Ryan Lochte’s estranged wife isn’t pleased with new $34-an-hour assistant college coaching gig

Key Points:

• Ryan Lochte has accepted an assistant coaching position with the Missouri State swim program, which is about a 15-hour drive from his children’s home in Gainesville, Florida, raising concerns from his estranged wife Kayla Rae Reid about the impact of long-distance parenting on their three young children.
• Lochte plans to visit his children monthly and during breaks, holidays, and summers, using his $30,000 coaching salary to support these visits, stating the move is necessary for his career growth and ultimately for his children’s benefit.
• Reid, who filed for divorce last March and remains in Gainesville with their children, is focused on respectful co-parenting and prioritizing the children’s well-being, despite a public and contentious divorce marked by social media disputes.
• Lochte claims he and his girlfriend Molly Gillihan have faced bullying and harassment in Gainesville, alleging that Reid and her friends caused Gillihan to lose her job through accusations, which Lochte denies involved infidelity during his marriage.
• The divorce was publicly announced by Reid last June, describing their seven-year marriage as “irretrievably broken,” and she now works as a realtor in Gainesville while seeking to move forward with maturity.