{"id":652289,"date":"2026-08-20T21:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=652289"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:23:35","slug":"penn-state-hires-division-ii-champ-jackson-lustig-as-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/penn-state-hires-division-ii-champ-jackson-lustig-as-assistant-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State Hires Division II Champ Jackson Lustig as Assistant Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Penn State Hires Division II Champ Jackson Lustig as Assistant Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Penn State <a href=\"https:\/\/gopsusports.com\/news\/2026\/08\/19\/swimming-and-diving-welcomes-lustig-to-coaching-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Wednesday announced<\/a> the hiring of <strong>Jackson Lustig<\/strong> as an assistant coach for the swimming and diving staff.<\/p>\n<p>Lustig was a standout at McKendree University, where he won NCAA Division II titles in the 100 butterfly and 200 fly in 2025. He was a three-time NCAA champ in the 200 fly, setting an NCAA record of 1:40.75 in 2023. He helped the McKendree 400 medley relay break the NCAA record in 2024, part of consecutive D2 titles in that event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/big-ten-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Ten Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lustig served as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mckendree-university-hires-jackson-lustig-as-graduate-assistant-swim-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a graduate assistant coach<\/a> at his alma mater in 2025-26. He worked with the mid-distance group, helping Volodymyr Gavrysh win a national title and set an NCAA record in the men\u2019s 200 freestyle at NCAAs. The Bearcats men\u2019s team finished sixth at NCAAs last year, while the women were 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Lustig also qualified for U.S. Olympic Trials in 2024 in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n<p>He was a nine-time Great Lakes Valley Conference champion, a two-year team captain of the Bearcats and a first-team CSCAA All-American in 2023-24. Lustig is a native of Milwaukee. He graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in communication and was working toward a master\u2019s degree in performance psychology and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Penn State has overhauled its coaching staff this offseason under <strong>Hollie Bonewit-Cron,<\/strong> who is about to enter her third season as the head coach. <strong>Mike Smiechowski<\/strong> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/penn-state-hires-mike-smiechowski-from-st-bonaventure-as-associate-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hired as associate head coach<\/a>, and <strong>Samantha Pickens<\/strong> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/penn-state-hires-samantha-pickens-as-head-diving-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added as head diving coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn State Hires Division II Champ Jackson Lustig as Assistant Coach Penn State on Wednesday announced the hiring of Jackson Lustig as an assistant coach for the swimming and diving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":607217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[62493,132215,59285,21703],"class_list":["post-652289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-big-ten-swimming","tag-jackson-lustig","tag-mckendree","tag-penn-state"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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