Kos Named Co-Men’s Swimmer of the Year, Bowman Earns SEC Coaching Honors To Lead Texas Haul

Courtesy: Texas Athletics

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving head coach Bob Bowman was named the Southeastern Conference’s (SEC) Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year and sophomore Hubert Kos earned SEC Male Co-Swimmer of the Year to highlight a number of all-conference awards and selections for the Longhorns.

Senior Chris Guiliano, a Notre Dame transfer, was the SEC Male Newcomer Swimmer of the Year recipient and Matt Scoggin was selected as the Men’s Diving Coach of the Year.

Luke Hobson, David Johnston and Rex Maurer landed on the All-SEC First Team while Coby Carrozza, Nate Germonprez, Guiliano, Nick Harris, Jacob Jones, Kos, Will Modglin, Kyle Peck and Will Scholtz were placed on the All-SEC Second Team. Luke Forester, Jacob Jones, Cooper Lucas, Kyle Peck and Jacob Welsh earned spots on the All-Freshman team.

For the All-SEC Teams, the First Team consists of the top finisher in each event at the SEC Championships, and the Second Team consists of the second- and third-place finishers in each event. The All-Freshman Teams consist of any redshirt or true freshman who finished either in the top eight or is the highest scoring freshman of each event at the SEC Championships, excluding relay events.

The Longhorns totaled 490 points to win the program’s 16th NCAA title and it’s first under first-year head coach Bowman on March 29 in Federal Way, Wash. Texas concluded the season going undefeated as well. With the 2025 national crown under his belt, Bowman becomes the first NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving head coach to win National Championships in back-to-back years with two different teams. He has also been tabbed the CSCAA Swim Coach of the Year in back-to-back years after garnering the award following last season. Bowman’s Longhorns captured seven NCAA titles this season, including six individual crowns. The Horns won the 200 medley relay while Kos won the 200 IM (school record), 200 back (NCAA record) and 100 back (NCAA record). Sophomore Rex Maurer claimed gold in the 500 free and 400 IM with a runner-up finish in the 1,650 free. Senior Luke Hobson shattered his own NCAA, American and school record in the 200 free en route to three-peating in the event in 1:28.33.

Under Bowman’s tutelage, Texas won the 2025 SEC Championship on Feb. 22 in Athens, Ga. The Longhorns dominated the conference meet and compiled 1,474.5 points, edging out second-place Florida by 149.5 points and snapping the Gators’ 12-year conference title streak. Maurer was honored with the SEC Commissioner’s Cup Trophy after acquiring the highest point total with 91 throughout the meet.

Kos was sensational during the 2025 NCAA Championships and was the only student-athlete at the national meet to win an individual title in all three events entered. The Telki, Hungary, product demolished two NCAA records in the 100 and 200 back. He won his first career NCAA title in the 200 IM on March 27 after throwing down a school-record time of 1:37.91. It was the second time he lowered the school record that day after notching a then-program record time of 1:38.89 during prelims. He followed suit after destroying the previous 100 back NCAA record in a fiery 43.20 to win the event on March 28. Kos ended NCAAs on another high note, shattering the 200 back NCAA record to win his third national crown of the meet, touching the wall in 1:34.21. His swim was more than a second faster than the previous record of 1:35.37. Kos helped the Texas 400 free relay tie a school record and record a seventh-place finish in 2:45.12 to seal UT’s NCAA Championship on March 29. He was also an integral part of the Texas 200 medley relay team that set a program record and won the NCAA title in 1:20.28 during the opening night of the meet.

Guiliano ripped a program-record 40.53 in the 100 free to finish fifth at the NCAA Championships, lowering his previous program record. The Douglasville, Pa., native swam a season-best time of 18.48 to place sixth in the 50 free and was part of Texas’ 200 free relay team that finished sixth in 1:14.66 at NCAAs. He was on the 200 medley relay team that set a program record and won the NCAA title in 1:20.28 and was part of the Texas 800 free relay team that took down their own school record, established a new American record and finished runner-up at the NCAA Championship in a time of 6:00.08. He finished runner-up in the 200 free final at NCAAs, putting down a personal-best time of 1:29.42. At the SEC Championships, Guiliano finished runner-up in the 200 free in 1:30.38.

Scoggin, who was also named the SEC’s Women’s Diving Coach of the Year, coached freshman Jacob Welsh to a fourth-place finish in the 3-meter and a 12th-place finish on the platform at the NCAA Championships. Junior Nick Harris recorded a 10th-place finish in the 1-meter at the national meet as well. Under Scoggin’s guidance at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships, the Longhorns earned four NCAA qualifiers in Harris, Welsh, Jacob Jones and Manny Borowski. The Texas divers pieced together an enormous week at SECs, tallying an SEC-best 174 total points through three events. Welsh tied for fifth in the men’s platform at the SEC Championships. Harris also finished runner-up in the 1-meter.