{"id":13664,"date":"2026-05-12T21:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/ryan-lochte-trades-in-his-goggles-for-a-stopwatch-a-new-chapter-in-his-career\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:03:12","slug":"ryan-lochte-trades-in-his-goggles-for-a-stopwatch-a-new-chapter-in-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/ryan-lochte-trades-in-his-goggles-for-a-stopwatch-a-new-chapter-in-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte Trades in His Goggles for a Stopwatch: A New Chapter in His Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Lochte, the Olympic swimmer, has left fans stunned with his dramatic transformation in a recent video announcement. The 41-year-old athlete debuted a fresh tan and dark, scruffy facial hair, revealing a new chapter in his career as an assistant swimming and diving coach at Missouri State University.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-pool-to-the-coaching-lane\">From the Pool to the Coaching Lane<\/h2>\n<p>Lochte\u2019s decision to trade in his goggles for a stopwatch marks a significant shift in his career. In the video, he expressed his gratitude for the incredible opportunities swimming has provided him, but also revealed a newfound passion for coaching. He believes that he might even be a better coach than a competitor, stating,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte, the Olympic swimmer, has left fans stunned with his dramatic transformation in a recent video announcement. The 41-year-old athlete debuted a fresh tan and dark, scruffy facial hair, revealing a new chapter in his career as an assistant swimming and diving coach at Missouri State&#8230;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}