Report: Michael Phelps to become assistant coach at ASU following retirement

Michael Phelps isn't moving out of Arizona anytime soon.

According to Jeff Metcalfe of the Arizona Republic, Phelps will become a volunteer assistant swim coach for the Arizona State Sun Devils under coach Bob Bowman following the 2016 Rio Olympics, which will mark the end of Phelps' storied swimming career.

Phelps has been living in Tempe since May and has since trained at ASU's Mona Plummer Swimming Complex in preparation for next year's Olympics under Bowman's supervision.

In Metcalfe's feature on Phelps and fellow Olympic swimmer Allison Schmitt settling in Arizona, Phelps spoke highly of his long bond with Bowman, who is in his first year coaching at ASU and will coach the U.S. men's swim team in Rio. According to Metcalfe, Bowman first pitched the idea of Phelps serving as an assistant at ASU in April at the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa.

"I said, 'If you go, I'll go,' " Phelps told Bowman with one request that trainer Keenan Robinson also make the move from North Baltimore Aquatics. "I didn't want to swim for anybody else to finish my career, and I don't want to work with another trainer. Without the help of those two, I wouldn't be able to be where I am today."

Phelps holds 22 medals in three Olympic Games and holds the world record in Olympic gold medals with 18.

Some of ASU's current swimmers seemed thrilled by the report:

Woke up from a nap and read that michael phelps is going to be an assistant coach at asu next year.... Nbd

— emily⭐️ (@Emily_Glinecke) December 26, 2015

can not believe that Michael Phelps is going to be one of my coaches next year

— Andi Johnston (@andi_johnston) December 26, 2015