{"id":506542,"date":"2022-06-15T11:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T18:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=506542"},"modified":"2022-06-15T11:26:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T18:26:18","slug":"melanie-margalis-joins-georgia-tech-as-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/melanie-margalis-joins-georgia-tech-as-assistant-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Margalis Joins Georgia Tech as Assistant Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Melanie Margalis Joins Georgia Tech as Assistant Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olympian <strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong> has been hired as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech, the school announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Margalis, a gold medalist in the women\u2019s 800 freestyle relay at the Rio Olympics in 2016, has trained for the last year at Georgia Tech after spending the previous decade at her alma mater, the University of Georgia. She joins head coach <strong>Courtney Shealy Hart<\/strong> as Olympic gold medalists on the Yellow Jackets\u2019 staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so thankful to Courtney and the Georgia Tech athletic department for this opportunity!,\u201d Margalis said <a href=\"https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/yellow-jackets-name-melanie-margalis-assistant-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a university statement<\/a>. \u201cAfter swimming for these coaches for the last year, I cannot wait to work alongside them. I always knew I wanted to use my swimming experience to help the next generation and I\u2019m ready to pass along all of my knowledge. I\u2019m so excited for the future of this program and feel extremely grateful that I get to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Margalis finished fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/210205-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the 200 IM in Rio<\/a>. She just missed out on the Tokyo Olympics, finishing third in the women\u2019s 400 Individual medley by .12 seconds behind <strong>Hali Flickinger <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-olympic-trials-emma-weyant-stuns-field-to-win-womens-400-im-in-thrilling-finish-with-flickinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and edged by the fast-charging<\/a> <strong>Emma Weyant.<\/strong> She was sixth in the 200 IM. A three-time World Championships medalist, she swam just the 200 free at International Team Trials this spring, finishing 14th. She didn\u2019t compete in either IM event. Though the 30-year-old has not formally announced her retirement, the move to coaching is likely a prelude to that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to have Melanie on board with us,\u201d Hart said. \u201cHer elite level experience and passion for swimming will help continue to grow the success of our team. I am very excited to see her impact on our program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Margalis spent most of her career guided by legendary Georgia coach <strong>Jack Bauerle,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jack-bauerle-on-success-succession-at-the-university-of-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who retired last week<\/a>. A stop in Atlanta is a common step for former Bulldogs: New Georgia men\u2019s coach <strong>Neil Versfeld<\/strong> also started his coaching tenure at Georgia Tech after an undergrad career in Athens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melanie Margalis Joins Georgia Tech as Assistant Coach Olympian Melanie Margalis has been hired as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech, the school announced on Wednesday. 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