Bob Bowman

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human sports coach swimming coach

Bob Bowman is an American swimming coach best known for guiding Michael Phelps to become the most decorated Olympian in history.

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Label	Occurrences
Bob Bowman canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3034992 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bob Bowman
Context triple: [Michael Phelps, coach, Bob Bowman]

A. Rick Rossovich
Rick Rossovich is an American actor best known for his roles in 1980s films such as "Top Gun," "Terminator," and the romantic comedy "Roxanne."
B. Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman is a legendary NHL coach widely regarded as one of the greatest in hockey history, known for winning a record number of Stanley Cup championships behind the bench.
C. Jack McKeon
Jack McKeon is a veteran Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the underdog Florida Marlins to a World Series championship in 2003.
D. Bill Sharman
Bill Sharman was an American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, best known for his sharpshooting with the Boston Celtics and for leading multiple teams to championships in both the NBA and ABA.
E. Ron Sutter
Ron Sutter is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played over 1,000 NHL games and later worked in scouting and player development.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bob Bowman
Target entity description: Bob Bowman is an American swimming coach best known for guiding Michael Phelps to become the most decorated Olympian in history.

A. Rick Rossovich
Rick Rossovich is an American actor best known for his roles in 1980s films such as "Top Gun," "Terminator," and the romantic comedy "Roxanne."
B. Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman is a legendary NHL coach widely regarded as one of the greatest in hockey history, known for winning a record number of Stanley Cup championships behind the bench.
C. Jack McKeon
Jack McKeon is a veteran Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the underdog Florida Marlins to a World Series championship in 2003.
D. Bill Sharman
Bill Sharman was an American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, best known for his sharpshooting with the Boston Celtics and for leading multiple teams to championships in both the NBA and ABA.
E. Ron Sutter
Ron Sutter is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played over 1,000 NHL games and later worked in scouting and player development.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ sports coach ⓘ swimming coach ⓘ
awardReceived	American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year ⓘ linked to: USA Swimming Coach of the Year USA Swimming Coach of the Year ⓘ
coachedAthleteToAchievement	Michael Phelps 23 career Olympic gold medals ⓘ Michael Phelps 28 total Olympic medals ⓘ Michael Phelps 8 gold medals at 2008 Beijing Olympics ⓘ
coachOf	Michael Phelps ⓘ North Baltimore Aquatic Club swimmers ⓘ United States national swimming team ⓘ linked to: USA Swimming
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1965-12-06 ⓘ
educatedAt	Florida State University ⓘ
employer	Arizona State University ⓘ
familyName	Bowman ⓘ
fieldOfWork	competitive swimming coaching ⓘ elite athlete development ⓘ
genre	sports coaching literature ⓘ
givenName	Bob ⓘ
hasMentorOrInfluence	American Swimming Coaches Association methodologies ⓘ
hasRole	Olympic swimming coach ⓘ club program director ⓘ collegiate head coach ⓘ
hasWorkedAt	North Baltimore Aquatic Club ⓘ University of Michigan swimming program ⓘ linked to: Michigan Wolverines men's swimming and diving
hasWritten	The Golden Rules: 10 Steps to World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work ⓘ
influenced	high-performance swimming coaching methods ⓘ
knownFor	developing multi-event swimmers ⓘ long-term coach–athlete partnership with Michael Phelps ⓘ scientific and data-driven approach to swim training ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	Florida State University swimming team ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	guiding Michael Phelps to become the most decorated Olympian in history ⓘ
notableWork	coaching Michael Phelps ⓘ
occupation	swimming coach ⓘ
participatedIn	2004 Summer Olympics as coach ⓘ 2008 Summer Olympics as coach ⓘ 2012 Summer Olympics as coach ⓘ 2016 Summer Olympics as coach ⓘ
partOf	American swimming coaching community ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Columbia, South Carolina, United States ⓘ linked to: Columbia, South Carolina
positionHeld	head coach of Arizona State University swimming and diving program ⓘ
residence	Tempe, Arizona, United States ⓘ linked to: Tempe, Arizona, USA
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	swimming ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michael Phelps → coach → Bob Bowman ⓘ

subject linked to: Phelps