{"id":514299,"date":"2022-10-12T17:15:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T00:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=514299"},"modified":"2022-10-12T17:15:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T00:15:32","slug":"powerhouse-baylor-school-names-payton-brooks-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/powerhouse-baylor-school-names-payton-brooks-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerhouse Baylor School Names Payton Brooks Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Powerhouse Baylor School Names Payton Brooks Head Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Payton Brooks<\/strong>, a former assistant coach at Virginia Tech, has been named the head coach of Baylor School and Baylor Swim Club Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks is the 10th coach in the history of one of the nation\u2019s top high school programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to thank Head of School Chris Angel, Athletic Director Mark Price, and the Baylor community for the opportunity to lead this program,\u201d Brooks said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chattanoogan.com\/2022\/10\/11\/457415\/Payton-Brooks-Named-Baylor-Swimmings.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a Baylor School statement<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cI am humbled and honored to be part of such a prestigious institution with rich traditions of excellence both in the classroom and in the pool. Together, we will continue to build upon that success but most importantly \u2013 we will be dedicated to the development of strong character and values for our athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brooks comes to Chattanooga via a pipeline that includes swimming at West Virginia University, then coaching at the Bolles School and Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to Baylor, Coach Payton Brooks! He will take over as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorSwimming?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BaylorSwimming<\/a> \u2018s Head Coach \/ Director of Competitive Swimming ?\u200d\u2640\ufe0f ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f. Coach Brooks becomes the 1\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e3th Head Coach in program history. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baylorschool?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@baylorschool<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaiderReCap?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RaiderReCap<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBAngel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisBAngel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreBaylor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreBaylor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GBR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GBR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQOZ0gIpcT\">pic.twitter.com\/DQOZ0gIpcT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baylor Swimming (@BaylorSwimming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorSwimming\/status\/1579992608293937153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The connection is <strong>Sergio Lopez Miro<\/strong>, under whom the Hurricane, W.Va., native swam for the Mountaineers. He helped West Virginia win its first Big East title in 2007, was a five-time All-Big East performance and left with his name on the top-10 performance lists in three individual events and five relays. (He would add a fifth year of eligibility as a wide receiver on the football team in Morgantown.)<\/p>\n<p>He started his coaching school at Bolles\u2019 powerhouse from 2012-14, working with age-group, senior high school and professional swimmers. He also was an assistant director of the Bolles Sharks Swim Camp and a residential staff member at the school\u2019s boarding program.<\/p>\n<p>He took his first head coaching job at Division II Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia for the 2014-15 season. He was hired by Virginia Tech in 2019, where he also coached for their attached club, Pinnacle Racing at Virginia Tech (PRVT), run by Lopez Miro. He helped Va Tech\u2019s men finish 11th place at NCAA Championship each of the last two seasons, the two best finishes in program history. The women have finished 21st and 23rd the last two years, the second- and third-best in program history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPayton is everything that we were looking for in a head swim coach.\u00a0 He has been an integral part of successful programs at a variety of levels and reputably builds a strong rapport with his athletes,\u201d Baylor School Athletic Director Mark Price said. \u201cI am eager for our student-athletes to have the opportunity to develop under his leadership, and I am confident that he will continue to build upon the success of this tradition-rich program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baylor has one of the top programs in the state of Tennessee and one of the best in the nation. Their girls team last decade was named the <em>Swimming World<\/em> National High School champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/now-online-september-swimming-world-magazine-baylor-school-girls-win-third-national-high-school-title-in-four-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three times in four seasons<\/a>. 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