Notre Dame senior Jack Hoagland has entered the transfer portal to explore his options for next season as a postgraduate student with two years of collegiate eligibility remaining. He’s looking to pursue a master’s degree in either business administration or finance.
“I love Notre Dame and all it has to offer, especially the staff and team,” Hoagland told SwimSwam on Friday. “I haven’t decided whether I am going to leave Notre Dame or not. I am simply exploring my options to see if there is a master’s program that starts in the fall so as to not conflict with my summer swimming schedule.”
After suffering a broken wrist from a scooter crash in June of 2021 that forced him to redshirt the 2021-22 season, Hoagland bounced back to claim another fifth-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle (14:38.64) at this year’s NCAA Championships. He also placed 10th in the 500 free (4:12.49) and 12th in the 400 IM (3:40.82) at NCAAs, totaling a team-high 26 points to lead the Fighting Irish to their highest finish (18th place) in program history. In the first season under new head coach Chris Lindauer, Notre Dame jumped up 15 spots from last year, scoring 47 more points than projected and breaking seven school records with only three individual qualifiers.
Hoagland also placed fifth in the 1650 free at the 2021 NCAA Championships (14:33.93) before his injury. Earlier that season, he earned the 2021 ACC Championships MVP award after winning three individual titles (1650 free, 500 free, 400 IM) at the conference championships.
As a freshman in 2020, Hoagland went from a relatively unheralded recruit to a distance star, taking third in the 500 free, second in the 400 IM, and second in the 1650 free at his inaugural ACC Championships.
Hoagland has swam for three different coaches during his time in South Bend, Indiana. The 6-foot-6 distance specialist was recruited by Mike Litzinger, who abruptly resigned in October of 2021. Former Northwestern head coach Bob Groseth took over the following month on an interim basis before Lindauer was announced as the new head coach last April.
Hoagland is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
NOTE: A swimmer being in the transfer portal does not mean that they have to transfer to another school — it only means that they have opened up communication with different schools and coaches.
Texas has excellent grad programs, a proven record of improving MD & distance swimmers performance, and good training partners:
500FR, (Hobson 4:07, Johnston 4:08, Carozza 4:12, Enyeart 4:13)
1650FR, (Johnston 14:35, Enyeart 14:43)
400IM (C. Foster-Pro 3:35, Johnston 3:37,J.Foster-Pro 3:39)
And he’s close to his home in Albuquerque.
The last thing Texas needs is another 200/500/1650 guy, even if it’s a stud like Hoagland.
Why the downvotes? This seems pretty accurate. Maybe you could say there are programs that have produced better breakout mid-distance talent… And you could question the longevity of some Texas alums in this category (Clark Smith & Townley Haas for example), but this seems pretty reasonable…
Albuquerque to Austin — 781 miles
Albuquerque to Tempe — 412 miles
ASU seems more in its ascendancy than UT at this point.
Texas has a great masters of finance program.
Honestly, and this is not a bandwagon opinion, he should go to Florida. The points he scored as an individual in middle distance would POWER the gators.
Was recruited and coached by Aaron Bell. (I’m sure that’s what you wanted to say Swimswam) just like Zach Yeadon and the rest of the guys that are on ND’s team. Bob did nothing for the team. The guy who supported Jack once Aaron left was Mitch Dansky…. Who ran Aaron’s plan. Mitch was huge in the transition.
It’s so cringe when ppl comment about themselves in the 3rd person like only one person would hold this opinion this strongly who do you think you’re fooling by not just using your real name?
To Louisville to reunite with former coach Aaron Bell?