Coaching Changes

Cal Swimmers Frustrated with McKeever Investigation; Durden to Coach Both Programs

With Teri McKeever still on leave since May, the Cal women’s team will reportedly be coached by men’s head coach Dave Durden, merging the programs for now.

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Which Coach Will Simone Manuel Train With at Arizona State?

Simone Manuel is training primarily with Bob Bowman, for now, but Arizona State has a deep and robust coaching staff to work out their growing pro group.

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Duke Hires Bucknell’s Ethan Cooke as Assistant Swim Coach

Cooke comes to Duke from Bucknell, where he served as the social media coordinator as well as the women’s recruiting coordinator.

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Sources: Leah Stancil Leaving Tulane to Become Assistant Coach at LSU

Two-time Olympian Leah Stancil has resigned as head coach at Tulane to take an assistant job an hour up the road at LSU, sources tell SwimSwam. 

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Ohio State Announces Graham Carpenter and Tim Kubacki as Volunteer Coaches

One of the highest performing programs in the Big Ten over the past few years, Ohio State saw a ton of staff turnover this summer.

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Silver Medal Club Dayton Raiders Name Paul Murphy New Head Coach

Paul Murphy of the Lawrence Aquahawks will take over USA Swimming Silver Medal Club the Dayton Raiders for the upcoming season.

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Steamboat Springs Head Coach Patti Worsley Retires After 23 Years

After 23 years of coaching the Steamboat Springs swim team, Patti Worsley, mother of 2012 Olympian Blake Worsley, has retired.

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Scott Talbot Named New Head Coach of Canada’s HPC-Vancouver

Scott Talbot brings an impressive pedigree as both an athlete and a coach to the HPC Vancouver, which has shrunk since long-time coach Tom Johnson retired in 2020.

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Northeastern Adds Former Vermont Swimmer Katie Rivers To Coaching Staff

A Charlotte, N.C. native, Rivers graduated from the University of Vermont in May of 2021 and was a former team captain with the Catamounts.

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Blue Tide Aquatics’ Andy Korda Named Head Coach at Waterloo Swimming

Blue Tide Aquatics’ Andy Korda will be moving over to Waterloo Swimming in Austin as its new head coach beginning this fall.

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The Great ACC Coaching Swap Continues As Brinkman Heads To Boston College

There has been an unusually-high number of coaching changes within the ACC since the 2021-22 NCAA season concluded in March.

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Penn Adds Maddie Carrigan as an Assistant Coach

Carrigan arrives in University City after working as a media productions and broadcasting teacher at Blue Valley Southwest High School in Overland Park, Kan.

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St. Bonaventure Adds Ethan Dale To Swimming & Diving Coaching Staff

Dale follows Bonnies head coach Mike Smiechowski from Alfred State where he was an assistant there for the past two years.

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Eli Danson Named Assistant Coach At Penn

Danson joins Penn from the University of North Carolina, where he served as the volunteer assistant coach for the Tar Heels’ for two years.

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Boston College Hires Notre Dame Assistant Joe Brinkman as Next Head Coach

Boston College ventured into rival Notre Dame territory to find the next head coach of the school’s swimming and diving program. 

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