Coaching Changes

Division II Nebraska-Kearney Names Kyle Trelka Head Coach As Becky O’Connell Retires

O’Connell had been the head coach of the Aqualopers for five seasons, having been hired back in July 2018.

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Storied Coach Fred Vergnoux Leaves Belgium For Antibes, France

Storied coach Fred Vergnoux has left his post as national head coach of Belgium and is now in France at the Antibes Club.

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Gannon Head Swimming & Diving Head Coach Jacqueline Michalski Steps Down

Michalski resigns after four years at the helm to pursue other opportunities.

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Junior National Teamer Norvy Clontz Switches Clubs From SwimMAC to MSA

Norvy Clontz tied for the most points on SwimMAC last year, helping the club top the annual excellence rankings for the second season in a row.

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NAIA Power Olivet Nazarene Replaces Head Coach 3 Months Into the Season

Nate Duell has been replaced as the head coach of the Olivet Nazarene swim program less than four months into his tenure.

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Chris Hamstra Returns To Alma College To Lead Swimming & Diving Program

Hamstra returns to Alma for his second stint as head coach of the program, with the school having fired Alex Lee in late September shortly after he was hired.

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Brazilian Olympian João de Lucca Joins Notre Dame Coaching Staff

Chris Landauer continues to assemble a staff of Louisville alumni by adding de Lucca, who was a three-time NCAA champion during his time with the Cardinals.

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FIU Swim & Dive Promotes Brien Moffitt to Associate Coach

Moffitt is entering his fourth season with the Panthers, having helped guide the team to a pair of CUSA Championships in 2021 and 2022.

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Penn State Hires Kyle Walthall as Assistant Coach

Walthall was serving as the head coach at Ashland University before heading to Happy Valley, having spent seven seasons with the Eagles.

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Harvard Hires Dawn Dill as Assistant Swim Coach

Dill comes to Harvard from Wellesley, where she has been serving as an assistant coach, and was previously the head coach at MIT.

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Texas A&M Promotes Caroline Maxvill Stanek To Associate Head Coach

Stanek served as an assistant coach for the Aggies over the last two seasons and was on staff at LSU and Miami prior to returning to Aggieland. 

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Princeton Hires Alex Stevens to Round Out Women’s Swimming Coaching Staff

Alexandra Stevens graduated from SMU in the spring and is now on the pool deck at Princeton in her first college coaching role.

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Fordham Appoints Olympic Medalist Tom Wilkens Interim Coach After 7-Week Limbo

Olympic medalist Tom Wilkens was appointed Fordham’s new interim head coach on Friday, nearly two months after longtime head coach Steve Potsklan left.

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How Much Does Texas Head Men’s Swim Coach Eddie Reese Make?

Retiring University of Texas head coach Eddie Reese might be the most successful coach in NCAA history, but he is not the highest-paid.

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Seven Weeks Later, Fordham Swimmers Still Without a Coach Ahead of Friday’s Season Opener

Fordham University swimmers are still without a coach more than seven weeks after the abrupt, unexplained departure of Steve Potsklan on August 22. 

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