Rick Walker

U.S. Masters Swimming Elects New Board Members At Annual Meeting

USMS elected officers to its Board of Directors and honored many of its volunteers and coaches with service awards at its 2023 annual meeting in Houston.

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Three Champions Swimming Fast At Ages 50, 60 and 70

95-Time Masters National Champion Kurt Dickson shines at USMS Spring Nationals while winning four events.

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Colorado Mesa Head Coach Geoff Hanson To Take Over at Southern Illinois

Geoff Hanson, who has stops at Wisconsin and Arizona on his resume, will be leaving the Division II Colorado Mesa in order to take the head coaching job at Southern Illinois.

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2019 NCAA Offseason Coaching Carousel: Hiring Season in Full Swing

After a slow start to the NCAA offseason, we’ve seen an influx of hires in the last week.

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’19 NCAA Offseason: Head Coach Hires Trickling In, Assistant Positions Open

Coley Stickels was announced as the new head coach at Alabama last week – check out the remaining DI vacancies here.

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2019 Offseason: 13 NCAA Division I Head Coaching Positions Open Already

The UNC coaching job, vacated by Rich DeSelm, is one of the biggest jobs open so far this offseason.

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Rick Walker to Retire after 32 Years at Southern Illinois

Walker has 13 conference coach of the year awards in his 26 seasons as head coach at SIU.

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Osvath, Howell Pace Missouri State in Sweep of Southern Illinois

Standouts Artur Osvath and Libby Howell each collected three individual titles as the Missouri State swimming and diving team notched its second straight sweep in a two-day period at Southern Illinois Saturday morning.

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Former SIU Swimmer Ivan Sanchez Named Assistant Coach

Southern Illinois swimming and diving has announced the hiring of assistant coach Ivan Sanchez, who competed for SIU from 2001-05 and served as a volunteer assistant from 2006-09.

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Missouri State Selected as MVC Women’s Swimming Preseason Favorite

Missouri State has been unanimously selected as the favorite to claim the Missouri Valley Conference women’s swimming and diving title in voting done by the league’s eight head coaches.

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Wisconsin-Whitewater Tabs Elise Knoche as Head Coach

Courtesy: Wisconsin-Whitewater Athletics University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Director of Athletics Todd Garzarelli has announced the hiring of Elise Knoche as Head…

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Janet Evans Nominated By USA Swimming For FINA Bureau

Janet Evans has been nominated by USA Swimming to represent the Americas on the FINA Bureau, USA Swimming documents indicate.

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Italians Win 9 Races in Open Water at World Masters Championships

2017 FINA World Masters’ Championships August 7th-20th, 2017 Budapest, Hungary Open water results Live Results (all disciplines) The world’s best…

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8 Swim Coaches and Their Philosophies

8 Swim Coaches and Their Philosophies

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