Coaching Changes

Oakland Adds Darin Abbasse To Swim & Dive Staff As Assistant Coach

Abbasse comes to Oakland following a stint as the Head Swimming Coach for Liquid Lightning Swimming Club in Lake Orion.

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Tulane Announces Amanda Caldwell As New Head Coach

Tulane has announced that Amanda Caldwell will make the move from Statesboro, Georgia, to New Orleans as the program’s new head coach

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Florida State Adds Ben Zajic, Steve Barnes To Swimming & Diving Coaching Staff

FSU has added two assistant coaches to the mix after Dan Carrington was hired at Penn State in July.

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Converse University Names Logan Simpson New Head Coach of Swim Programs

Simpson has spent the last two seasons as the head coach of the men’s and women’s swim programs at Columbia College (S.C.).

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Jerry Hammaker Named Lock Haven’s New Head Women’s Swimming Coach

Hammaker enjoyed a record-breaking career at Lycoming College from 2001-2018, including winning MAC Women’s Coach of the Year honors in 2009-10.

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Rebecca Yost Joins JMU Coaching Staff As Assistant

Yost comes to Harrisonburg from the Division III ranks, where she served as the head coach for both the men’s and women’s teams at Chatham University.

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Ash Morris Takes Over Repton School’s Swimming Program

After 13 years of leading the program at Hamilton Aquatics in Dubai, Ash Morris has been announced as the Repton School’s Director of Swimming.

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Saint Louis U Head Coach Jim Halliburton Resigns a Week After School Year Begins

Jim Halliburton was the longest-tenured head coach in Saint Louis University athletics history. His resignation was announced on Wednesday.

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Arkansas Hires Alec Kandt as New Assistant Swimming Coach

Alec Kandt, who spent the last two seasons at Division II Davenport University, has a previous stop in the SEC on his resume: at the University of Florida.

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After 2-Year Hiatus, College of San Mateo Adding Water Polo, Swimming for 2023

In charge of operating the new teams is Andrew Silva, who spent the past two years leading the water polo and swim teams at nearby Serra High School.

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USC Rounds Out Swimming Coaching Staff With 11x All-American Brooks Fail

Arizona alum Brooks Fail stays in the PAC-12 for his first coaching job, joining the USC staff as an assistant swim coach.

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Cal Unveils New Swimming Structure, Still Looking for One More Assistant

Head coach Dave Durden (front, right) and David Marsh (front, left) will reunite after winning seven NCAA titles together.

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Garrett McCaffrey Accepts Head Coach Position with Cascade Swim Club

SwimSwam co-founder, Garrett McCaffrey, has announced his acceptance of the head coach position at Cascade Swim Club in Seattle, Washington.

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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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