Michael Phelps is settling in to life in Arizona quite well, his longtime coach said this week.
“He’s doing very well personally and as an athlete,” Bob Bowman said. “He just purchased a house up here. He likes Phoenix and Scottsdale. He’s really grounded and he’s approached everything so well since he came back from his time away. He’s as fit as he’s been in a long time.”
The move, which came as Bowman accepted a job coaching at Arizona State, was timed well for Phelps, who had recently completed a six-month suspension from USA Swimming, which included as punishment that he could not compete in 2015 world championships last summer, following a drunken driving arrest.