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Long-Time Bucknell Head Coach Dan Schinnerer Departs for NCAP Bucknell head men’s and women’s swim coach Dan Schinnerer stepped down this week after 20 seasons in charge to take a senior coaching position at Nation’s Capital Aquatic Club. Schinnerer has been at Bucknell since 2006. He’s the longest-...

Michigan Hires Chris Vidale as Women’s Water Polo Head Coach The University of Michigan on Thursday announced the hiring of Chris Vidale to take over as head coach of the women’s water polo program. Vidale fills a role that has been open since early March when Cassie Churnside resigned. Sami Tai, wh...

Brown Hires Lauren Sullivan As Assistant Coach Brown this week hired Lauren Sullivan as an assistant coach on new head man Mitch Dalton’s staff. Sullivan spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator at the University of Arizona. "I am incredibly excited to continue...

Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 3 Finals: Carles Coll Marti Claims 200 Breast The 200-stroke events at the Pro Swim Series in Sacramento this weekend are in the spotlight, with semifinals in addition to prelims. On the women’s side Friday night, that favored youth. In the men’s, it was to the advant...

University of Georgia Joins Virginia in College Swimming League The University of Georgia announced on Friday that it will join the first season of the College Swimming League. The Bulldogs are the second of 12 teams to announce their participation, joining the University of Virginia. Both the men’s...

Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 3 Prelims: Luka Mjjatovic Leads Way in 400 Free Luka Mijatovic is in a rich vein of form, the California teenager setting best times and serving notice among the senior national team set. He’ll have another chance to do that Friday night in Sacramento. Mijatovic led t...

National Records from Erika Fairweather, Milan Glintmeyer Highlight New Zealand Champs New Zealand records set by Erika Fairweather and teen Milan Glintmeyer highlighted the New Zealand Championships last week at Auckland’s National Aquatic Centre. Fairweather went 1:55.06 on the second day of the m...

Virginia Hires Reed Fujan as Associate Head Coach The University of Virginia has hired Reed Fujan as an associate head coach for the swimming program, it announced on Tuesday. Fujan spent the last three years in the same role at Louisville. He previously spent three seasons in the same position at A...

Andy Dobrzanski Drops Best Time in 100 Breast at Sun Devil Open Andy Dobrzanski dropped a best time in the men’s 100 breaststroke at the Sun Devil Open on Saturday. Dobrzanski went 1:00.49 to win the event at the long-course meters event in Tempe. He had started the three day meet on Friday by setti...

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...

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...