USA Swimming Announces Coaching Staffs for International Competitions
Coaches named for the FINA World Championships, World University Games and Pan American Games
Colorado Springs, Colo. – In its last summer of international competition before the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, USA Swimming has announced its coaching staffs for the 2019 FINA World Championships, World University Games and Pan American Games. National Team Managing Director Lindsay Mintenko appointed 22 of the country’s top coaches to lead the three U.S. international teams.
“We are fortunate to have excellent collegiate and club coaches in this country and proud of the men and women who will play a big part in our overall positive culture and success this summer,” Mintenko said. “Not only do these international competitions help refine and prepare the U.S.’s top swimmers, but they allow us to provide valuable leadership and development opportunities for our national coaches.”
FINA World Championships
Tokyo 2020 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team head coaches Dave Durden (Cal Men’s Swimming) and Greg Meehan (Stanford Women’s Swimming) have been named head coaches of the men’s and women’s U.S. world championship teams, respectively, for the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, July 21-28. Durden and Meehan served in the same roles for USA Swimming at the 2017 FINA World Championships, where the American roster won a record 38 medals in the pool competition.
The complete World Championships coaching staff:
- Dave Durden (Cal Men’s Swimming)
- Greg Meehan (Stanford Women’s Swimming)
- Teri McKeever (Cal Women’s Swimming)
- Gregg Troy (Gator Swim Club)
- Ray Looze (Indiana Swimming)
- Arthur Albiero (Louisville Swimming)
- Jack Bauerle (Georgia Swimming)
- David Marsh (Team Elite Aquatics)
World University Games
Braden Holloway (N.C. State Swimming) and Tracy Slusser (Stanford Women’s Swimming) have been given the honors of leading the American collegiate athletes in Napoli, Italy, July 3-14 at the World University Games. A five-time ACC Coach of the Year, Holloway will head the men’s team, while Slusser, Associate Head Coach of the NCAA Champion Stanford Cardinal, will lead Team USA’s women’s squad. This will be the second time Holloway has served on a World University Games coaching staff, having been an assistant in 2017 in Taipei. Prior to helping Stanford win its third-consecutive NCAA title in March, Slusser was on coaching staffs at Arizona and Texas A&M, where she helped both programs to top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships.
The complete World University Games coaching staff:
- Braden Holloway (N.C. State Swimming)
- Tracy Slusser (Stanford Women’s Swimming)
- Wyatt Collins (Texas Men’s Swimming)
- Chase Kreitler (Cal Men’s Swimming)
- Steve Jungbluth (Florida Men’s Swimming)
- Carol Capitani (Texas Women’s Swimming)
- Jerry Champer (Georgia Swimming)
- Lars Jorgensen (Kentucky Swimming)
Pan American Games
At the Pan American Games, July 26-August 11 in Lima, Peru, USA Swimming has selected Matt Kredich (Tennessee Swimming) to lead the men’s team, while Steve Bultman (Texas A&M Swimming) will coach the women’s team. During Kredich’s time at Tennessee, the 14-year coach was twice named SEC Women’s Coach of the Year, in 2008 and 2012. Before his arrival at Tennessee, Kredich was the women’s head coach at the University of Richmond, where he won Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year four-consecutive years from 2002-05. Bultman has led the Aggies program to six conference championships and has seen every school record broken during his time at the helm of the team. Internationally, Bultman was an assistant on both the 1988 and 2012 U.S. Olympic swimming coaching staffs. He also held assistant coach titles at the 1985 Pan Pacific Championships, the 2001, 2009 and 2015 World University Games and the 2013 FINA World Championships.
The complete Pan American Games coaching staff:
- Matt Kredich (Tennessee Swimming)
- Steve Bultman (Texas A&M Swimming)
- Kate Lundsten (Aquajets Swim Team)
- Doug Wharam (Nashville Aquatic Club)
- Augie Busch (Arizona Swimming)
- Mike Westphal (Indiana Swimming)
The complete team rosters can be found here:
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