The University of Texas has a vacancy on its swimming & diving staff for next season.
After the school put up a job posting for a new assistant on Thursday, Texas’ Director of Swimming Bob Bowman confirmed to SwimSwam that the position is for a full-time assistant diving coach, putting an end to any rumor that one of the assistant swim coaches was heading elsewhere.
Manny Pollard, who served as the assistant diving coach for the men’s and women’s teams last season, is making a career change, Bowman told SwimSwam.
Pollard, who was added to the full-time staff prior to the 2024-25 season, worked under Matt Scoggin, who has been the head diving coach at Texas for three decades.
In 2025, the Texas women scored 92 diving points at the NCAA Championships, the most of any team, including freshman Alejandra Estudillo Torres winning the national title on 3-meter.
The Longhorn men scored 27 diving points at NCAAs en route to the team title, with freshman Jacob Welsh being their top performer with a 4th-place finish on 3-meter and a 12th-place showing on platform.
This past season, head women’s coach Carol Capitani led the Texas women to a 3rd-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Championships, their fifth straight time finishing in the top three after reeling off three consecutive runner-up finishes in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
In Bowman’s first year as the men’s head coach, he led the Longhorns to their first NCAA title since 2021, an incredibly quick turnaround after the team finished 7th in 2024, their lowest finish since 2005.
Best wishes in your next position!
You will be SORELY missed in Austin!
He will be missed.
That super fan in the middle looks like a stud.
Pollard to Tennessee, maybe?
Going to Stanford?
Also what happened to Wyatt lol. People here were adamant he should’ve been given the reigns to the country’s premiere swim program and now he doesn’t have a job anywhere?
Maybe they gave him a big payout and asked him not to make a scene. He seems like an honorable guy. Texas Tough.
Brother they fired his a$$ and kicked him to the curb. Assistant swim coaches don’t get “big payouts”. They get a “thanks pal we’ll take it from here” and a pat on the back (maybe)
Let’s be real here… Wyatt was never prepared to take over the reigns of Texas
Wyatt has posted on his LinkedIN that he is now owner of Misogi Studios in Austin. Appears to be career changing as it is an art studio.
And he has added that since yesterday because I checked yesterday as I was curious haha.
Adding an assistant dive coach
Take that Virginia!
“Mr. Desorbo thinks that everything about diving is worthless and embarrassing. Isn’t that right, Desorbo? And that’s your worst fear”
didn’t bowman cut dive programs at his 2 previous schools?
https://swimswam.com/arizona-state-hires-marc-briggs-to-revive-collegiate-diving-program/
rumor has it during ACC meeting Desorbo asked to change from 18 swimmers 3 divers to just 21 spots and some coaches cut that real quick basically saying you made that choice live with it.
Gotta ask though right?
Clearly diving. Lol.
“Significant experience and expertise in pulling spotting belts over trampoline and dry board.”