Dartmouth Completes Rebuilt Swim Staff with Assistant Daniel Graber

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Dartmouth Completes Rebuilt Swim Staff with Assistant Daniel Graber

Daniel Graber is the latest addition to the rebuilt coaching staff for Dartmouth College’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, hired by head coach Jesse Moore on Monday to round out his staff.

Graber worked as a volunteer assistant coach in 2020-21 at Virginia Tech, mentoring the mid-distance and sprint groups. Those swimmers had outstanding postseasons, breaking 18 program records and, on the men’s side, remaining in touch for the Atlantic Coast Conference team title until the final day of competition.

With Graber on staff, the Hokies finished 21st at women’s NCAAs, beating the program’s previous best finish of 40th. The men, who had never finished higher than 35th, were 11th. Both programs set all-time highs for NCAA qualifiers.

“I’m so excited to welcome Daniel to Dartmouth,” Moore said in a college statement. “Daniel’s experience as an elite student-athlete earning All-American honors while majoring in engineering will make him a phenomenal example of both academic and athletic excellence for our student-athletes. He was mentored as a coach over the past year by Sergio Lopez, one of the best coaches in the world, and will have so much coaching knowledge and swimming experience to offer our Dartmouth swimmers and divers!”

Graber graduated from NC State in 2019, where he was a two-time ACC champion. The Wolfpack won four ACC titles and had four top-four finishes at NCAAs in his time there. He began his coaching career as an assistant age-group coach for the TAC Titans in Raleigh, then moved to Va Tech. In Blacksburg, he also was an assistant coach for Pinnacle Racing’s post-grad training group, working under the direction of Lopez and with a group of experienced, international swimmers.

Moore was hired as head coach after the university reinstated the program in the spring. He has also added Lianne McCluskey as an assistant coach.

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