Coaching Changes

Nicole McConnell Promoted to Assistant Coach For Texas A&M Women

McConnell has been a volunteer assistant with the Aggie women since August 2020 while also coaching Aggie Swim Club.

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Rutgers Hires 2013 US Nationals 50 Breast Champion Kevin Steel As New Assistant Coach

Steel, an Arizona graduate, spent the 2022-2023 season as a volunteer assistant at the University of Virginia.

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Nathan Townsend Announced As Little Rock’s Next Head Coach

Townsend arrives at Little Rock after spending the past four years as an assistant coach at Division II McKendree University.

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Alabama’s Gavrilo Blijden Named Head Diving Coach At UNCW

Blijden comes to the Seahawks following three seasons on the staff at Alabama, where he served as an assistant under former UNCW diving coach Beau Bunn.

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Cal Will Add Noah Yanchulis to Swimming & Diving Coaching Staff

A two-time Big East Swimmer of the Year at Seton Hall, Noah Yanchulis has spent the last five seasons coaching at Division II power Oklahoma Christian.

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Connor Beaulieu Named Head Coach of Amherst Swim & Dive Programs

Beaulieu returns to his alma mater after spending the previous 13 months as an assistant swim coach at Georgetown University.

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Kentucky Hiring Princeton’s Bret Lundgaard as Next Head Coach

Princeton women’s swimming and diving head coach Bret Lundgaard is returning to the SEC as the next leader of Kentucky’s combined program.

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Michigan Retains Priscilla Barletta for Rebuilt Coaching Staff

Priscilla Barletta, the lone female on last year’s swimming & diving coaching staff, will return this year under new Michigan head coach Matt Bowe.

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Virginia Adds John Carroll (UNCW), Joe Bonk (Wilton Wahoos) to Coaching Staff

New Virginia assistants John Carroll (left) and Joe Bonk (right) have ties to head coach Todd DeSorbo’s former NC State colleagues.

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Joel Rollings Named First Head Coach of MSOE Swim & Dive Program

Rollings’ most recent collegiate stop was at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee which came on the heels of a 12 year tenure at UW-Whitewater.

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Elliot Ptasnik Joins Queens Swimming Staff As Assistant Coach

Most recently, Ptasnik served as a volunteer assistant coach at Stanford University, primarily working with the Cardinal women’s team.

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Incarnate Word Names Reed Robelot As Head Swiming and Diving Coach

Reed Robelot makes the move from Miami Ohio, and replaces long-time head coach Phil Davis who resigned mid-season this past December.

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Minnesota Associate Head Swim Coach Jeff Kostoff Retires from Coaching

Jeff Kostoff, who has had coaching stops at Maryland, Indiana, Stanford, and most recently Minnesota, has retired from the profession.

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Cincinnati Hires Former Kentucky Volunteer Assistant Scott Stern as New Assistant Coach

After one season as a volunteer assistant at Kentucky, Scott Stern is headed to the University of Cincinnati as an assistant for the new Big 12 program.

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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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