{"id":569235,"date":"2023-09-06T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=569235"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:00:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T21:00:55","slug":"illinois-tech-hires-kate-chronic-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/illinois-tech-hires-kate-chronic-to-lead-swimming-and-diving-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Tech Hires Kate Chronic to Lead Swimming and Diving Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illinois Tech Hires Kate Chronic to Lead Swimming and Diving Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

Illinois Tech last week announced the hiring of Kate Chronic<\/strong> as the school\u2019s swimming and diving head coach.<\/p>\n

Chronic will lead the men\u2019s and women\u2019s programs for the Division III school. She takes over for Billy Bafia,<\/strong> who had served as an interim coach for two years, winning a Liberal Arts Conference Championship in 2022 and sending swimmers to NCAAs each of the last two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored and excited to join the Scarlet Hawk family,\u201d Chronic said in a university release<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s such rich tradition here. The Swimming & Diving team is an amazing group of student-athletes truly dedicated to their sport. I\u2019m excited to join the team and share in their continued successes.\u201d<\/p>\n