Dave Durden

SwimSwam’s Official/Unofficial Ballot for the 2018 Golden Goggles

With today’s release of the 2018 Golden Goggles nominations, its time for us to put together our official SwimSwam ballot…

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USA Swimming Announces 2018-2019 National Team Coaches

Cal men’s head coach Dave Durden was one of the 83 coaches named as a 2018-2019 USA Swimming National Team Coach.

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2019 W/M Pac-12 Championships Again Set For Federal Way

The 2019 Pac-12 Women’s and Men’s Championships will be held in Federal Way, WA at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Dave Durden, California Aquatics

California Aquatics brought 23 men to the U.S. National Championships. And coach Dave Durden helped 18 of them earn finals swims and 13 Cal swimmers make some sort of major international travel team for Team USA.

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Alongside His Successors, Anthony Ervin to Swim Through the Olympic Quad

Olympic champion Anthony Ervin has his sights set on finals at the 2020 Olympic Trials.

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Chase Kreitler Adjusting Well as new Cal Assistant (Video)

It seems that new Cal assistant coach Chase Kreitler is, by all accounts, settling in well in his new home of Berkeley, California

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How Does Ryan Murphy Taper? GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com

Ryan Murphy is nearing taper-time. What will it take for the 2016 Olympic Champion to regain the title “Greatest Backstroker on Earth”?

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12 Coaches Meet Eligibility Criteria for Tokyo 2020 Head Coach

Arhthur Albliero’s (left) appointment as 2018 Pan Pacs women’s head coach made him the 12th-and-final coach eligible to lead the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team. The Pan Pac men’s coach Ray Looze, right, is also eligible.

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Dave Durden Signs 3-Year Contract Extension to Remain at Cal

Durden has led the Cal men to 9-straight top 2 finishes at the NCAA Championships.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Nearly 60% Predict Lopez As Next Auburn Skipper

Nearly 60% of voters predicted that current assistant Sergio Lopez would be the next head coach at Auburn University.

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Speculation: Front-runners for Auburn Head Coaching Position

With Brett Hawke resigning after a decade as head coach, the Auburn Tigers have one of the most intriguing job openings in recent memory – and the buzz is that the frontrunners could be current head coaches at other programs.

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UC Berkeley May Lower Roster Spots on Men’s Sports Teams

Cal men’s head coach Dave Durden tells SwimSwam that this policy change shouldn’t impact their team.

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Hear What They Said: Top 30+ Quotes From Men’s 2018 NCAA’s (Video)

Hear the top quotes from the media scrum at the 2018 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

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Dave Durden Post-Race Interview on Tight Team Battle (Video)

Cal scored the most swimming points with 437.5 followed by NC State with 385, Texas with 368, and Florida with 347

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Missy Franklin Reboots Under Georgia’s Jack Bauerle

Taking another step along her journey to recapture her 17-year-old self’s love of swimming, Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin is making the move to Georgia.

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