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He previously spent three seasons in the same position at Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank Todd DeSorbo and the staff for the opportunity to be part of one of the best programs in the world,\u201d Fujan said <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/051926-reed-fujan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a press release<\/a>. \u201cFrom the outside, it\u2019s clear this team knows how to work hard and have fun, and that balance seems to be a big part of their success. I\u2019m excited to get to Charlottesville and get to work. Go Hoos!\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/acc-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fujan\u2019s Cardinals earned 49 All-America honors in three season, with three top-eight NCAA finishes for the women and three top-15 results for the men. The Louisville women were ACC runner-up in 2024, the program\u2019s best finish in seven years.<\/p>\n<p>Fujan helped Alabama to its best NCAAs performance in 2022, when the women took fourth place. They had been fifth the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Fujan is a native of Byron, Minn., who won three Minnesota state titles before a career at Notre Dame. He was a co-captain as a senior, a three-time All-American and two-time Academic All-ACC honoree who left South Bend with the program\u2019s second fastest 200 free time. He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Indiana, then head coach of St. John\u2019s University in 2018-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to welcome Reed Fujan to our program,\u201d Virginia head coach<strong> Todd DeSorbo<\/strong> said. \u201cReed has built an outstanding reputation at Louisville as both a coach and a recruiter, and his passion for developing elite swimmers is exactly what we look for on our staff. 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