The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected Cleveland State University to host the 2019 National Invitational Championship (NIC).
Read MoreCoaches spend nearly every waking hour working to take care of their students throughout the season. The CSCAA Health & Wellness Committee is working to ensure that coaches help take care of themselves.
Read MoreBy Dr. Bob Pearson
Surprise, college swimming coaches are stressed! Many of you took the time to respond to a survey request as part of a research study to investigate issues that may contribute to high stress levels among intercollegiate head swimming coaches. The Coaching Issues Survey, a tool to measure specific, potential stressors experienced by intercollegiate athletic coaches was used to collect data.
Read MoreNortheastern University graduate Kelley Becherer found common ground competing for not only an NCAA D1 institution but also for Team USA in three Paralympic Games, Athens, Beijing and London.
Read MoreThe College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected a record 1,069 swimmers and divers for its Scholar All-America team. The selections recognize students that have achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and have participated in their respective NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Among the selections include CSCAA NCAA Division I Swimmers-of-the-Year Caeleb Dressel and Ella Easton.
Read MoreThe College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has named 710 teams to its Scholar All-America list for the Spring 2018 Semester. The teams represent 476 institutions from across all NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA Divisions. To earn the honor, teams were required to post a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the Semester that coincides with the national championships.
Read MoreOver the weekend we lost a fellow coach, a friend, a mentor, and someone who brought a lot of joy to our sport. Tony Lisa was not only a coach at his alma mater, Rowan University or Glassboro State as it was known when Tony stalked the soccer pitch for the Profs, he was also a president of the CSCAA, a shoulder to lead on in hard times and someone who was always learning. His obituary is linked below, but I wanted to share some words from his former colleagues:
Read MoreThe latest NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) shows that Division I student-athletes are increasingly succeeding in the classroom and swimming and diving continues to lead the way. Men's teams saw their single-year score rise two points to 981 while women's programs gained a point to 992.
Read MoreMembers of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America have selected Peter Linn as its recipient of its highest award, the National Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy.
Read MoreJon Lederhouse and John Patnott, two mainstays of small college swimming have been awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America. The coaching legends will be recognized at the CSCAA's 58th Annual Awards Banquet on May 7th at the Hilton Orrington in Evanston, Illinois.
Read MoreLongtime swimming ambassador Kevin Polansky has been named the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America's Ben Franklin Award-winner.
Read MoreCliff Devries, Rochester Institute of Technology's inspirational and successful diving coach has been selected for the Richard E Steadman Award by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.
Read MoreThe University of Chicago Medicine has announced this summer’s group of Ted Mullin Scholars who will join cancer research teams at Comer Children’s Hospital at the Hyde Park campus in Chicago. The scholars are undergraduate veterans of the annual Ted Mullin Leave It in the Pool Hour of Power for Cance
Read MoreThe College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America has selected its All-American teams. Denison University led all Divisions with thirty students selected to the first-team. Stanford University, Queens University of Charlotte, Kenyon College and Emory University each had twenty-three first-team selections.
Read MoreHiring season is upon us.
With at least four positions open and three new programs coming online and looking for a coach, hiring season is officially open. In fact, the data shows that in a given year 10% of teams will hire a new head coach and almost a quarter will hire an assistant.
Read MoreThe College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected six assistant coaches to receive the Jean Freeman Scholarship. The scholarships are given annually to six assistant coaches whose exceptional contributions have brought recognition to their college or university, and whose leadership, integrity, honesty, competitive attitude and personal graciousness epitomizes those characteristics reflected by Jean Freeman, longtime women's swimming coach at the University of Minnesota.
Read MoreThe College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) selected their NAIA All-America team.. In total, 80 men and 69 women were selected.
Read MoreFollowing a 151-149 upset win over visiting California, the Stanford University men's swimming and diving team have moved to the top of the final CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Poll. Indiana and Florida finished dual meet season ranked third and fourth respectively.
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