Steven Munatones
Open Water Coach
Endurance Swimmer
IMSHOF Board of Directors

 

Steven Munatones is one of the world's most knowledgeable experts on open water swimming.

Steven was a USA Swimming coach at the 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 World Swimming Championships and the head coach at the 2004 World Open Water Swim Championships. He also served on the USA Swimming staff at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and was a coach at the 2006 and 2007 USA Swimming National Team Select Training Camps. He has coached solo Catalina Channel and English Channel swimmers.

He reported on open water swimming for NBC Olympics, USA Swimming, Swimming World Magazine, Swimmer Magazine, Swimming Australia Magazine, Triathlon Magazine (Japanese edition), Competitor Magazine and provided background open water swimming information for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Geographic Magazine, USA Today and National Public Radio. He was the NBC Olympics commentator for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and wrote the script for latest USA Swimming Open Water video distributed to every swim club in America.

Steven delivered a talk at the 2006 American Coaches Swimming Association World Clinic and created comprehensive swimming websites such as www.10Kswim.com, www.10Kswimmer.com and www.virtual-swim.com.

Steven was the race director for the Waikiki Roughwater Swim and was the swim director for the Honolulu Waterfront Triathlon, National High School Triathlon Championships and created Open Water Swimming Clinics for the Waikiki Roughwater Swim and Pacific Open Water Challenge.

He was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and is currently on the IMSHOF Board of Directors. He was also a professional marathon swimmer and the 1982 World Long-Distance Swimming Champion (25K in Windermere, U.K.). He planned and completed five unprecedented solo swims in Asia between 20 - 36 miles and received USA Swimming awards in 2001, 2005 and 2007.

Steven founded Pan Pacific Partners, Inc. of Huntington Beach where he currently coaches pool and open water swimmers and water polo players.