Coaching Changes

UNLV Hires 8-Year Assistant Pat Ota as New Head Swimming & Diving Coach

Pat Ota, who has been serving as UNLV’s interim head coach since Ben Loorz departed for Arizona, has been given the job on a full-time basis.

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SMU Announces Roric Fink as New Associate Head Coach of Men’s Swimming

Roric Fink will return to SMU for his second stint, where he will work for head coach Greg Rhodenbaugh for the third time.

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Adriana Owen Named Head Swim & Dive Coach At Wheaton College

Owen is already familiar with coaching in the NEWMAC conference after spending the last five years on the coaching staff at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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Ben Loorz Receives 5-Year, $845,000 Base Contract as Head Swim Coach at Arizona

Ben Loorz will make a base salary that starts at $165,000 and rise to $175,000 by the end of his five year contract, plus significant incentive opportunities.

Texas Swimming and Diving Adds Trevor Maida as Assistant Coach

Maida will lead the sprint program in Austin after spending the 2023-24 season with the University of Louisville. He is Bob Bowman’s second hire.

Brian Hansbury Named Next Head Coach Of Division I Manhattan College

Hansbury has most recently been associate head coach with Empire Swimming. He swam collegiately with Florida and graduated in 1999.

Maiya Otsuka Named Acting Head Coach of UMass Women’s Program

Maiya Otsuka steps into her new role as acting head coach of the UMass men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs after nine years as an assistant coach.

More Coaching Changes

Liz Germonprez Named Head Coach At College of Saint Mary

Most recently, Germonprez was the assistant coach at Westside High School while also working as a national group head coach for iNspire in Omaha.

Dawn Dill Named Head Swimming & Diving Coach at Wellesley College

Dill returns to Wellesley after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Harvard University.

Former Georgia Tech Associate Head Chico Rego To Become George Washington’s Next Head Coach

Rego has been with Georgia Tech since 2019 and was promoted to associate head coach this offseason. GW won both the men’s and women’s A-10 titles this year.

Cleveland State Promotes Trent Richardson To Head Coach After Spending Last Year As Assistant

Richardson was hired as an assistant coach last offseason and now takes the reigns from Hannah Burandt who resigned in April.

Former Texas A&M Men’s Assistant Michael Walker Joins West Virginia As Associate Head Coach

Walker was added to the Texas A&M men’s staff last offseason with the NCAA rule allowing an additional coach. Walker graduated from WVU in 2009.

University of Victoria Coach Peter Vizsolyi Announces Retirement After 41 Years Leading Vikes

Ryan Clouston, who has spent the last 14 seasons as the assistant coach alongside Vizsolyi, has been appointed the program’s new head coach.

Fairfield Hires Jake Lichter as New Head Swimming & Diving Coach

Jake Litchter has been named the new head swimming & diving coach at Fairfield University, where he’ll take over a program that returns a ton of talent.

Penn State Continues To Build Staff With Addition of Ethan Curl As Assistant Coach

Curl’s hiring comes one day after head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron added Sean Schimmel to the staff as an associate head coach.