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Arizona Parts Ways with Head Coach Augie Busch<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Arizona announced late Friday that Augie Busch<\/strong> will not return as head coach next season.<\/p>\n

Busch was hired as head coach in 2017<\/a>. He had been an assistant coach in Tucson from 2003-11 before head coaching stints at the University of Houston and the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n

“We thank Coach Busch for his service to Arizona and wish him well in the future,” athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois<\/strong> said in a university statement<\/a>. “Our Swimming and Diving program has a championship legacy, an outstanding home facility in the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center and incredible support, and we are confident that we will attract elite candidates. We will work quickly to find a new head coach who is the best fit to continue building our championship culture.”<\/p>\n

The Wildcats finished fourth in the men\u2019s standings at the final Pac-12 Championships. The women were seventh out of eight teams.<\/p>\n

Arizona\u2019s men\u2019s team tied for 19th place at NCAAs, with scorers in diving and honorable mention All-American relay teams in the 400 medley and 200 medley. The women\u2019s team did not score at NCAAs.<\/p>\n

Busch graduated from Arizona in 1998. He started his coaching career in 1996 as an assistant for Hillenbrand Aquatics (now Ford Aquatics). He was a volunteer assistant coach at Arizona from 1998-01.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"