Linda Wiginton has spent more than four decades building one of Oklahoma’s most respected high school swimming programs in Altus.

In this episode of the Oklahoma Memo Podcast, she joins Ryan Welton to reflect on:

• Starting the aquatics program in Altus in the early 1980s

• Coaching for 45 years

• Winning hundreds of meets

• Teaching generations of swimmers

• The role of the OSSAA in Oklahoma athletics

• Leadership, discipline and helping kids prepare for life

Wiginton also shares stories about creating a diving program from scratch, coaching in a small town, adapting to decades of change and why she still loves helping athletes “go fast.”

This is a conversation about sports, mentorship, small-town Oklahoma and the lasting impact a coach can have on generations of students.