Titus took a break from competitive swimming to coach the 2013 USA Deaflympics team. Titus took a position as a coach for the 2013 USA Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria. As coach, Titus led his team to two new world records and multiple American records and medals. Titus now hopes to try again in 2016 Rio Olympic trials. Coaching Titus took a year off from swimming to take a position as a swim coach for the USA team at the 2013 Deaflympics. Besides swimming, Titus hopes to begin a career in coaching swimmers. In 2013, there was a lot of controversy on whether or not Titus should be the head coach for the Deaflympics team. Titus was first nominated by Dale Parker, the Director of U.S. Deaf Swimming (USDS), for the job, but was turned down by the USA Deaf Sports Federation because he was still considered an active participant in swimming and therefore could not juggle both jobs. While Parker continued to push for Titus saying that U.S. Deaf Swimming’s best candidate to lead the team is Marcus Titus" and arguing that Titus would only be entering in relays while coaching, making him able to take on the responsibilities. Still, USA Deaf Sports Federation still searched for a head coach with a "single role." Influence in Swimming World Other than through his failure in swimming, he has also made a negative change for deaf swimmers in races and competitions. He has done this through his efforts in contacting the officials about allowing hand signals during races. After much work and effort put towards getting hand signals in the rule book, USA swimming finally deems them mandatory. In a sport that is decided by only fractions of a second, this allows deaf swimmers to be able to do their best during competition without as many obstacles. USA Swimming decided to allow hand signals at the U.S. Olympic trials, thanks to Titus and his fan base, to accommodate deaf swimmers. Titus, upon hearing USA Swimming would not allow hand signals to comply with international rules, talked to US Swimming through an attorney. When this didn't work, Titus set up a Facebook page to get fans to e-mail USA swimming officials. Before, they only used strobe lights, which is good for deaf and hearing-impaired swimmers to know when to start the race, but not any other cue. Titus took this as a form