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Purdue Brings Alumna Caitlin Hamilton Back as Associate Head Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Purdue University on Tuesday announced the return of alumna Caitlin Hamilton<\/strong> as an associate head coach for the women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

Hamilton swam for Purdue head coach John Klinge<\/strong> from 2009-13 and now returns on his coaching staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to have Caitlin return to campus and rejoin our team, working alongside me and everyone at the Burke Aquatic Center,\u201d Klinge said in a press release<\/a>. \u201cShe was an All-American and Big Ten medalist at our pool and has enjoyed an impactful coaching career since graduating from Purdue. She gained valuable experience as a head coach, and as an assistant \u2013both here in the state of Indiana and in the SEC. Caitlin was the obvious choice and I\u2019m grateful she\u2019s back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton has a bevy of coaching experience, including as the head coach at Illinois State from 2020-23<\/a>. She was most recently an associate head coach at Kentucky for two seasons.<\/p>\n

Hamilton joined the staff of Kentucky coach Bret Lundgaard<\/strong> in 2023 when he took over the program. The Wildcats qualified multiple women to NCAAs each of the last two seasons, while the Kentucky men\u2019s swim team finished 20th at NCAAs.<\/p>\n

Hamilton\u2019s Illinois State teams tallied 10 individual titles at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships, including a second-place team finish in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to express my gratitude to John Klinge and senior associate athletics director Ed Howat for the opportunity to return home to Purdue,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cTheir excitement for the future of Purdue Swimming is undeniable, and I am deeply thankful for their trust in me to be a part of it. Having the opportunity to work alongside the head coach I swam for is something truly special. Boiler Nation, I am ever grateful. Boiler Up!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton was on the staff of Ray Looze<\/strong> at Indiana from 2017-19, when the Hoosiers won two men\u2019s Big Ten titles and one women\u2019s crown behind NCAA champions Ian Finnerty<\/strong> and Lilly King.<\/strong> She was a recruiting coordinator for IUPUI from 2015-17 and an assistant coach at Wyoming in 2014-15.<\/p>\n

Hamilton was a distance freestyler at Purdue, setting team records in the 500 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free. She still holds the freshman records in the latter two. She was an All-American in the mile as a freshman in 2010, as part of Purdue\u2019s 16th-place finish, its best ever at NCAAs. She was a four-time silver medalist at Big Tens and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"