Coaching Changes

Josh Huger Named Cal’s New Associate Head Coach

After spending four years at the University of Tennessee, Josh Huger is heading west to join Cal as their new associate head coach.

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Gunnar Schmidt Is the Latest Coaching Addition to New Michigan Swim Staff

Gunnar Schmidt, the head coach of local club team Club Wolverine, will head to the other side of the deck this fall with the University of Michigan.

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Yale Adds Dana Grindall To Staff As Assistant Coach

Dana Grindall arrives at Yale after spending the last three years as an assistant coach for Colgate University in New York.

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Duke Adds NC State Graduate Daniel Graber to Wolfpack-Heavy Swimming Staff

Daniel Graber, who was most recently an assistant at Dartmouth, is the third coach with NC State ties hired this summer by the Duke swim program.

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Westfield State University Hires Matthew Nodell As Next Head Coach

Matthew Nodell has spent the last three years as the head varsity swim coach at Belchertown High School in Massachusetts.

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Logan Friesen Returns To Alma-Mater Simpson University As Next Head Coach

Logan Friesen was a member of Simpson’s first-ever swim team back in 2019. As an athlete, he earned NAIA All-American honors.

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Bryon Tansel, Aaron Bell Leaving Louisville to Join Michigan Staff Under Matt Bowe

Louisville associate coaches Bryon Tansel and Aaron Bell will be joining the Wolverines’ coaching staff after just one season with the Cardinals.

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Ohio State Adds Club Coach Norm Wright to Staff; Promotes Graham Carpenter

The Ohio State women, four-time defending Big Ten Champions, are going to get even more support from their on-deck staff next season.

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Ithaca College Promotes Associate Head Mike Blakely-Armitage To Be Next Head Coach

The Ithaca women won the 2023 Liberty League Championship while the men finished as runner-ups. Blakely-Armitage has been with the team since 2019.

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Redondo High Assistant Swim Coach Reportedly Fired After Raising SafeSport Concern

A high school swim coach was reportedly fired in May after reporting an assistant to the U.S. Center for SafeSport for inappropriate conduct with a swimmer.

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Auburn Adds 2020 US Olympian Patrick Callan To Staff As Assistant Coach

Callan recently finished up his fifth year of NCAA eligibility as he swam at Cal for his fifth year. He swam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for the US.

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Colorado State Promotes Lisa Ginder From Assistant to Associate Head Coach

Colorado State promoted assistant Lisa Ginder to associate head coach. Ginder has spent the past four years with the program as the distance coach.

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Florida Adds Alex Dehner to Swim Staff; Adds Paid Diving Assistant Position

Laurent Perez Gillooly (left) and Alex Dehner (right) have filled out Florida’s coaching staff for the 2023-2024 season with the maximum 6 assistants.

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Texas Promotes Volunteer Coach Chad Mylin to Full-Time Assistant

Texas head coach Carol Capitani lauded Chad Mylin’s ability to “inspire and motivate” the team in two years with the Longhorns (above right, pictured with All-American Grace Cooper).

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Greg Meehan Opts Out as USA Assistant Coach For 2023 World Championships

After being named as one of eight assistant coached for Team USA, Greg Meehan will no longer be travelling to Fukuoka this summer.

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