Coaching Changes

North Carolina Hires Team Elite Coach Javier Sossa as New Assistant

Javier Sossa, who has spent the last three years working with the pro group Team Elite Aquatics in California, has re-entered the college coaching ranks.

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What Happens to David Marsh if Teri McKeever Is Reinstated at Cal?

Last season, David Marsh (left) worked with the Cal men’s team. This year, his focus is on the Cal women. His contract reveals what happens if…

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Brown Announces Hiring of Olympic Medalist Nick McCrory as Volunteer Dive Coach

McCrory won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in the 10-meter synchronized event and finished ninth individually in the 10-meter.

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Saint Louis U Pauses Head Coach Search, Names Mary Woods to Interim Role

Mary Woods, who spent the last two seasons at St. Louis as a graduate assistant, will serve as the program’s interim head coach for the remainder of this season.

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Hanover YMCA Swim Coach Given Permanent Ban by US Center for SafeSport

Editor’s note: There are multiple individuals named Zack Miller affiliated with the swimming community, even in the state of Pennsylvania….

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Katie Polk Named New Diving Coach At Bryant

Polk comes to Smithfield after coaching at Simmons College, where helped lead the Sharks to a runner-up finish at last year’s GNAC Championships

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Etobicoke’s Rob Novak Set To Join HPC-Ontario Staff As Assistant Coach

Novak will join the High Performance Centre – Ontario staff in November after wrapping up his duties as the head coach of Etobicoke Swim Club.

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David Berkoff Returning to Coaching With Team Eugene Aquatics

After a four-year break from the pool deck, David Berkoff is stepping away from his law practice to return to coaching at Team Eugene Aquatics next month. 

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Elisabeth Ray Named Assistant Swimming Coach At Old Dominion

The team also announced the addition of a pair of volunteer assistant coaches in Hanna Gillcrist and Megan Reutzel.

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VT Assistant Payton Brooks Takes Over Tennessee’s Top High School Program

After spending the last three seasons as an assistant at Virginia Tech, Payton Brooks will head to Chattanooga, Tennessee to take over at The Baylor School.

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South Carolina Announces Retirement of Head Diving Coach Dale Schultz

With Schultz’s retirement, South Carolina has hired Tennessee volunteer assistant Michael Wright as the team’s new head diving coach.

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Steve Jungbluth Out as Associate Head Coach at Florida After 12 Years with Gators

Steve Jungbluth is out as the associate head coach at the University of Florida after a dozen seasons with the Gators program, sources told SwimSwam.

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Alex Henderson Added To Washington & Lee Swimming Staff

Henderson joins the W&L Swimming coaching staff after having spent the previous two seasons as the graduate assistant coach at the University of Arkansas.

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Iowa Central Head Coach Joe Plane Resigns After Team’s Season Starts

Joe Plane, who has built Iowa Central Community College into one of the top Junior College programs in the country, resigned after his team’s first meet.

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Jacki Hirsty Named Assistant Coach for Cal Poly Swimming & Diving

Hirsty brings over 30 years of coaching experience with her to San Luis Obispo, and has spent the last three seasons as an assistant at Rhodes College.

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