Illinois Adds Zach Closson To Staff As Assistant Coach
Closson has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Ohio University. Ohio University sent 2 women to 2026 NCAAs.
Ohio State Adds Emily Hetzer As Assistant Coach, Promotes Michael Butler To Hybrid Role
Hetzer moves into a full-time assistant role on the staff, while Butler shifts into a dual position that includes being the Director of Operations.
Minnesota Adds Alumnus Logan Redondo As Assistant Coach
Redondo graduated from Minnesota from 2017. He spent four years at Mission Viejo Nadadores and the 2025-2026 season at Virginia doing data analysis.
Notre Dame Promotes Trevor Carroll To Associate Head Coach
Carroll has spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at Notre Dame. The program did not have any associate head coaches this past season.
Cincinnati Promotes Scott Stern To Associate HC, Adds Masy Folcik To Staff As Assistant
Stern will enter his 4th season with the Bearcats. Folcik spent this past season as a volunteer assistant at Aquinas College.
Arizona State Adds Alabama Assistant Michael White To Coaching Staff
White returns to his home state as he is originally from Scottsdale. He has spent the last three seasons as an assistant at Alabama.
Brendan Heller Returns To Sacred Heart Swimming & Diving Staff As Assistant Coach
Heller returns to Fairfield after previously serving as an assistant to head coach John Spadafina during the 2020-21 season.
Michigan Adds Kyle Patnode To Staff As Assistant Coach
Patnode reunites with Matt Bowe as the two spent the 2020-2021 season together at Ohio State. Patnode was a volunteer assistant at the time.
Marshall’s Ian Walsh Named Head Swimming Coach At Pitt
Walsh joins the Panthers after spending eight years leading the Marshall University swim & dive team.
Indiana Hires Dana Grindall As Assistant Head Coach And Director of On-Campus Recruiting
Grindall arrives after spending three seasons with Yale. She swam for Wisconsin during her collegiate career and graduated in 2017.
ECU Pirates Announce Anna Pfeiffer As New Women’s Swim & Dive Assistant Coach
Pfeiffer comes to Greenville after a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Ball State.
Notre Dame Adds Jess Geriane As Assistant Coach
Geriane swam for the Fighting Irish from 2021-2025 and spent this last season as a student assistant coach while in grad school.
Gunnar Schmidt Promoted To Associate Head Coach at Michigan
Schmidt spent his collegiate career with the Wolverines from 2005-2009. He has been a member of Michigan’s staff since 2023.
Iowa Head Swim Coach Nathan Mundt Receives New 3-Year Contract, $15,500 Annual Raise
Nathan Mundt was hired to revive the Iowa women’s program in 2021, and has received a contract extension to remain on board until at least 2029.
A Summary Of Division I Coaching Changes For The 2026-2027 Season
Pitt, Cincinnati, and Minnesota (women) are the only three Power 4 programs to have a coaching change so far this offseason.
