Todd Foley enters his second year on the UH swimming and diving staff. In Coach Foley’s first year, he guided his swimmers to three new school records and numerous all-time top 10 performances. Todd will again lead the recruiting efforts and coach the middle distance swimmers.
“He has a very good mix of coaching experience,” UH head coach Victor Wales said. “Todd brings a lot of intangibles to the table and will be very beneficial to our swimmers.”
He comes to UH via Miami (Ohio), where he spent five seasons as assistant coach of the RedHawks men’s swimming team. Foley became the first full-time assistant coach hired by Pete Lindsay during his tenure and completed a staff which all three coaches were Miami graduates.
In Foley’s first season as assistant coach at Miami, he helped lead the RedHawk swimmers to a 12-2 overall record and a 7-1 league finish. The Red and White earned a second-place finish in the MAC and had an NCAA qualifier in both the 200 fly and 400 IM that year.
Foley came to Oxford after working as lead age group coach for KING Aquatic Club in Federal Way, Wash., running a satellite pool.
While in Washington, he also served as a developmental instructor for a select camp run by USA Swimming Seattle. Foley began his coaching career in his hometown of Brookfield, Wis. There, he served as an assistant coach for his old club team, the Elmbrook Swim Club.
Foley received his bachelor’s degree in business in 1997 with a minor in Spanish from Miami (Ohio). He completed his master’s degree in 2004 at his alma mater. As a collegiate, he was a four-year letterman in swimming for the RedHawks. He swam both freeystly and butterfly as a member of the 1996-1997 team that won the Mid-maerican Conference title and was part of the school’s recording-breaking 200 Medley Relay.
As a prepster at Brookfield East in Wisconsin, Foley was twice named the team captain leading the squad to a 10th ranking among public schools for the 1992-1993 season. He later went on to set the state record as a member of the 200 Free Relay.
