Ryan Lochte recently revealed why he got baptized and began his new chapter with Missouri State University. He recently joined the university as the assistant swimming coach for both the Missouri State men’s and women’s teams.
On May 11, 2026, the Missouri university announced that Lochte would be joining as an assistant swimming coach. The former swimmer also shared this news on Instagram, stating that he has had an illustrious swimming career so far, and now he is moving beyond the competitive side of the sport.
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Days after this development, he recently sat for a conversation with Fox News, where he revealed his story of getting baptized. He revealed that his girlfriend drove him to his spiritual journey when he was at the lowest point of his life. He said that after suffering from a major accident, he fell into depression, and this incident led to his spiritual journey.
“About a year ago when I started going to a church, a non-denominational church with my girlfriend, Molly, and she was a worship leader, and I was always afraid to ask questions growing up about God, and everything because I didn’t wanna like seem dumb. But she’s my best friend, so, and she’s been in church, she’s a worship leader, so I turned to her and I’m like, every Sunday I’d just ask her questions nonstop. And she would tell me and, everything about God, about Jesus, and then we started watching, these people getting baptised, and something came into me like something so pure,” said Ryan Lochte.
He added:
“I asked her, I was like, what is this? She’s like they’re washing away their sins, they’re getting a fresh start publicly and I was like, honey, I want that, and so I got baptised. I washed away my sins, and trust me, I had a lot, And I washed away my sins and it, me going to church and finding that to put your life in front of God and give it to God has changed everything for me. I’m finding who I am.”
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Ryan Lochte made his feelings known about his new role as Missouri’s swim coach
Ryan Lochte recently took to his Instagram handle, where he posted a video of him announcing his transition from competitive swimming to his new assistant coach role for the Missouri swimming team. Revealing how he felt that it was time for him to leave his competitive career and step into the coaching role, he said:
“Plot twist, Ryan Lochte is officially becoming Coach Lochte. 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. Swimming gave me an incredible career, memories, things I will cherish forever. But over the last couple of years, something so unexpected happened. I might actually be more passionate about coaching than competing. Don’t get me wrong, I had a pretty good swimming career, but honestly, I think I might even be a better swim coach,” said Ryan Lochte.
He added:
“So, I traded in my goggles for a stopwatch, and I’m not gonna lie. It looks pretty good on me.”
Ryan Lochte made a significant name for himself in the Olympics, winning 12 medals, including six gold medals, three silver medals, and three bronze medals.
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