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Coaching Changes

Vanessa Williamson Named Head Coach & Aquatics Director At Wesleyan

Williamson comes to Middletown after coaching at Bates, first as an assistant then a promotion to associate head coach, for the past 11 seasons

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Husson University Names Lauren Dwyer New Head Swim & Dive Coach

Dwyer takes over a growing program that has won four conference championships in three years, three-straight on the women’s side and one for the men.

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Elite Female Athletes Are Jumping the Coaching Ladder, and I Think That’s Okay

There is increasing pressure on the coaching systems and heirarchies that have been in existence for decades, from a number of angles and the sport is due for a radical shakeup.

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Olympic Medalist Annie Lazor Named Assistant Coach At Florida

Lazor is the latest high-profile swimmer to land a Division I coaching position immediately upon retirement.

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James Madison Head Coach Dane Pedersen Inks Contract Extension Through 2026-27

Pedersen has been the Dukes’ head coach for the past nine seasons and been on deck at Savage Natatorium with the team for 16 years.

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Grinnell College Hires Matthew Hedman to Replace Longtime Coach Erin Hurley

Matthew Hedman replaces longtime coach Erin Hurley, who retired this spring after nearly three decades leading Grinnell’s swimming and diving teams.

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Paul Murphy Hired as New Head Coach for Bloomington Normal Swim Club

Murphy joins BNSC following a short stint as the head coach of Dayton Raiders, in Dayton, OH.

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Saint Louis U Removes Interim Tag, Names Mary Woods Head Coach

Woods was appointed as the interim head coach early into the 2022-23 campaign after the resignation of the previous head coach, Jim Halliburton.

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12-Time NCAA All-American Maddy Banic Joins Mizzou Swim & Dive Staff as Assistant Coach

Missouri swimming & diving head coach Andrew Grevers announced the hiring of Maddy Banic as an assistant coach on Wednesday morning.

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Melanie Margalis Fink To Join SMU Coaching Staff As Assistant Coach

Melanie Margalis will join new head coach Ozzie Quevedo as the assistant coach at Southern Methodist University in Texas.

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Amanda Beard Returning to Alma Mater Arizona as Assistant Coach

Amanda Beard, the most decorated Olympian in Arizona school history, will reportedly be returning to Tucson as an assistant coach next season.

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Tennessee Promotes Josh Huger to Associate Head Coach

With the University of Michigan head coaching gig expected to set off a big coaching carousel this summer, it appears that Huger will stay in Knoxville for now.

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Indiana Hires 2023 Big Ten Champion Noelle Peplowski as Assistant Coach

Following her recent graduation, Indiana All-American and Big Ten champion Noelle Peplowski is staying with the Hoosiers.

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Michigan Diving Coach Mike Hilde Leaving Wolverines; Gammage, Milligan Enter Portal

Michigan hadn’t scored diving points at the NCAA Championships since the pandemic, but a Wolverine diver did score in three of Hilde’s first four years.

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Mike Bottom: The Mad-Scientist Constantly on the Cutting Edge of Swimming

Mike Bottom did the spectacle of swimming a decade before it became cool. Few people on earth showed more passion for the sport than did the Michigan coach.

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