The Eastern Illinois Panthers have filled their head swimming & diving coach vacancy, picking up Saint Francis University’s Jacqueline Michalski to lead their men’s and women’s programs, the school announced today.
Michalski has been coaching ever since her swimming career ended in the late-2000s. Her most recent stop was as an assistant at Saint Francis University, where her team won the Northeast Conference title in 2013. Michalski swam for the State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego, winning a conference title with the team in 2007.
She replaces the departed Elliott McGill, who took a senior/age group position with the high-profile Nitro Swim Club in Texas earlier this year.
Eastern Illinois touted Michalski’s recruiting skills in its announcement, noting that while working as an assistant at King’s College in Pennsylvania, Michalski helped to double the size of the team’s roster. Michalski also got her master’s degree from King’s College at the same time.
Eastern Illinois will look to climb from its 6th place finishes at the 2014 Summit League Championships on both the men’s and the women’s sides.