Cal Poly Hires Laurel Abernethy to Rebuild Diving Program
Cal Poly has hired Laurel Abernethy as their new diving coach. She comes from the MPSF’s highest-scoring diving program, BYU, where she was a volunteer.
Wesley Foltz Announced as Addition to UCLA Coaching Staff as Assistant Coach
Wesley Foltz most recently spent five seasons at Virginia from 2017-2022 primarily coaching the sprint group.
Colin Faris Added As Assistant Coach to Kentucky Coaching Staff
Faris returns to his alma mater after graduating from Kentucky in 2011 when he was a swimming team captain during his senior season.
James Bretscher Joins Purdue Men’s Program As Assistant Coach
Bretscher most recently spent two years at Marshall University as an assistant coach. He graduated from NC State in 2019.
Kentucky Hires Illinois State’s Caitlin Hamilton as Associate Coach, Promotes Lieberman
Caitlin Hamilton’s departure from Illinois State to Kentucky leaves the Redbirds without a head coach less than two weeks before classes start.
Michael Southward Joins Gardner-Webb As Assistant Coach
Southward joins the Bulldogs after two seasons at his alma mater, Saint Leo University, where he was the head coach last season and the interim HC in 2021-22.
Olivet Nazarene Names Nate Duell As New Head Coach of Swim & Dive Programs
Duell brings nearly 30 years of coaching experience to ONU, including most recently spending eight years as the first-ever head coach at Tabor College.
Doak Finch Joins Air Force Men’s Staff As Associate Head Coach
Finch was named interim head coach for Duke in December after longtime head coach Dan Collela died from complications with prostate cancer.
Marshall Swimming & Diving Hires Bailey Bonnett as Assistant Coach
Bonnett, a 14-time All-American during her collegiate career at Kentucky, spent last season as an assistant with the Wildcats.
ACC Champion Meredith Cavalier Added to Queens Coaching Staff As Assistant
Cavalier is the second assistant to join the Queens coaching staff this season. The school is in their second (of four) transition year from D2 to D1.
Wabash College Adds Keith Gill As Assistant Swimming Coach
Gill comes to Wabash from the Swim Steamline program at Northhampton in Houston, where he worked with multiple age-group levels levels.
NAIA Powers SCAD Announce David Gendernalik as New Head Coach
SCAD, which placed both of its swimming & diving teams in the top 3 at the NAIA Championships last year, have hired a new head coach.
Chatham University Names James Koval As New Head Coach of Swimming & Diving
Koval joins the Cougars from close by, serving as the assistant swim coach at Carnegie Mellon University for the past two seasons.
Northwestern Hires ASU Associate Rachel Stratton-Mills As Next Head Coach
Stratton-Mills joins the Wildcats after a successful six-year run at Arizona State. She takes over for Katie Robinson, who departed in June for Stanford.
Converse University Names Marcella Da Costa Assistant Coach
Most recently, Da Costa was a graduate assistant at Oakland University and helped the team win back-to-back men’s and women’s Horizon League Championships.
