Eastern Illinois University Athletics

Eastern Illinois
* Hired as ninth head coach in EIU swimming history in August of 2022
* Enters second year as head coach for 2023-24 season
* Coached women’s swimmers that set three school individual records and one relay record in 2023
* Coached men’s swimmers that set one school individual records and one relay record in 2023
* Coached women’s swimmers with 12 top ten EIU performances in 2023
* Coached men’s swimmers with ten top ten EIU performances in 2023
* Coached one Summit League All-Academic selection in Phoebe Croston in 2023
* Men’s team won CSCAA Scholar-America Top 10 award in 2022-23
 
Prior to Eastern Illinois
* Head coach at Lincoln College for seven seasons (2015-2022)
* Helped grow program from a two-year college program to NAIA member
* Coached Bloomington-Normal YMCA WAVES swim club program in summer of 2022
* Head coach at Iowa Lakes Community College (2010-15)
* Started swim program at Iowa Lakes CC
* Assistant swim coach at South Dakota (2008-10)
* Helped program make transition into Summit League
* Additional USA Swimming assistant coach experience at high school level in Michigan
* Coached three swimmers representing Marshall Islands in Olympic Games
* 2012 and 2016 Olympic Swimmer – Giordan Harris
* 2020 Olympic Swimmers – Colleen Furgeson and Phillip Kinono
* Member of Marshall Islands Swimming Federation Coaching Staff
* Coached Marshall Islands at World Championships, Pacific Games Oceania Games and 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (in 2021)
* Worked on Fiji Swimming Federation coaching staff for one year
* Member of Oceania National Olympic Committee
 
Personal
* Collegiate swimmer at Albion College (Mich.)
* Bachelor’s degree from Albion College in 2008
* Master’s degree from University of South Dakota in 2010
* Wife, Amber, was a former collegiate diver at South Dakota
* Native of Holland, Michigan