{"id":583316,"date":"2024-04-02T12:28:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T19:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=583316"},"modified":"2024-04-02T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T19:28:18","slug":"bonnie-dix-retires-after-37-years-as-wellesley-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bonnie-dix-retires-after-37-years-as-wellesley-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Dix Retires After 37 Years as Wellesley Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bonnie Dix Retires After 37 Years as Wellesley Head Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bonnie Dix<\/strong> announced her retirement after 37 years leading the swimming and diving program at Wellesley College.<\/p>\n

Dix, who also served as an associate professor, will stay on through the end of the academic year. She guided the Blue to 33 winning seasons at the helm, including four undefeated dual-meet campaigns, the last in 2019-20.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been incredibly blessed to have had the best job working with amazing student athletes,\u201d Dix said in a university statement<\/a>. \u201cI have learned so much from them over the years, both as a coach and as a person. I will miss my time on deck; it has been the highlight of my day for 37 years!\u201d<\/p>\n

The longest-tenured coach in Wellesley history, Dix mentored three NCAA Division III champions and two New England champions. She led 24 athletes to compiled 33 All-American honors, and they won the Seven Sisters Championship 28 times under her tutelage, including 22 consecutive from 1998-2019.<\/p>\n