Coaching Changes

New NAIA Program Jamestown University Hires First Head Coach

Alex Raasch will join the University of Jamestown program this season to begin recruiting ahead of their inaugural year of competition in 2021-2022.

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Wild Speculation: Who’s Going to Replace Jeremy Kipp at Northwestern?

With Jeremy Kipp on his way back to Southern California, Northwestern is in the market for a new head coach. The most obvious candidate is already on campus.

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Middle Atlantic Conference Swimming Coach of the Year Leaves to Coach Softball

Mike Kokoszka takes over the head coaching position at Arcadia University after their previous head coach left to become a softball coach at Rowan.

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Canadian Coaching Carousel: Another Prominent Ontario Club Gets a New Coach

The Hamilton Aquatic Club has hired Darren Ward as its new head coach. They’re one of 4 major clubs in Ontario to have been on the market in the last month.

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Jeremy Kipp: ‘I Have 3 Years Left on My Contract’ at Northwestern

In a webinar presentation Tuesday, Northwestern’s head coach of two years addressed rumors of his departure for Southern California.

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Sean Baker Hired As New Coach of Markham Aquatic Club

Baker spent the last 10 years as the head coach of the Oakville Aquatic Club, which placed 5th as a team at the 2019 Canadian Swimming Championships.

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Gregorio Paltrinieri Leaves Coach Morini; Signals Shift in Focus to Open Water

Paltrinieri (left) has trained with coach Stefano Morini (right) for 9 years, since he was 16. He’ll now leave to join the country’s top open water coach.

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Queenie Nichols Retires as National Team Director of U.S. Paralympics Swimming

In a letter sent to athletes and coaches on Friday, Queenie Nichols announced that she will retire effective May 15th, 2020.

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Newmarket Stingrays Hire Dave Ling to Replace Retiring Alan Swanston

Swanston has been the head coach fo the Newmarket Stingrays for 34 years and was named the 2008 Canadian Junior Coach of the Year.

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Jason Memont Out as Head Coach at UNCW after 6 Seasons

A spokesperson for the school says that the program has begun a national search for a replacement, massaging concerns over the program’s future.

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Mitch Dalton Joins Texas Women’s Staff As Assistant Coach

Dalton joins head coach Carol Capitani after spending five years as USA Swimming’s National Junior Team Director.

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Bill Nicholson Named Head Men’s & Women’s Coach At Maryville

Nicholson joins Maryville after spending the past three years as the Director of Competitive Swimming at the Waynesboro (Va.) YMCA/Shenandoah Aquatics Club.

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Saginaw Valley State University Hires Jason Lintjer as Head Coach

Saginaw Valley State University has announced that Jason Lintjer will be taking over as head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams.

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ASU Diving Coach Mark Bradshaw Retiring After 23 Years

Arizona State diving coach Mark Bradshaw is retiring from the university after 23 seasons in Tempe, the school announced over the weekend.

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Roric Fink Out As Associate Head Coach For Texas Women

Associate head coach Roric Fink is no longer part of the Texas women’s swimming & diving program, per the school’s website.

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