Boston College Adds Brian Keane as Assistant Coach

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Boston College Adds Brian Keane as Assistant Coach

Brian Keane has been hired to the coaching staff of Boston College swimming and diving coach Joe Brinkman, the school announced Thursday.

Keane will serve as an assistant for both the men’s and women’s teams.

He spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Bryant University, leading the women’s team to a pair of Northeastern Conference titles. He also helped the men’s team, which joined the NEC in 2022, to win a conference title in its first year. Bryant had four individual conference champions and set 10 school records in the last two seasons with Keane on staff.

Keane swam at University of Maryland, Baltimore County from 2010-14. A former team captain, he helped guide the Retrievers to America East Conference Championships in 2011 and 2013. He remained with UMBC the year after his graduation as a volunteer assistant coach, helping the women’s team win an American East title in 2015 and the men’s team claim the CCSA Championship.

After UMBC, Kean went to Babson College for two seasons as an assistant coach. His swimmers broke 21 Babson records and won the 2019 NEWMAC Championship.

Brinkman, a former Notre Dame assistant coach, was hired just last month to take over the Eagles. The late hiring owes to his predecessor Michael Stephens leaving to take the same position at the University of Hawaii in June.

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Swimfan

1 year ago

Needs to check his email backlog, BC is falling behind…