Since joining the Miami Hurricanes coaching staff in the spring of 1989, Randy Ableman has developed the Hurricanes diving team into one of the nation’s premier programs, having coached 13 different divers to a total of 22 individual NCAA national championships. Ableman is a nine-time CSCAA Coach of the Year Award winner and has earned more than 10 conference coach of the year honors.

During his illustrious 24-year career as head coach of the CSUN men's swim team, and 15 seasons as head coach of the CSUN women's swim team, Pete Accardy coached the Matadors to a record 13 NCAA team titles (nine for men, four for women). Accardy, who was named the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Coach of the Decade (the 1980's), coached more than 300 NCAA Division II All-Americans at CSUN and was the first coach in NCAA history to win national championships in the same season in two sports (1982).

After being mentored under fellow CSCAA100 members Jim Steen and Pete Hovland, Arthur Albiero resuscitated a moribund Louisville program with no NCAA appearances to a dozen top ten NCAA finishes. The ACC Coach of the Year guided the Cardinals to their first-ever ACC Championship and their first individual NCAA champion in 2012 and since then to at least one individual National Champion in each year for the past nine years.

While head coach Pete Accady receives (and deserves) much of the credit for Cal State Northridge’s thirteen NCAA titles, several of them would not have been possible without the efforts of Van Austin and his divers. Over a thirty-five year career, Austin worked with every level of diver from novice to Olympic. Among his many awards, Austin was selected as CSCAA Diving and United States Junior Olympic Coach-of-the-Year three times and Pac 10 Diving Coach of the Year on four occasions.

One of the longest-serving and most successful diving coaches in collegiate history. Peter Avdoulos has produced seven NCAA Champions and 121 All-Americans over his thirty-seven years at Springfield. A Springfield graduate, he has been named CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year five times and is the only current Pride coach enshrined in the Springfield Athletic Hall of Fame.

A member of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame, "Stix" Ballatore led UCLA to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men’s championship. Over the course of his career with the Bruins, Brown University and the University of Florida. Ballatore was chosen as the Pac-10's Coach of the Year four times and awarded the 2012 National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy. Over the course of his career, Ballatore’s teams captured sixteen top-ten finishes including four top-four finishes.

The 1997 Richard E. Steadman award-winner, guided both Union College (NY) and William Smith College to both men’s and women’s success. Her teams garnered ten top-ten finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships, including a trio of men’s top four finishes. In 1993 Bassett became the first woman to be named CSCAA Co-Coach of the Year. Two years later she moved into administration where she continues to lead as the current athletic director at Ithaca College.

Jack Bauerle, the winningest active coach in the NCAA with a 592-138-4 dual meet record, has led the University of Georgia to seven women’s national championships and 12 SEC championships. Over forty-three years as head coach, Bauerle has produced 301 All-Americans and 47 top-10 team finishes, along with producing 87 Olympians winning 38 medals. He has been named CSCAA Coach of the Year seven times and was selected by his peers for the 1998 National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy.

Russ Bertram helped build Denison into one of the top collegiate diving programs in the nation. A three-time CSCAA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year and an eight-time North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, Bertram has coached three individuals to national championship performances during his eight seasons at the helm.

Hobie Billingsley spent thirty-one seasons as the head coach for Indiana diving, where he led student-athletes to 15 individual NCAA Championships and 23 Big Ten individual titles. His pupils include Ken Sitzberger (1965-67) and Jim Henry (1968-70), both among CSCAA’s list of 100 Greatest Swimmers and Divers of the Past 100 Years.

Following in the footsteps of a legend, Jess Book has written his own legacy at Kenyon College. Book has led the Lords to three NCAA Division III Championships while also amassing five NCAA runner-up finishes with the Ladies. Book has been named CSCAA Division III Men’s or Women’s Coach-of-the-Year on four different occasions.

Bottom has served on the Michigan coaching staff since the 2008-09 campaign, starting as the men's head coach (2008-12) and adding the women's team in 2013. Over that time, Michigan has compiled an overall record of 100-7-1 (men's) and 61-13 (women's) while winning a combined 12 Big Ten titles (9 men, 3 women). He led the Wolverine men to the 2013 NCAA Division I Championship and has 8 men’s and 4 women’s top ten finishes.

After apprenticing under legends like Doc Counsilman and Sam Freas, Doug Boyd embarked on a career marked by innovation. At the University of California, San Diego, Boyd’s teams brought fourteen NCAA Division III trophies (representing top-four finishes) back to campus. Of those, eight finished runner-up, including in 1998 when he was named CSCAA Division III Coach of the Year. At UCSD he produced sixteen individual NCAA Champions before moving onto stops at Rice University, the University of Michigan, and Texas A&M. He is currently Director of Program Development and Technical Analysis at Tufts University.

Steve Bultman has guided Texas A&M to 8 conference championships, including 4 Big 12 titles and 4 SEC Championships. An American Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, Bultman has led the Aggie women to 12 top-ten finishes including 4 top-four finishes. He has coached 19 Olympians, 80 All-Americans and helped guide 6 swimmers to 9 NCAA individual National Championships.

Over the course of his twenty-one seasons at Arizona, Frank Busch built a dynasty in the desert. In 2008, Busch became just the second coach in NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving history to capture both men’s and women’s titles in the same season. Over the course of his career Busch was named CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year six times, Pac-12 Coach-of-the-Year eleven times and helped produce 48 individual National Champions, 31 relay championships, and 3 NCAA Woman of the Year winners.

The coach of Bowdoin College for nearly forty years, Charlie Butt brought national recognition to the Polar Bears. He took over the men’s team in 1961, established the women's program in 1976, and quickly turned both into powerhouses. Winning New England Championships, accumulating 330 dual meet victories (198 men, 132 women) and helping over fifty of his swimmers to All-American honors, including three individual NCAA championships.

Following an extended apprenticeship with fellow CSCAA100 selections Jack Bauerle and Harvey Humphries, Carol Capitani began the process of rebuilding the University of Texas’ storied women’s program. In her nine seasons the Longhorns have reached the top ten seven times, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Championship. Capitani has guided Texas to nine straight Big 12 titles, earning Big 12 Coach-of-the-Year seven times.

A two-time CSCAA Coach of the Year and eleven-time conference Coach of the Year, Collins has led the Mustang women to seventeen conference championships and fifteen NCAA top-ten finishes, highlighted by nine top-four finishes. Through the 2020-21 season, Collins has compiled a 259-143-2 dual meet record across his SMU and South Carolina tenures.

Frank Comfort excelled beyond any reasonable standard. His combined 581 career total dual-meet victories put him atop a very distinguished list as one of the winningest dual-meet coaches in collegiate swimming history. Comfort led Johns Hopkins to one NCAA Division III men’s championship and North Carolina to fifteen women’s and six men’s ACC titles. He was awarded the CSCAA Charles McCaffree Award in 2012.

In 1988 Casey Converse became the first civilian swim coach in Air Force Academy history. Over the course of the next twenty-nine years he piloted the Falcon women to eight top-ten finishes highlighted by NCAA Division II titles in 1995 and 1996. Over the course of his career, Converse was named CSCAA Division II Coach of the Year twice and in 2016 helped Genevieve Miller become the first female swimmer, from any service academy, to score at the NCAA Division I Championships.

Arguably the greatest swimming coach, researcher, and innovator of all time, the late James “Doc" Counsilman left his mark at both Indiana and the swimming world more broadly. Counsilman led the Hoosiers to six straight NCAA Championships, coaching a long list of swimming greats. In addition to his championship records, Counsilman is known for effectively developing the science of swimming through his research and innovations in areas such as stroke mechanics and training techniques. His study of the mechanics of the sport led him to write The Science of Swimming, now considered the bible of swimming instruction.

One of the most respected coaches in college swimming history, Daland led USC to nine NCAA Division I men’s team titles (third-most), and seventeen conference championships. Daland was voted CSCAA Men’s Division I Coach-of-the-Year six times, awarded the 1977 National Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy and given the CSCAA 2010 Lifetime Achievement award with his peer Nort Thornton. Twenty of his thirty-five teams went undefeated in dual meet competition and his 308 wins ranks fourth among Division I men’s coaches. Daland was also one of the founders of Swimming World magazine.

​​Penny Lee Dean was a six-time All-American swimmer at Pomona College as a student and returned to coach the Sagehens’ women’s program in 1978. Dean went on to create one of the most dominant swimming programs in the 80’s, compiling a 221-96 dual record with 17 conference titles and six NCAA top four finishes. A member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Dean also coached a dozen individual national champions during her time at Pomona College.

In twenty seasons as head coach, Liam Donnelly led Simon Fraser to success in both the NAIA and NCAA Division II. His efforts propelled SFU to fifteen NAIA team titles and twenty-nine top-ten finishes. The five-time NAIA Coach-of-the-Year, Donnelly’s success followed with SFU’s move to NCAA Division II. There he helped produce three more individual national champions, giving him 146 total.

A seven-time CSCAA Coach of the Year and 11-time Bluegrass Mountain Conference Coach of the Year, Jeff Dugdale has built a framework for swimmers to thrive. Dugdale has brought home a dozen NCAA Championship trophies to the Queens campus along with fourteen Bluegrass Mountain Conference titles. His swimmers have earned 685 All-American swims, and 142 Scholar-American certificates. .

Over his thirty-seven seasons, Don Duncan led Puget Sound to seventeen top ten finishes across both NAIA and NCAA Division II. He coached 23 individual national champions and 84 All-Americans and posted a dual meet record of 307-127. Duncan was named NAIA Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1993, and inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1991. Coach Duncan is also a member of the Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame (2005) and the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame (2005).

The head men’s swimming & diving coach at Cal since 2007, David Durden has led the Golden Bears to four NCAA Men’s Division I Championships and seven runner-up finishes.. A five-time CSCAA National Coach of the Year and 10-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, Durden has helped Cal to six Pac-12 titles and served as head coach for one Olympic and three World Championship teams.

After leading UT-Arlington to a runner-up finish at the 1968 NCAA Small College Championships, Don Easterling constructed a dynasty at North Carolina State University. Over the next twenty-seven years, the Wolfpack men claimed fifteen ACC titles. Easterling also established the NC State women’s program in 1976 and led them to back-to-back ACC titles and six top-ten finishes. In 1993 Easterling was named National Collegiate Scholastic Swimming Coach of the Year and since his retirement has been inducted into the Texas Legends of Swimming and the Association of Swimming Coaches of America Halls of Fame.

In his eighteen years Everingham helped eleven CSUB divers capture fourteen springboard titles. Those efforts were instrumental in helping the Roadrunners capture six men’s NCAA Division II titles. A five-time CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year, Everingham has produced four CSCAA Divers-of-the-Year including Sean Ogren (2006), Ross France (2005), Robb Pendergrass (2001) and Kim Stanfield (1994). His first national champion, however, was his daughter Lauren, who captured the 1992 Division II 1-meter springboard title.

As head diving coach at the University of Houston, Jane Figueiredo led her alma mater to new heights - literally. Figueiredo’s Cougars captured seven individual titles, earning the Zimbabwean-native four CSCAA Diving Coach-of-the-Year Honors (2001, 2003, 2009 and 2010). A five-time All-American herself, Figueiredo is a member of Houston’s Hall of Honor and becoming the longest tenured coach in Cougar history.

Don Gambril started his career at Long Beach State, winning the 1968 NCAA Small College title before moving onto Harvard University. However, it was at Alabama that Gambril built his legend, becoming one of the first NCAA Division I coaches to tally more than 100 wins for men’s and women’s teams. Under Gambril, the Crimson Tide captured three SEC titles, sixteen top-ten finishes and seven individual NCAA titles. Gambril is one of just two coaches to have been awarded the National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy and was awarded the Seadman Award in 1998.

In 1967 Jim Gaughran led Stanford University to the first of eight NCAA Division I Men’s Championships. In doing so, the Cardinal became just the fifth team to win a title. Over his career, Gaughran led Stanford to thirteen top-ten finishes, compiled a 129-47-1 dual meet record and helped the Cardinal capture NCAA titles (fifteen individual, four relay). Twenty-six of his swimmers went on to Olympic success, setting twenty-six world records and earning fifteen medals.

Long after many coaches would have called it a career Fletcher Gilders was just getting started. After leading Ohio University for a quarter century, he joined Kenyon College as diving coach. There he coached four different divers to a combined eight NCAA event titles and voted CSCAA Division III Men's Diving Coach of the Year three times. Gilders’ own accomplishments were impressive. As a high school junior he earned Michigan High School Track and Field Athlete of the Year before competing in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Detroit. A year later he set the national high school record in the pole vault of 13' 3", before moving onto Ohio State where he captured two NCAA springboard titles and became the Buckeyes’ first four-sport letterman.

Even though Anne Goodman-James’s career pre-dates the NCAA’s sponsorship of women’s swimming, the current Colorado College head coach shows no signs of slowing down. A two-time CSCAA Division II Coach-of-the-Year, Goodman-James has enjoyed success in each of the three NCAA Divisions plus the AIAW. She brought four NCAA Division II trophies (representing a top-four finish), including two runner-up honors, back to Northern Michigan before moving onto successful runs at Arkansas and Colorado College. Goodman-James has coached 29 NCAA event champions and in 2005 was named the Richard E. Steadman Award-winner.

In a relatively short career at UCLA, Colleen Graham made a significant impact. Under her watch the Bruins captured three league championships and finished top-ten nationally in each of her seasons. Her 1975-76 squad finished second behind Miami (FL) at the AIAW Championships.

One of the greats of international and club swimming, George Haines led the UCLA men and Stanford women to a combined total of ten NCAA top-ten finishes. Haines led the Bruins to back-to-back third place finishes in 1975 and 1976 before moving onto Stanford. There he led the Cardinal to a pair of Pac-10 titles and in 1983 the NCAA Division I Championship. His athletes claimed 28 individual and relay national titles during his tenure.

A pioneer of Division III coaching, Hauck led the men’s and women’s programs at St. Olaf College for a combined 72 seasons between 1973 and 2015. While there he earned CSCAA Division III Coach of the Year honors three times, posted a dual meet record of 278-76, captured forty-five Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) championships and recorded 21 NCAA top-ten finishes. In 2000 he was selected for the CSCAA’s Richard Steadman award.

Working out of a 20-yard pool, Hal Henning led tiny North Central College to four NAIA Championships, including three straight between 1961 and 1963. Henning coached the Cardinals to eleven consecutive CCIW titles and helped develop two world-class swimmers including Olympic Gold Medallist, Richard Blick.

Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Famer, Jerry Hinsdale, guided UC Davis swimming and water polo from 1961 through 1994. Hinsdale guided the Aggies to NCAA top-ten finishes in each of four decades, book-ended by third place finishes in 1969 and 1994. He also mentored water polo teams to numerous Far Western Conference titles and NCAA postseason appearances throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Braden Holloway has been the architect of North Carolina State University’s return to national prominence. In just one decade he has led the Wolfpack to ten top-ten finishes (six men’s, four women’s) and five top-five finishes highlighted by a runner-up finish at the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Championship. His teams have combined to win eight ACC team championships, compile a 117-43-1 dual meet record and win thirteen NCAA titles (six relay, seven individual). Holloway has been named ACC Coach of the Year a total of eight times for his efforts.

A member of the CSCAA100 List of 100 Greatest Swimmers & Divers, Peter Hovland has guided Oakland University to forty-three consecutive men’s and twenty-seven women’s conference titles. Under his direction the Golden Grizzlies have captured four NCAA Division II National Championships and twenty-two top-four finishes. Hovland has produced fifty-four individual and thirty-eight NCAA champions. Hovland is also part of a legacy, having been mentored by fellow CSCAA100 selection Ernie Maglischo and tutoring two more in Arthur Albiero and Sean Peters.

After leading Kenyon College to men’s and women’s NCAA Division III titles in 1996, Jon Howell developed Emory University into a national powerhouse. Since arriving in 1998 he has guided the Eagles to thirteen NCAA titles (twelve women’s and one men’s), including a current string of ten women’s championships. His teams have captured 44 UAA team titles and three of his athletes have been named Division III Swimmers-of-the-Year. Howell’s peers have voted him CSCAA Division III Coach-of-the-Year eight times and selected him as the 2015 recipient of the National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy.

The most decorated collegiate diving coach in history, Hrovat’s peers have selected him as CSCAA Division II Coach-of-the-Year an incredible twenty-six times (fifteen men’s and eleven women’s). He coached a total of 48 national champions including Kristin Day, just the fourth-ever NCAA Woman of the Year to come from a Division II institution, and Jamie Wolf, the only Division II women’s diver in history to win seven national championships.

One of just two assistant coaches named to the CSCAA100 list, Humphries has been instrumental in Georgia’s development into a national power. Over his thirty-seven years, Humphries has helped the Bulldogs to seven NCAA and twelve SEC championships. In 2014, as interim head coach, Humphries led Georgia to its sixth NCAA Division I Women’s title. The 2011 recipient of the Richard Steadman Award, Humphries has coached twenty-three swimmers to NCAA titles in distance and IM events.

As head coach at Truman State, Seth Huston helped the Bulldog women to their first two of five NCAA Division II Championships. The 2001 title was the first in school history and snapped Drury’s four-year string of titles. Huston also led the women’s program to seven conference and the men to four NCAA top-ten finishes. After leaving Truman State Huston has enjoyed success at Rice University where he has earned four C-USA Coach-of-the-Year honors and helped the Owls to a pair of conference titles.

As the women’s head coach at Oakland University, Tracy Huth helped establish the program as one of Division II’s best. Under his guidance, the Grizzly women claimed five NCAA Division II Championships and an additional eight conference crowns. He accumulated 77 dual meet wins over his ten years before embarking on a lengthy career as director of athletics at Oakland.

The number of honors George Kennedy amassed over his career is only eclipsed by his 373 dual meet victories. Between Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg, Kennedy’s teams claimed two dozen conference titles, captured 31 individual NCAA Division III titles, and received more than 1,500 All-America honors. His Blue Jay teams finished in the top ten forty-eight times and netted him CSCAA Division III Coach-of-the-Year honors seven times. In 2012 he was selected for the Richard E. Steadman award and named the CSCAA’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner in 2016.

In 1987 Richard Kimball was awarded the National Collegiate and Scholastic trophy. In doing so, he became the first diving coach to earn the honor. Over his career, Kimball coached five Wolverines to eighteen NCAA titles and was named CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year in 1984. A member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, he was a member of the U.S. Olympic diving staff for five Olympics, helping nine divers to Olympic medals.

Under the direction of Skip Kenney, Stanford University captured seven NCAA Men’s Division Championships. Over the course of his thirty-three year career, the Cardinal finished lower than third just four times. His thirty-one consecutive Pac-10 titles is a conference record and his 243 dual meet wins are second most in the conference behind USC’s Peter Daland.

With 529 dual meet victories, Yale’s Robert Kiphuth is unquestionably the winningest coach in men’s intercollegiate swimming and diving history. Over his forty-one year career, Kiphuth led the Bulldogs to four NCAA titles, and is credited with innovations such as interval training and dryland workouts. Kiputh was also named the United States’ head Olympic swimming coach five times including the 1948 London games when American swimmers won every event, earning him a reputation for being the winningest coach in history.

Claudia Kolb Thomas spent one season with the Cardinal but made the most of her time on The Farm. She led the Cardinal to the 1980 AIAW national title, with Stanford going 7-1 on the season before moving on to coach at Pacific University in Oregon. Kolb was a two-time Olympic champion and former world record-holder in four events and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1975.

For thirty-four seasons Kubik stood alongside Eddie Reese at the University of Texas. One of just two assistants selected to the CSCAA100, Kubik helped the Longhorns capture 12 NCAA Men’s Division I titles. A 2011 inductee into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor, Kubik was awarded the National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy upon retirement in 2017.

In twenty-two years with Steve Kuster at the helm, the Williams College men and women have captured thirty-seven NESCAC titles and finished in the top ten thirty-nine times. His success can be measured not just in volumes, but also in quality. He has coached numerous United States Olympic Trials Qualifiers, most among active Division III coaches, and three CSCAA100 Swimmers and Divers. Kuster has been named NESCAC Women’s Coach of the Year fourteen times and CSCAA Division III Women’s Coach of the Year on four occasions.

The architect of the storied Clarion diving teams, Leas coached 36 national champions, 234 All-Americans and two Olympians. His Golden Eagle divers helped Clarion win 19 consecutive men’s and 15 straight women’s PSAC championships. In addition to twice being named CSCAA Division II Diving Coach-of-the-Year, Leas was named to the NCAA’s 1991 Team of the Decade coaching staff. Leas also served as International Chairman of Diving for the World University Games and was the National Rules Chairman for US Diving for 15 years.

When Ray Looze arrived at Indiana University in the summer of 2002 it had been twenty-one years since the last Hoosier top-ten finish. Since his arrival, the 2018 CSCAA Division I Coach of the Year has led the Hoosier men and women to sixteen top-ten finishes and nine Big Ten titles. Looze has served on two Olympic staffs, is a ten-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, and the first coach in league history to repeat as both men's and women's Coach of the Year.

Wherever Ernie Maglischo has gone, success has followed. His thirteen men’s NCAA championships are third-most in history. In 1986 he became the first coach to capture NCAA team titles at three different institutions and a decade later became the first to ever coach individual NCAA champions at four schools. An eight-time CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year recipient, Maglischo’s research has literally become the textbook for swimming coaches through the publication of three books - Swimming Faster, Swimming Even Faster, Swimming Fastest - and nearly fifty academic papers .

In 1925, Mann began what became a twenty-nine year legacy of success. Among Mann's startling statistics are: 16 Big Ten Titles, six NCAA team titles and a dual-meet record of 202-25-3. Under his tenure, Michigan recorded twenty-two top ten finishes and reached the top four seventeen times. He was named the coach of the 1952 United States Olympic swimming team, which captured four of the six swimming gold medals awarded. Ironically, one event the U.S. team did not capture was the 200-meter breaststroke, won by U-M swimmer but Australian competitor John Davies.

Over his seventeen years on the Plains, David Marsh built a dynasty. His twelve NCAA titles are third-most among Division I coaches, sitting just behind former Auburn coaches Eddie Reese and Richard Quick. Marsh’s teams captured seventeen SEC Championships (thirteen men, four women) and compiled a record of 217-38 in dual meets. He is one of the most decorated coaches in CSCAA history, having twice been awarded the National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy and named Coach-of-the-Year nine times.

In her seven seasons with her alma mater, Lea Mauer led Stanford to a pair of conference titles, six NCAA top four finishes and a 65-5 record in dual meets. Her athletes won 13 individual and relay national titles and earned 163 All-America honors. Highlights of her career include a runner-up finish at the 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s Championship, three swimmers (Tara Kirk, Elaine Breeden and Julia Smit) setting American records with the latter two combining for three medals at the 2008 Olympics. Mauer is currently interim head coach at the University of Southern California.

After leaving Iowa State after four successful seasons, Charles McCaffree went on to become one of the greatest coaches in Michigan State athletic history. McCaffree led the Spartans to eight straight Central Collegiate Conference Championships before capturing their first Big Ten title in 1957. His teams reached the top ten on twenty-one different occasions, with nine top four finishes scattered between 1945-1955. He finished his career with 208 dual meet wins and 293 All-American honors. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1976.

The 2012 head women’s U.S. Olympic coach and three-time assistant coach, McKeever has established herself as one of the sport’s greatest. Her four NCAA women’s team titles rank her fourth in Division I history and 275 dual meet wins ranks second. McKeever’s peers have named her CSCAA Women’s Division I Coach-of-the-Year five times, Pac-12 Coach-of-the-Year nine times, and selected her for the National Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy in 2002. While her accomplishments stand alone, it is worth noting that McKeever’s four NCAA championships, five national coach-of-the-year awards and 275 dual meet victories are the most of any woman in the college swimming history.

The current head coach of the Cardinal, Meehan has led Stanford to three NCAA titles and is a three-time CSCAA Coach of the Year. In his nine seasons on The Farm, Meehan has mentored four Pac-12 Swimmers of the Year and has won four Pac-12 Coach of the Year awards. He has coached the Cardinal to forty three NCAA titles (26 individual, 17 relay) and four Pac-12 team titles. In 2018 Meehan was tabbed to lead the United States’ women’s teams to the 2020 Olympics. Meehan has led Stanford to a 54-4 dual meet record, including five undefeated regular seasons.

As the longtime Secretary of the CSCAA and NCAA meet coordinator, Don Megerle’s off-deck accomplishments belie his athletic success. The recipient of seven New England or NESCAC Coach-of-the-Year honors, Megerle produced 92 All-Americans, compiled a 268-81 dual meet record and led the Jumbos to a quartet of top-ten finishes. He has been recognized by the CSCAA with the Richard E. Steadman Award in 1992 and National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy in 2007.

Over her thirty-six years at Ithaca College, Paula Miller has enjoyed sustained success. In her time at Ithaca she has guided the Bombers to a dozen top-ten finishes, and thirty conference titles. As evidence of her success, Miller was named CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year in 1987 and 1999 and in 2010 her Bomber teams began a four-year string of four undefeated dual meet seasons. Seventy-eight athletes earned All-America honors, nine of whom are in the Ithaca College Athletic Hall of Fame.

In just fourteen seasons as head women’s coach at California, Karen Moe Humphreys guided the Bears to eight top-ten finishes at the NCAA Division I Championships. In five of those years Cal brought a team trophy home following a top-four finish. Under Moe Humphreys leadership California captured five Pac-10 titles. Her 89 dual meet records are seventh-best among all women in Division I.

For a quarter-century Bill Morgan stood as a mainstay of San Diego swimming. At UC San Diego, Morgan led the Tritons to six runner-up finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships. In 1985 he was named CSCAA Division III Women’s Coach of the Year and four years later added the men’s accolade. In 1993 Morgan moved to the University of San Diego as the women’s head coach. There he earned two PCSC Coach of the Year honors and led the Toreros to the 1997 PCSC title.

In 2003, when the Truman Bulldogs captured the 2003 NCAA Women’s Division II title, Colleen Murphy became the first woman since 1986 (and fifth overall) to lead a team to a NCAA, NAIA or AIAW National Title. She added two more titles in 2004 and 2005, the latter of which earned her CSCAA Division II Coach-of-the-Year honors. Following her tenure at Truman she enjoyed success at Xavier College Prep in Phoenix and the United States Air Force Academy.

The longest-tenured career in one of the nation’s first programs, Nick Nichols’ career has been highlighted by seven Little Three championships, six undefeated dual meet seasons and the 2013 NESCAC Women’s Championship. He has been named CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year three times and led Amherst to twenty-three top-ten finishes including runner-up finishes at the 2007 and 2008 NCAA Division III Women’s Championship.

Ron O’Brien did it all. After becoming a six-time letterman in gymnastics, and diving at Ohio State, he went on to coach for a year at the University of Minnesota, before returning to his alma mater for a thirteen year run. During that time he coached the Buckeyes to thirteen individual NCAA titles and more than a dozen additional Big Ten titles. O’Brien was an eight-time U.S. Olympic Diving Coach with his divers capturing twelve Olympic medals. He has won the Mike Peppe Award fourteen times in his career and been inducted into the Ohio State University, Pennsylvania Sports, and International Swimming Halls of Fame.

Panzano coached 12 NCAA champions, 23 U.S. national champions and 59 Big Ten champions in his 35 year tenure as the Ohio State diving coach. Over his career he was named the Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year 10 times, selected CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year four times and was twice awarded the Mike Peppe Award. Prior to his arrival at Ohio State, Panzano produced Tennessee’s first NCAA diving champion and coached seven SEC springboard champions.

Gregg Parini has built one of the most successful programs in the history of Division III athletics, highlighted by six NCAA Division III national championships (5 men, 1 women), 16 national runner-up finishes, and a streak of 64 consecutive top-10 national finishes across both genders. Parini’s peers have named him CSCAA Division III Coach-of-the-Year eleven times and NCAC Coach-of-the-Year ten times. He has accumulated twenty-two conference titles and, through November 2021, amassed 396 dual meet victories.

John Patnott founded Hope College’s program in 1979 and over the course of thirty-nine seasons led the Flying Dutch to thirty-two MIAA Championships (20 women, 12 men). Under his leadership Hope combined for 437 dual meet victories, 121 All-American honors and 31 NCAA titles. His combined 82 seasons across men’s and women’s at Hope and Fresno State are the 8th most in college swimming history.

Mike Peppe's accomplishments as a swimming or diving coach alone would earn him a spot on the CSCAA 100 List of Greatest Coaches. The fact that he coached both sports is nearly incomprehensible in today's era of specialization. His eleven NCAA Division I Men's team titles are second only to Eddie Reese and his twelve conference titles rank third all-time in the Big Ten. Moreover, Peppe's divers won forty-two individual NCAA Championships, eighteen more than the next-closest coach. In dual meets Peppe's squads went 173-37 with twelve undefeated seasons. No coach had a better record in the 1950's than Peppe. In the four Olympic games following World War II, Buckeye swimmers and divers made up twenty percent of the U.S. Olympic Team.

Now in his 25th season leading the Wayne State men's and women's swimming and diving programs, Sean Peters' illustrious career has helped multiple athletes achieve greatness both in the pool and in the classroom. Peters has been awarded GLIAC Coach-of-the-Year twenty times and CSCAA Division II Coach of the Year honors six times. His career has been highlighted by the 2012 NCAA Women’s Division II Championship, five runner-up finishes and twenty GLIAC team titles (11 women, 9 men).

One of the earliest pioneers of women’s collegiate swimming, Mona Plummer is also one of its most accomplished. Plummer’s Sun Devil women captured eight AIAW Championships. Those rank second only to Richard Quick’s twelve. The 1979 National Coach of the Year, she coached nine Olympians and four dozen All-Americans during her stint with Arizona State.

Arguably the greatest women’s swimming coach in intercollegiate history, Richard Quick amassed thirteen NCAA Division I titles over his career. Quick led the Texas women to five-straight NCAA team titles before moving onto Stanford University where he led the Cardinal to another seven. Quick served on six US Olympic staffs, was named CSCAA Coach of the Year five times, and led his teams to twenty-two championships across the Southwest, Southeast, and Pac-10 Conferences.

With fifteen NCAA titles, Eddie Reese is the most accomplished coach in NCAA Division I history. A year after his arrival in Austin the CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year has never finished lower than seventh place at the national meet and has captured forty-one consecutive league titles across both the Southwest and Big 12 Conferences. Reese has developed 53 NCAA individual champions, 50 national champion relays, 263 All-Americans and 29 Olympians who have won 39 gold medals, 16 silver medals and eight bronze medals. He is also one of just six Division I men’s coaches to have reached 300 dual meet victories. Reese's countless honors include the National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy (1991), induction into the Longhorn Hall of Honor (1996), Texas Sports Hall of Fame (2002), and International Swimming Hall of Fame (2002). He is also the brother of fellow CSCAA 100 Section Randy Reese.

A four-time CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year, Randy Reese was the first coach to win both men’s and women’s national titles. Under his direction, the Gator women captured the 1979 AIAW and 1982 NCAA Division I Championships while the men followed with NCAA Division I titles in 1983 and 1984. Over fourteen seasons, Florida’s women compiled a remarkable .944 winning percentage (118-7) while the men captured 100 wins in 121 tries. Reese’s women won seventy-six AIAW and NCAA individual titles, and the men earned more than 200 All-American honors. In addition to his national success, Reese earned a total of ten SEC Coach of the Year awards, seven for the men and three for the women. He is also the brother of fellow CSCAA 100 Section Eddie Reese.

With thirty-three national titles to his name, Drury’s Brian Reynolds is the second-most decorated coach in NCAA and NAIA history. In a remarkable mark of excellence and consistency, just four Panther teams (out of a combined seventy-six seasons) have ever finished lower than third place at the national championships. Between 2005 and 2014 his men’s teams captured ten consecutive NCAA titles. A member of Springfield, Mo. Area Sports and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fames, Reynolds has been recognized by his peers as the CSCAA or NAIA Coach-of-the-Year sixteen times.

Jim Richardson spent 27 seasons at the helm of the Michigan women's swimming program, leading the Wolverines to 14 Big Ten championships, including a dozen consecutive crowns from 1987-98. Those twelve titles remain a Big Ten record among women's sports teams. At the national level, Richardson's teams placed in the top 10 fifteen times including a second-place finish at the 1995 NCAA Championships. Richardson had five individual national champions and one relay win title during his tenure.

Rick Rowland, along with his father Rock, holds the distinction of being the only father-son national championship-winning coaches. Rock led UCSB to the 1967 NCAA Small College Championship. Thirty-seven years later Rick led California Baptist to the first of nine NAIA titles. Since then, the younger Rowland has led the Lancers to two dozen top-ten finishes across both the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels. He’s claimed five CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year honors and helped CBU capture seven Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships.

A three-time CSCAA Division II Women’s Coach of the Year, Rutt established Clarion as a powerhouse among small-college swimming. Over her eight seasons at Clarion, Rutt’s Golden Eagles won six national championships including the last three AIAW Small-College and first two NCAA Division II titles. In 1991, Rutt was selected to the NCAA Division II All-Decade team coaching staff and upon her retirement had produced 25 national champions, 217 All-Americans and eight straight PSAC titles.

Salo spent fourteen seasons leading the University of Southern California. During that time the Trojans enjoyed seventeen top-ten finishes, including two third and two fourth place finishes. In 2015, Salo’s men’s team won its first Pac-12 Championship in 36 years and a year later the women captured their first conference title in school history. Over his career Salo’s swimmers won a combined twenty-eight NCAA titles (22 individual, 6 relay) and compiled a dual record of 162-71-1 (90-31 women’s / 72-40 men’s).

While much of the history of women’s Division III is intertwined with Kenyon College, it was actually Carl Samuelson’s Ephs that won the first two NCAA Division III Women’s Championships. The two championships also netted the longtime coach his first two of three CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year Honors. Over more than a quarter-century at Williams, Samuelson’s swimmers achieved All-America Status 340 Times, captured 39 individual and 23 relay NCAA titles and earned a spot on the CSCAA100 List of Greatest Swimmers.

Paul Savage was the first head coach of the Simon Fraser program, and along with his assistant and wife Margaret, led the SFU to ten men’s and three women’s NAIA championships. The championships were highlighted by a nine-year run of men’s championships between 1972 and 1980. Both Paul and Margaret are members of the NAIA Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame.

One of the United States’ most recognizable and successful coaches of all-time, Mark Schubert has piloted two universities to NCAA Division I team titles. He first led the University of Texas women to two titles during his four year tenure, helping twelve Longhorns win NCAA titles. At USC, Schubert took the reins from CSCAA100 Selection Peter Daland and led the Trojan women to their first NCAA title in 1997. He has been a member of seven United States Olympic staffs and is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Having just received his 7th CSCAA Coach-of-the-Year award, Texas’ Matt Scoggin shows no signs of slowing down. Now in his 27th season with the Longhorns, Scoggin has helped Texas capture ten NCAA Men’s Division I team titles, while coaching twenty-one divers to twenty-seven individual titles. Twice named the U.S. Olympic Committee National Diving Coach of the Year, Scoggin has been awarded Big XII Coach-of-the-Year twenty-nine times.

Charles “Red” Silvia coached more than 200 All-American swimmers and an Olympic gold medalist during his 41 years at Springfield College. Silvia graduated from Springfield in 1934 before he coached and taught life saving at the college from 1937 until his retirement in 1978. His teams won 214 meets and 10 New England championships and he was inducted in 1976 into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Contributor.

Brad Snodgrass’ name is synonymous with New England diving. For over thirty years, Snodgrass’ divers have captured eight individual NCAA titles and over 70 All-America certificates. He was named CSCAA Division III Diving Coach of the year in 2005 and 2008 and NESCAC Diving Coach of the Year five times. What’s more, Snodgrass has accomplished this all while working full time as a scientist. In addition to presently coaching diving at Northeastern University, Snodgrass also works as a Senior Scientist for Triplet Therapeutics.

As a five-time CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year and ten-time Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year, Purdue’s Adam Soldati has guided his Boilermakers to 13 individual NCAA championships and 21 Big Ten titles. Under Soldati’s tutelage, David Boudia and Steele Johnson each won NCAA titles, in three different seasons, en route to becoming Olympic medalists for Team USA.

For a quarter-century, Stager’s Michigan teams captured NCAA titles in 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1961. In 1979, Stager received the highest college award in coaching - the National Collegiate Interscholastic Trophy - for contributions to the sport of swimming and two years later, was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Under his guidance, the Wolverines went 169-39-1 and captured three Big Ten titles.

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Bob Steele always found a way to do more with less. Steele spent twenty-one of his fifty-eight seasons at the collegiate level, culminating in five NCAA Division II Men’s Championships at Cal State Bakersfield. Beginning his career at Southern Illinois, Steele led the Salukis to nine top-twenty finishes and six National Independent Championships. Following SIU, Steele returned Northwestern to the top twenty before his record-setting run in Bakersfield. Steele retired in 2004 having won four CSCAA Division II Coach-of-the-Year awards.

When he arrived in 1976, Jim Steen inherited a moderately successful program. By the time he left thirty-six years later, he had amassed more national championships (50) than any coach in any sport in NCAA history. His teams did more than dominate Division III swimming and diving however. Kenyon swimmers went on to compete at the NCAA Division I men’s championships, earned spots on US national teams, and earned a remarkable forty-six NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. He was a sixteen-time CSCAA Division III Coach-of-the-Year and selected for the CSCAA’s 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award.

After a historic swimming career as a Texas athlete, Jill Sterkel returned to her alma mater and guided the Longhorns to fourteen straight top-ten finishes. Under Sterkel’s guidance, Texas captured eight Big XII titles and reached third or better four times. A five-time Big XII Coach-of-the-Year, Sterkel helped two Longhorns onto Olympic teams.

As head swimming coach, Sutton coached the Stags to nineteen SCIAC titles and sixteen NCAA Division III Men’s top-ten finishes. Sutton helped twenty-two individual swimmers win NCAA titles and collectively the Stags brought home nine NCAA trophies for top four finishes. In 1983, following a runner-up finish, Sutton was named CSCAA men’s Division III Coach-of-the-Year, and upon retirement was selected for the CSCAA’s Ben Franklin Award.

Nort Thornton served as head men’s swimming & diving coach at Cal from 1975-2007, compiling a 231-85 dual-meet record. He guided the Bears to NCAA titles in both 1979 and 1980, in addition to twenty eight top ten finishes. Thornton was twice voted CSCAA Coach of the Year and added the National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy and Lifetime Achievement award in 1991 and 2010 respectively. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1995.

Following a twenty year career at the Bolles School, Troy began the process of rebuilding the storied University of Florida programs. Under his direction the Gator men and women returned to the top ten in thirty three of his thirty seven seasons highlighted by the 2010 women’s NCAA Division I title. The 2010 National Scholastic Collegiate Trophy winner, Troy has been selected as the CSCAA’s Division I Coach of the Year three times.

Urbanchek’s illustrious career was capped in 1995 when he guided Michigan to the NCAA Division I men’s championship. It was the first time since 1982 that a team other than Stanford, Texas, or Florida had taken home the title. In his 22 years at Michigan, Urbanchek helped guide the Wolverines to a total of 13 Big Ten Conference Championship titles including ten consecutive between 1986-95. Overall, his teams were 163-34 in dual meets with a 100-4 mark against Big Ten competition. As accomplished as his teams were, one of Urbanchek’s lasting contributions includes the widespread sharing of his famed “color charts” that served as the training template for countless coaches.

Tim Welsh will be remembered as the consummate coach-educator. Even before he began a thirty year career at Notre Dame, Welsh had established himself as one of the best in the business. He led Johns Hopkins University to eight MAC Championships and NCAA Men’s Division III top-ten finishes, highlighted by a pair of team titles. Welsh then embarked on a thirty-year career at Notre Dame where he led the Irish to twenty-two conference titles across three different leagues. Welsh was awarded the Richard E. Steadman award in 1993, the National Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy in 2014, and CSCAA’s Franklin Award in 2020

After taking the helm from a legend, Clark Yeager created his own legacy at Chico State. Following the departure of fellow CSCAA100 Selection Ernie Maglischo, Yeager brought ten top-four trophies back to campus. Under his lead, the Wildcats captured thirteen conference titles including a dozen in a row. Over the course of his career Yeager coached 19 National Champions, 201 All-Americans and 144 Conference Champions.