural Eddie Reese Texas Showdown tomorrow, January 23rd!🤘

The University of Texas at Austin Texas Longhorns Swimming & Diving

Don’t miss out! Come support your favorite swimmers as they compete in Austin at the USA Swimming Pro Swim Series from J...
01/13/2026

Don’t miss out! Come support your favorite swimmers as they compete in Austin at the USA Swimming Pro Swim Series from January 14th - 17th! Ticket link in bio.

Swimming

Welcome to The University of Texas at Austin, swimmers!
12/04/2025

Welcome to The University of Texas at Austin, swimmers!

Prelims action starts NOW on the USA Swimming Network!

🏊‍♀️: Day 2 Prelims
⏰: 9 a.m. CT
📊: bit.ly/3K8c6aD
📺: USA Swimming Network
📍: Austin, Texas

07/27/2024

Still in awe over Jill Sterkel - 4x Olympian, former UT Women’s Swimming & Diving Head Coach and forever Longhorn. Not only did she earn 4 medals between the Games in Montreal, Los Angeles & Seoul, she went on to coach others to achieve their Olympic dreams… and just so happens to be the sweetest, most humble, genuine person.

Top 5 favorite days of my career. Thank you, Jill. 🥇❤️

Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center

07/26/2024

Tomorrow, on a special edition of KXAN News Today, hear from Olympic medal-winner & former UT coach Jill Sterkel & her experience at the Games… as I relive the glory days of my 8 year-old self (📸 below) by jumping into the pool at Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center to race one of their swimmers.

A newscast you won’t want to miss.

Drown or win gold. I’ll see you tomorrow morning. 🏊🏼‍♀️🥇

📸: Weaverville Waves, 4x25 relay, butterfly (2001)

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12/07/2022

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USA Diving has announced it will honor the University of Texas as the winner of its 2020 USA Diving Collegiate Impact Award, which honors the top-contributing school on the 2020 U.S. Olympic Diving Team in Tokyo. As part of the recognition, Chris Plonsky, chief of staff and executive senior associat...

Traffic Advisory for this weekend’s meet.
01/24/2020

Traffic Advisory for this weekend’s meet.

We have water in the pool! Testing at 1 foot!
04/28/2017

We have water in the pool! Testing at 1 foot!

04/26/2017

We're hiring! Apply now.

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1900 Red River Street
Austin, TX
78712

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+15124717703

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