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He founded the Division III BSC program in 2011 and stayed with it for more than a dozen years. Overall, Wilcox was named coach of the year in his conference eight times during his career.<\/p>\n<p>Wilcox made Birmingham Southern a Division III factor, winning 121 Southern Athletic Association individual titles, 57 conference relay titles and sending 35 athletes to NCAA Division III Championships. He mentored 13 SAA Swimmers and seven SAA Divers of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Wilcox was a three-time Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year in his first stint at Evansville, leading 24 swimmers to conference titles and minting three MCC Swimmers of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Toby Wilcox has been an important part of the University of Evansville swimming and diving family for many years. 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