Bentley’s Mary Kay Samko Reaches Coaching Milestone

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, November 7. WHEN her men's swimming team edged Le Moyne College on Saturday, it gave Bentley swimming coach Mary Kay Samko the 300th victory of her career. Samko, in 26 years as a head coach, has a lifetime mark of 300-146.

The 148.5-145.5 victory was not an easy one as the Falcons won only four of 16 events. However, the Falcons used their superior depth, amassing 15 second-place finishes and 12 thirds.

Samko is in her 12th year at Bentley where she has amassed a 206-86 record and led the Falcons to a total of 11 New England Swimming and Diving Association titles. Her Bentley women's teams are 124-43 with six straight NEISDA championships and Samko's men's teams at Bentley are 82-43 with five NEISDA crowns in the last seven years.

Before coming to Bentley, the Arlington resident was head coach of both the men's and women's teams at the University of the South (1991-94), and the women's teams at Tufts University (1976-82) and Southern Connecticut State University (1982-87).

Samko, a member of the Boston College Hall of Fame, was the 1987 New England Coach of the Year and has won five Coach of the Year awards from the NEISDA.

Special thanks to Bentley for contributing this report.

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