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Mark Gangloff Inks Three-Year Extension at North Carolina North Carolina head coach Mark Gangloff agreed to a three-year contract extension through June 30, 2029. The university announced the extension on Monday. "Mark has done an outstanding job elevating both our men's and women's swimming and div...

Big West Discontinues Sponsorship of Swimming and Diving The Big West Conference earlier this month discontinued its championships sponsorship of swimming and diving. The Big West added the sport for the 2024-25 season, and the experiment ends after two seasons. The announcement was made after the A...

Pepperdine Hires Emma Durham as Assistant Coach Emma Durham – nee Emma Sticklen – has been hired as an assistant coach by Pepperdine. Durham joins the staff of Dan Marella in California. She spent her first season post-graduation at the University of Pennsylvania as an assistant coach. Durham wrappe...

Olympic Gold Medalist Tyler McGill Returns to Staff at Auburn American Olympic gold medalist Tyler McGill returned to his alma mater as an Director of External Engagement and Performance Science at Auburn on Monday. McGill joins the staff of head coach Ryan Wochomurka. He was a 15-time All-American ...

Texas Hires Brandt Nigro from Army as Women’s Associate Head Coach The University of Texas on Monday hired Brandt Nigro away from Army as the associate head coach for the Longhorns women’s team. Nigro has 13 years of college coaching experience, the last seven as the head coach of the men’s and wome...

From Injury and Heartbreak to NCAA Champ: Meghan McAninch’s USC Comeback Honk! The final horn sounded. California’s last push had come up short. USC players were already sprinting toward each other in the water at UC San Diego. The 2026 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship belonged to The Women of.....

Adriana Contreras Hired as Assistant Coach at Kentucky Adriana Contreras was hired on Thursday as an assistant coach at Kentucky by head coach Bret Lundgaard. Contreras spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada, primarily focused on the sprint and IM groups. She h...

NC State Adds Alum Daniel Graber as Assistant Coach NC State on Thursday announced the hiring of Daniel Graber as an assistant coach, bringing him back to his alma mater. Graber joins the staff of head coach Braden Holloway after seven seasons coaching at Duke, Dartmouth and Virginia Tech. "I'd like...

Pitt Names Katie Kasprzak Director of Swimming and Diving Amid ‘Strategic Restructuring’ The University of Pittsburgh on Tuesday named Katie Kasprzak as the school’s director of swimming and diving amide a “strategic restricting of the program.” Kasprzak replaces Chase Kreitler, who resigned abruptl...

Passages: Mary Elliot, Ripon College Diver, 22 Mary Elliott, a diver at Division III Ripon College in Wisconsin, died in a motor vehicle accident on May 9. Elliott was 22 years old. Elliot was a native of Bayside, Wisc., who attended Whitefish Bay Dominican High School. She was majoring in criminal ...

Shippensburg Hires Grad Andrew Hale as Head Coach Shippensburg hired 2023 graduate Andrew Hale as the head coach of its men’s and women’s swimming coach. Hale replaces his former coach, Tim Verge, who retired at the end of the season after 27 years in charge. Hale hasn’t strayed far from the Pennsyl...

Passages: Keegan McKenney, Recently Graduated Queens Swimmer, 22 Keegan McKenney, a swimmer who recently graduated from Queens University, died on May 10. He was 22 years old. McKenney died in a car accident in the early hours of Sunday morning in Charlotte. He had just graduated from the university...

Iowa Swim Coach Nathan Mundt Gets Contract Extension Iowa head swimming and diving coach Nathan Mundt on Wednesday received a contract extension through 2029. Mundt has spent five seasons as the head coach of Iowa’s women’s team, the seventh coach in program history. He was hired in May 2021 after s...

Illinois State Hires Ryan Evans to Coach Swim Team Illinois State on Tuesday announced the hiring of Ryan Evans to lead the swimming and diving program. Evans was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Kansas’s women’s team for two seasons. “I am thrilled to be named the next Head Swimming...

College Club Swimming: A Debate Rages Over Who Should Be Eligible At the College Club Swimming National Championships last month, one of the biggest conversations on the pool deck wasn't about the records or the close relay finishes. It was about who belongs at the meet. When former Division I swimm...

Ryan Lochte Joins Missouri State as Assistant Swimming Coach Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte was hired as an assistant swimming coach at Missouri State. Missouri State swimming made the announcement on social media on Sunday, May 10, and Lochte did as well. "After spending half of my life staring ...

Tulane Hires Kat Mueller As Assistant Coach Tulane this week announced the hiring of Kat Mueller as an assistant swimming coach, joining the staff of Amanda Caldwell. Mueller is a 2023 graduate of Purdue, where she captained the swim team. She spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Marshall Univ...

Riley Ceglowski Hired as Head coach of Alaska Fairbanks Riley Ceglowski was named head coach of the Alaska Fairbanks swimming and diving team this week. Ceglowski had previously been a head coach at Ave Maria University in Florida and Adams State University in Colorado. She spent the last year as th...

University of Olivet Drops Swimming and Diving Programs The University of Olivet announced last week that it is discontinuing its Division III swimming and diving programs. The cuts are effective immediately. They reflect what the Michigan institution called a, “multi-year review of program sustaina...

Recent Grad Mia Cheatwood Starts Coaching Career at Toledo Recent Louisville graduate Mia Cheatwood is starting her coaching career as an assistant coach for the women’s swimming and diving team at Toledo. Cheatwood joins the staff of Jacy Dyer immediately after a career that culminated with a 10th-...