Ian Pope (born 1962) is an Olympic and national swimming coach from Australia. As of 2010, he is the head coach of Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club[1] in Melbourne. He served on Australian Olympic coaching staffs in 2000 and 2008.
Some of his past swimmers include Michael Klim, Matt Welsh, Grant Hackett, Brett Hawke, Giaan Rooney and Patrick Murphy.[2]
He has been named Victorian Swimming Coach of the Year 9 times[1] and Australia's overall Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004.[3] he is an awesome coach