Cory Chitwood

Wild Speculation: Who Will Take Over For Vic Riggs At West Virginia?

Who will lead West Virginia next season as Vic Riggs resigned after 17 years? See the wild speculation here.

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Katie Grimes Headlines Five-Member U.S. Open Water Roster For 2024 World Championships

Grimes is the lone U.S. swimmer who will race both pool and open water events in Doha, as she was named to the pool swimming roster last month.

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Greg Meehan Opts Out as USA Assistant Coach For 2023 World Championships

After being named as one of eight assistant coached for Team USA, Greg Meehan will no longer be travelling to Fukuoka this summer.

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USA Swimming Names Coaching Staff for 2023 Worlds; Anderson Subs for DeSorbo

The University of Virginia is sending 4 women to the 2023 World Championships, but it’s not their head coach who will rep the team on the coaching staff.

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Ron Aitken and Cory Chitwood Head Up U.S. Open Water Worlds Coaching Staff

USA Swimming has finalized the team and staff headed to Open Water World Championships next month, naming Ron Aitken and Cory Chitwood as the coaching staff.

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USA Swimming Names Coaches for Three International Open Water Competitions

Corey Chitwood will serve as the U.S. head coach at Worlds, while both Ron Aitken and Anthony Nesty will be assistants.

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Rumor Mill: LSU Pursuing Top Power 5 Assistants to Fill Head Coaching Position

LSU AD Scott Woodward has reportedly focused on top assistants at some of the best programs in the country to find his next swimming head coach…

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Firsts, Fasts, and Anomalies: Our Favorite Stats from Men’s NCAAs

University of Texas men’s swimming & diving coach Eddie Reese is going out on top. Not many in the history of the sport have been able to do that.

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Indiana University Coaches Race 200 Free Before Big-10’s

Three of Indiana’s assistant coaches, Chitwood, Long, and Weber, raced the 200 free after losing a bet with Blake Pieroni about the event last fall.

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Indiana Associate Head Coach Jonty Skinner Retires Mid-Season

“Although my departure isn’t super timely, we’ve both benefited from the experience,” the veteran coach Skinner said in a statement to SwimSwam.

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LA Current’s Leah Smith Pulled Out of Lewisville Due to Neck Injury

Among the many last-minute changes the LA Current has been implementing, team member Leah Smith has suddenly pulled out due to a neck injury.

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Blake Pieroni, Cory Chitwood Share Thoughts on New IU Coaching Staff (Video)

With the additions of Jonty Skinner from Alabama, Cory Chitwood from Arizona, Emily Eaton from Mizzou, and now John Long from Queens, the staff is set

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2019 NCAA Offseason Coaching Carousel: UCLA, West Point Headline Remaining Gigs

Six Division I head coach positions remain open as the wild NCAA offseason finally starts to slow down.

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Arizona To Hire Pacific Head Coach Peter Richardson As Associate Head Coach

The University of Arizona will fill one of its open assistant coaching positions, hiring current University of the Pacific head coach Peter Richardson.

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Leah Smith to Remain in Tucson Despite Coach Cory Chitwood’s Departure

After following her longtime coach Chitwood from Virginia to Arizona, Smith will not go to Indiana, where he was named an assistant last month.

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