{"id":327474,"date":"2018-08-31T09:10:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T16:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=327474"},"modified":"2018-08-31T09:10:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T16:10:34","slug":"purdue-swimming-and-diving-hires-brian-barnes-as-new-mens-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/purdue-swimming-and-diving-hires-brian-barnes-as-new-mens-assistant-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Swimming and Diving Hires Brian Barnes As New Men’s Assistant Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2013 Indiana native and former Notre Dame head coach Brian Barnes<\/strong> has joined Purdue men’s swimming & diving as the program’s new assistant, head coach Dan Ross<\/strong> has announced.<\/p>\n

Barnes was a three-time Big East Coach of the Year as the leader of the Notre Dame women’s program from 2008 to 2014. As an assistant coach at Auburn for three seasons, he helped the Tigers sweep the men’s and women’s NCAA team titles in 2006 and 2007. The Indiana University alumnus also served as a men’s assistant coach with the Hoosiers (2002-05).<\/p>\n

Since April 2017, Barnes has been an assistant coach with the Carmel Swim Club, one of the premier clubs in the Midwest. He worked with swimmers of all ages from 5 to 21, serving as a senior 1 lead and challenge 3 lead. He also has club experience as the head coach of the Lawrence Aquahawks (1998-02) and Michigan Marlins (1996-97).<\/p>\n

“I want to thank the entire Purdue swimming & diving family for this opportunity,” Barnes said. “I know there’s an opportunity for me to be highly successful here. The family atmosphere is real at Purdue. Dan and I are aligned in every way on what’s important in the development of young men. The thought of teaming up with Dan and Adam Soldati<\/strong>, while sharing the pool deck with John Klinge and Erica Beine, made it an easy decision based on the relationships I’ve had with them.”<\/p>\n

“The last four weeks have been a whirlwind with J. Agnew’s<\/strong> departure to become the head coach at Ball State<\/a>,” Ross said. “Our search for J’s replacement yielded an incredible candidate pool, but one name stood out and that was Brian. The cosmic tumblers clicked in place and afforded us the opportunity to hire such an incredible coach with an amazing pedigree of coaching and working with some of the all-time great coaches in this country. He’s the father of two amazing young children in Jack and Caroline. I welcome Brian to the Purdue family as a co-coach. Our team is in for a great experience from a great coach and man.”<\/p>\n

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