Coaching Changes

Former Auburn Head Coach Gary Taylor Joins Virginia Staff As Associate Head Coach

Gary Taylor, a former coach at Auburn, NC State, and Florida State, will join the University of Virginia staff after three years coaching a local club team.

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Hollie Bonewit-Cron Named Head Swimming & Diving Coach At Penn State

Bonewit-Cron will join the Nittany Lions from Miami University (Ohio), where she’s been the head coach for the past eight seasons.

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Sun Devils Split: Which Swimmers Went Where After Bob Bowman Left Arizona State for Texas

Paige Madden, Drew Kibler, and Ryan Held swam under the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) banner this month after coach Bob Bowman left ASU for Texas in March.

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George Mason Promotes Jamie Greenwood to Head Coach After Interim Head Coach Status

After spending this past season as interim head coach, Greenwood becomes the team’s second head coach after Peter Ward retired last May.

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Howard Hinds Named Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach At Springfield College

Hinds, a 2000 Springfield graduate, takes over for John Taffe who retired after a 35-year tenure on Alden Street.

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WVU Announces Xavier’s Brent MacDonald As New Head Swim & Dive Coach

MacDonald comes to WVU from Xavier, where he’s been on staff for 18 years, including the last 16 seasons as the head coach (one as interim).

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Georgia Southern Hires Morgan McCafferty as Fifth Women’s Head Coach in Past Decade

As a senior at Nebraska in 2019, Morgan McCafferty helped the Cornhuskers earn their best Big Ten finish since joining the conference in 2012.

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Former USC Coach Dave Salo Tapped for Associate Head Coach at Arizona State

Dave Salo, who retired from college coaching in 2022, will return to the pool deck in Tempe next fall.

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Virginia Promotes Jake Shrum To Associate Head Coach

Shrum gets elevated into the associate role after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the Cavaliers.

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Texas A&M Adds Wes Foltz, Allyson Sweeney, Duncan Sherrard To Coaching Staff

New Director of Swimming and Diving Blaire Bachman also announced the retention of the program’s two diving coaches, Jay Lerew and Jeff Bro.

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Northwestern Hires Joe Bonk From Virginia As Assistant Coach

Bonk graduated from NC State in 2017 and has spent time in college coaching and club coaching. He spent the 2023-2024 season with Virginia.

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Former Texas A&M Men’s Head Coach Jay Holmes Announces Retirement After US Trials

Holmes has led the men’s program since 2004 and has been at Texas A&M for 40 years. Holmes will still coach for another month through US Olympic Trials.

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University of Arizona Names Ben Loorz New Head Swim & Dive Coach

Loorz heads to Tucson after a successful eight seasons with the Rebels that included four straight men’s WAC titles and the 2021 women’s Mountain West crown.

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ASCA President Mike Murray Named Assistant AD, Head of Aquatics At Albany Academies

Murray, current Victor Swim Club head coach, will be the Assistant Athletic Director and oversee all aquatics operations, including coaching the swim teams.

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Jen Buffin Promoted To Head Swim & Dive Coach At Colorado College

Buffin replaces Anne Goodman James, who retired following the 2023-24 season after 18 years at CC.

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