Now that we’ve had a few weeks to mull over the abrupt end of the 2019-20 NCAA season, we’re taking a look at the coaching opportunities that are open this offseason. You can check out the openings for Divison I here, and we’ve listed Division II and III below.
Note: these opening are only ones that have shown up on official NCAA job boards. Let us know in the comments if there are others and we’ll do our best to check them out.
Division II
- Fresno Pacific University – The Fresno, CA-based Sunbirds are in the market for a new head men’s and women’s swimming & diving coach.
- Maryville University – The Saints are looking for a new head swim & dive coach for their St. Louis-based coed program.
- Saginaw Valley State University – The Cardinals are seeking a new head men’s and women’s swim & dive coach for their Saginaw, MI-based program.
Division III
- Arcadia University – The Knights are seeking a new aquatics director and head men’s and women’s swimming & diving coach for their Glenside, PA-based program.
- Concordia College (MN) – The Cobbers have opened the search for a new head coach for the Moorehead, MN-based women’s-only program.
- DePauw Univesity – The Greencastle, IN-based Tigers are looking for a new aquatics director and head coach for their women’s program only.
- Dickinson College – After 26 seasons with the Carlisle, PA-based program, Dickinson head coach Paul Richards announced he is retiring at the conclusion of the academic year.
- Franciscan University of Steubenville – The Steubenville, OH-based Barons are looking for a new head swim & dive coach for their women’s-only program.
- Moravian College – The Greyhounds are in the market for a new head men’s and women’s swim & dive coach for their Bethlehem, PA-based program.
- Mount St. Mary’s – The Knights are looking for a new aquatics director and head coach for their coed, Newburgh, NY-based program.
I am a perspective student at a few of these schools and I am wondering if I should be worried about coaches leaving and whom their replacements would be.
Don’t be worried, use it as an opportunity!
Prioritize making a list of schools you know you’ll be happy at. Don’t bank on the coach making or breaking that for you. Once you have a list of schools you know you’ll be happy at, then you can look at things like the coach to make your final decision.
Thanks for the advice. I have multiple schools that are very similar and I feel like my relationship and the coach will make or break my decision
Can’t hurt to look at other schools too
I applied to 15 and got into 14 thank you very much
lol everyone relax
Any word on the lawsuit ongoing at Fresno Pacific?
Dickinson College is looking too.
thanks!