Coaching Changes

Victor Penaloza Elevated to Head Coach of Pace Swimming and Diving

After serving as a volunteer coach for the Setters for four years, Penaloza was an assistant coach this past season.

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Lea Maurer Named Next Head Coach of USC Swimming & Diving

Maurer has been serving as interim head coach with the program since this past fall, when previous head coach Jeremy Kipp was placed on administrative leave.

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Mick Westkott Announces Retirement After 50 Years At Rhode Island

Westkott began as the men’s head coach in 1972, and in 1975, he started the women’s program and served as the only head coach in team history until May 2021.

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Wild Speculation: Who Will be the Next Utah Head Coach?

With the new head coaching vacancy at a Pac-12 program, let’s ponder who could fill Dysktra’s shoes as the next head coach of the Utes.

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Hawaii Officially Posts Head Coaching Position, One of 9 Open D1 Jobs

After a year of uncertainty for the program, Hawaii seems to be finally moving forward with hiring a new full-time head swim coach.

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Joe Dykstra Resigns from Utah Head Coach Position After 9 Season

Utah head coach Joe Dykstra has resigned from his position as head coach of the Utah men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams after 9 seasons.

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Erik Posegay Named USA Swimming National Junior Team Director

After sitting vacant for two years, USA Swimming has named Wisconsin’s Erik Posegay as it’s new National Junior Team Director.

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Florida State Assistant Emma Svensson Will Leave Coaching, For Now

Florida State assistant Emma Svensson with move to Louisville to be closer to her her fiancé Nick Zorn, who is an assistant with the Cardinals.

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John Hargis Out As Pitt Head Coach After Six Seasons

During Hargis’ tenure, the Panthers finished as high ninth on the women’s side and eighth on the men’s side at the ACC Championships.

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Stony Brook Removes Interim Tag, Names Mark Anderson Head Coach

2013 Stony Brook alumnus Mark Anderson has been given the full-time gig as the head coach of women’s swimming & diving at Stony Brook.

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Doug Grooms To Retire After 24 Seasons As Missouri S&T Head Coach

Since becoming head coach in 1998-99 season, Grooms coached 14 teams to NCAA D2 top 10 finishes at, including a national runner-up showing in 2008.

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Sue Novitsky Retires After 22 Seasons as Illinois’ Head Swim Coach

Novitsky retires as Illinois’ winningest swim coach in program history, having led the Illini to 114 dual meet wins over her 22 seasons.

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Ben Titley To Take Over As Head Coach Of Sant Cugat NTC In Barcelona

Following 10 years of coaching in Canada, Ben Titley will make the move to Spain’s National Training Center in Barcelona.

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Wild Speculation: Who Is Going to Replace Jeremy Kipp at USC?

As is so often the case, the most obvious candidate to take over the head coaching job at USC is already on deck in South Central LA.

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Jeremy Kipp Resigns as Head Coach of USC Swimming & Diving

Only in the early months of just his 2nd season as the Trojans’ head coach, Kipp was placed on administrative leave on October 9th.

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