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MARK TAYLOR HC posted the fastest time in the 400-yard individual medley. The Hungarian duo broke previous records that had stood for at least 15 years. ff Roseburg, Ore. And once again, the Cougar Swimming and Diving program ranked among the ff Arizona State University (2001) finest groups of UH student-athletes with 12 competitors being named to the Confer- ff Eighth season at UH ence USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. That kind of success is nothing new for Taylor during his tenure in the Bayou City. He led the Cougars to a 20th-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Championships, tying as the best performance by UH at that prestigious meet since 1986-87. Taylor’s Cougar swimmers and divers also excelled in the classroom where they posted a combined 3.37 grade point average. That mark was ranked No. 18 nationally and earned the Cougars an Academic All-American Team designation by the College COACHING STAFF Mark Taylor begins his eighth season as the head coach of the University of Swimming Coaches Association of America. Houston swimming team. In 2003-04, Taylor led the Cougars to one of the best seasons in school history. UH In 2008, Taylor helped lead the Cougars to their best season yet under his guid- posted nine dual-meet victories to set a new school single-season record with three of ance. Houston achieved a 10-6 record at dual meets while breaking 15 school records, those wins coming against Conference USA opponents. including every single relay event. When UH hosted the 2004 Conference USA Championship at its own Campus Houston finished second at the Conference USA Championships with 623 points. Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium, the Cougars finished third, the best showing This was the highest the Cougars have placed at the event. Three athletes took home ever and the highest finish at any conference meet since 1985-86. conference individual awards including, Sasha Schwendenwein as the Swimmer of With 36 points at the 2004 NCAA Championships, the Cougars finished 22nd the Year, Anastasia Pozdniakova as the Diver of the Year and Jessalyn Almond as the nationally and enjoyed their fourth consecutive finish among the Top 25 leaders. Freshman Diver of the Year. In addition to the honors his athletes earned, Taylor himself After stepping into the job in the summer of 2002, Taylor wasted little time in was named the C-USA Swimming Coach of the Year. building the Cougars back into a national power, finishing 20th at the 2003 NCAA The team finished in 17th place at the NCAA Championships. It was Houston’s Championships. highest finish since 1986 and the ninth consecutive year to finish among the Top 30. Although the team won only three dual meets in 2002-03, it was the highest win Schwendenwein took home 16th place in the 200-yard butterfly en route to earning total by a first-year UH swimming and diving coach in program history. All-American honors. This was the highest finish by a Cougar in an NCAA swimming The Roseburg, Ore., native brought a wealth of international experience to the final since 1989. Cougar program upon his arrival in 2002. Prior to starting at UH, Taylor worked with the Following the collegiate season, Taylor was an assistant coach for Kim Eeson and Danish swimming team at the 2002 European Championships in Berlin, the 2002 World her native country of Zimbabwe at the FINA World Championships. Championships in Moscow and the 2001 European Championships in Antwerp. In 2007-08, Taylor helped the Cougars to a 28th-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Before coming to UH, Taylor served as head coach of Swim Team Odense 95 in Championships. This was the Cougars’ eight consecutive year to finish among the Top Denmark, supervising a program with more than 3,000 athletes, including several 30 in the NCAA Championships. Houston had another winning season, finishing 9-8 world-ranked swimmers. in the regular season. In 2006-07, Taylor helped lead the Cougars to one of the finest seasons in school history. With 18 dual-meet wins, UH set a single-season record, doubling the previous best. He also moved his career winning percentage in dual meets above the .500 mark, the highest of any coach in program history. The Cougars also earned 38 points at the 2007 NCAA Championships to finish 23rd, the seventh straight season that UH has finished in the Top 25 at the nation’s highest collegiate meet. In 2005-06, Taylor led the Cougars to a 9-8 overall record and 23rd-place showing at the NCAA Champion- ships. The Cougars’ win total tied a then-program single- season high and marked the second time in the last three seasons that UH accomplished that feat. Besides the overall team success, several Cougar swimmers enjoyed tremendous individual success under Taylor’s guidance. Five swimmers combined to record 50 of the school’s fastest times in 12 different individual events and six relay events. Szintia Szanto established school records in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events as well as the 200-yard individual medley, while Andrea Pa’lmai

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One of his athletes -- Louise Ornstedt -- placed fourth in the 100 backstroke at THE TAYLOR FILE STAFF COACHING the World Short Course Championships in Moscow in April 2002. Taylor joined the college coaching ranks as an assistant coach at Arizona State from Full Name: Mark James Taylor 1994 to 1998. During his stay in Tempe, Taylor helped lead the Sun Devils to consecutive Date of Birth: January 28, 1961 Hometown: Roseburg, Ore. top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships in 1995 and 1996. He also coached Pac-10 Named UH Head Coach: June 21, 2002 and NCAA individual champion Beata Kazuba in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events as she became the first female to break the “magic” 1-minute mark. EDUCATION In 1997 and 1998, Taylor worked with the ASU men’s program and helped lead the • Satellite Beach High School, Satellite Beach, Fla. 1979 Sun Devils to back-to-back Top 11 finishes at the NCAA Championships. He also helped • Arizona State University, B.A. in recreation management 2001 coach Pac-10, NCAA individual champion and world champion Francisco Sanchez in the 50 freestyle. FAMILY In addition to his collegiate duties at Arizona State, Taylor also was the head Wife: The former Lorraine Mills coach of Mesa Aquatics from 1994 to 2000, a swimming club with more than 120 Children: Sons Troy Nicholas and Zane Benjamin members. Under his guidance, Mesa Aquatics captured Arizona championships in 1994, 1996 and 1998. COACHING EXPERIENCE • 2002- Houston, Head Swimming & Diving Coach Taylor returned to university studies and earned his bachelor’s degree in recreation • 2001-02 Odense, Denmark, Head Coach management from Arizona State in 2001. • 2000-01 Breidablik, Iceland, Head Coach Besides his collegiate coaching, Taylor brings international and Olympic experi- • 1994-00 Mesa Aquatics, Head Coach ence to the Cougar program. He has assisted several National Teams -- Denmark, • 1994-98 Arizona State, Assistant Coach Iceland, Lithuania and Great Britian -- as well as individual athletes from 15 countries • 1991-94 Waltham Forest Swimming Club, Head Coach to European, Olympic and World performances. • 1990-91 Coventry Swimming Club, Head Age Group Coach His swimmers have performed in each of the last four Olympics. • 1988-90 Ft. Myers High School, Head Coach In 1996, Taylor worked as the head coach of the Lithuanian Olympic Team, a squad • 1987-90 Swim Florida, Assistant Coach which broke 12 national records and posted four Top-16 finishes. Before working at Arizona State, Taylor spent five years in England where he COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS worked with the City of Coventry Swimming Club from 1990 to 1991. From there, • 2009 C-USA Coach of the Year • 2nd-place finish at C-USA Championships he served as the head coach of the Borough of Waltham Forest Swimming Club until • Led the Cougars to a 17th place finish at the 2009 NCAA Championships, the ninth 1994. straight season the Cougars finished among the Top 30. A graduate of Satellite High School in Satellite Beach, Fla., Taylor stayed in the • Led the Cougars to a 28th-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships. Sunshine State following his prep days and began his coaching career. In 1987, he • Helped lead UH to a 23rd-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Championships. worked with Swim Florida as an assistant head coach. • Led the Cougars to a school-record 18 dual-meet wins in 2006-07, doubling the In 1988, he continued his Swim Florida duties and began as the head swimming program’s previous best. coach at Ft. Myers High School, where he served until 1990. • Guided five swimmers to 50 Top 10 times in school history, including four individual Taylor is a member of USA Swimming, the American Swimming Coaches Associa- records and two relay records during the 2005-06 season. tion, the World Swimming Coaches Association and the College Swimming Coaches • Led the 2003-04 Cougar team to a then-school single-season record with nine dual- Association of America. He also is currently on the USA Swimming National Team meet victories and equaled that mark in 2005-06. Managers List. • Led the 2003-04 Cougars to their best finish at a conference meet since the 1985-86 season and equaled that finish in 2005-06. In the early stages of his career, Taylor was mentored by several individuals, includ- • Recorded most dual meet records by first-year UH Swimming and Diving coach in ing John Funk, coach at Satellite High School; Robert (Mac) Kennedy, coach with Swim 2002-03. Florida and Arizona State head coaches Tim Hill and Dr. Ernie Maglischo. • Winningest coach in program history with a .511 winning percentage and ranks He and his wife Lorraine have two sons, Troy Nicholas and Zane Benjamin. The second with 45 dual-meet victories. family lives in Clear Lake. INTERNATIONAL COACHING EXPERIENCE • 2009 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships (Assistant Coach, Zimbabwe) • 2002 European Long Course Championships (Coach, Denmark) • 2002 World Short Course Championships (Coach, Denmark) • 2002 European Short Course Championships (Coach, Denmark) • 1998 World Championships (Coach, Great Britain) • 1996 Olympic Games (Coach, Lithuania) • 1993 World Short Course Championships (Coach, Great Britain) • 1993 European Championships (Coach, Lithuania)

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JANE FIGUEIREDO HC THE FIGUEIREDO FILE ff Harare, Zimbabwe Full Name: Jane Ann Figueiredo ff University of Houston (1987) Date of Birth: Dec. 18, 1963 Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe ff 20th season at UH Named UH Diving Coach: Aug. 6, 1990

EDUCATION • Marlborough High School, Harare, Zimbabwe 1981 • University of Houston, B.A. in Hotel and Restaurant Management 1987

FAMILY

COACHING STAFF Jane Figueiredo begins her 20th season as the head diving coach at the University of Houston with a rep- Single utation as one of the nation’s best. An eight-time Conference USA Diving Coach of the Year recipient, Figueiredo COACHING EXPERIENCE and her divers have won nearly every postseason award in Conference USA. • 1990 - University of Houston Diving, Head Coach Olympic Games performance as an athlete... Olympic Games experience as a head coach... NCAA Coach • 1990 - Cougar Diving Club, Head Coach of the Year awards... Conference USA Coach of the Year honors... National Independent Conference Coach of the Year accolades... Award-winning athletes... All of these awards and more can be found on Figueiredo’s INTERNATIONAL COACHING EXPERIENCE amazing resume. • 2009 World Championships (Russia) The 2008-09 season was another success for Figueiredo and her divers. Anastasia Pozdniakova continued • 2008 Olympic Games (Russia) • 2007 World Championships (Russia) to dominate the C-USA ranks as she swept all three events at the C-USA championship meet en route to being • 2005 World Championships (Russia) declared the C-USA Diver of the Year. Pozdniakova scored 46 points at the NCAA championships for Houston and • 2004 Olympic Games (Russia) took home All-American honors in all three events. Pozdniakova became the NCAA champion in the 1-meter • 2003 World Championships (Russia) event while finishing as the runner up in the 3-meter springboard and placing 9th in the platform competition. • 2001 World Championships (Russia) Houston finished 17th NCAA Championships, marking their highest finish since 1986. • 2000 Olympic Games (Russia) Jessalyn Almond emerged onto the scene in 2008-09 by taking home the C-USA Freshman Diver of the • 1996 Olympic Games (Great Britain) Year award. Almond was the only freshman diver to score points in all three events at the C-USA Champion- • 1995 World Age Group Diving Championships (USA) ships. • 1994 USA National Team Age-Group (USA) More school records fell under Figueirdo’s guidance in 2008-09 as Pozdniakova smashed both the 1-meter COACHING HONORS and 3-meter records at the NCAA Zone Diving meet with scores of 676.15 and 763.55, respectively. • 2009 NCAA Diving Coach of the Year In addition to the accolades earned by her divers, Figueiredo fared very well herself. She earned her third • 2009 C-USA Diving Coach of the Year NCAA Diving Coach of the Year award and her eighth consecutive C-USA Diving Coach of the Year award. • 2008 C-USA Diving Coach of the Year After the 2008-09 collegiate season, Figueiredo coached Pozdniakova and Pakhalina to a third place fin- • 2007 C-USA Diving Coach of the Year ish in the 3-meter synchronized diving event at the World Championships. In addition to their bronze medal, • 2006 C-USA Diving Coach of the Year • C-USA Swimming & Diving Coach of the Decade (2005) Pakhalina won the 1-meter event and Pozdniakova finished seventh in the 3-meter event. • 2005 C-USA Diving Coach of the Year During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, she guided current diver Anastasia Pozdniakova and former • 2004 C-USA Diving Coach of the Year Cougar Yulia Pakhalina to a silver medal in the 3-meter sychronized springboard event. Pakhalina also took • 2003 NCAA Diving Coach of the Year silver in the 3-meter springboard event. • 2003 C-USA Diving Coach of the Year Figueiredo was an assistant coach for the Russian Olympic team for the third time in 2008, including in • 2002 C-USA Diving Coach of the Year 2000 and 2004. She has also been an assistant coach for Great Britain in 1996 and competed as a diver in the • 2001 NCAA Diving Coach of the Year 1984 Olympics in Portugal. • 2001 NIC Diving Coach of the Year The 2007-08 season was a success for Figueiredo. The three divers; Ginni van Katwijk, Lacey Truelove and • 1998 NIC Diving Coach of the Year • 1991-92 National Age Group Coach of the Year (USA Diving)

COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Guided 26 divers to the NCAA Championships. • Coached 13 divers to 43 All-America honors. • Led Yulia Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdniakova to six NCAA titles.

INTERNATIONAL DIVING EXPERIENCE • 1986 World Championships (Portugal) • 1984 Olympic Games (Portugal) • 1982 World Championships (Zimbabwe)

COLLEGIATE DIVING EXPERIENCE 1983-86 Lettered in diving at Houston

COLLEGIATE DIVING HONORS 1992 SWC All-Decade Diving Team 1985 All-America (1-Meter) All-America (3-Meter) 1984 NCAA National Runner-Up (1-meter) All-America (1-Meter) Yulia Pakhalina, Jane Figueiredo and Anastasia Pozdniakova at the 2008 Beijing Olympics 1984 All-America (1-Meter) with their silver medals won in the 3-meter synchronized springboard event. All-America (3-Meter) SWC 3-Meter Champion

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Courtney Forcucci received All-America honors at the NCAA Championships. With their perfor- 2001 Goodwill Games. COACHING STAFF COACHING mance, the Cougar trio earned 24 points to help lead Houston to a final team score of 29 points Figueiredo has trained a number of elite college athletes and a host of conference cham- and placing them 28th in the NCAA Championships. pions. In addition to Pakhalina, UH’s Yolanda Hernandez-Casas won two NIC titles on both the In 2006-07, divers Pozdniakova and van Katwijk combined to score all of the Cougars’ 38 1- and 3-meter springboard (1999 & 2000). Hernandez-Casas was named the NIC Diver of the points at the NCAA Championships, giving the Cougars their seventh finish among the Top 25 Year, an honor that earlier had been won by Figueiredo’s pupil and two-time Honorable Men- team leaders at that meet. tion All-American Noel Lewandowski (who scored for the Cougars at the 1998 and ’99 NCAA Pozdniakova finished as the National Runner-up on the 3-meter springboard and placed Championships. fifth in the 1-meter competition, while van Katwijk placed 10th on the platform. Under Figueiredo’s direction, Lewandowski was honored as the 1998-99 UH Athlete of the Her divers’ performances marked the 24th time that Figueiredo-coached divers competed Year for all sports. Both were NCAA qualifiers. at the NCAA Championships. In her first year as a collegiate coach, Figueiredo also coached First-Team All-American Ol- The Cougars swept all three events at the C-USA Championship with Pozdniakova claiming ivia Clark, who finished fifth in 3-meter diving. Clark -- a three-time All-American -- completed both Diver of the Meet and Diver of the Year honors and Figueiredo being named C-USA Diving her career with nine Top-16 finishes at the NCAAs and participated in the NCAA Championships Coach of the Year for the seventh consecutive season. all four years from 1991-95. Every Cougar diver was named C-USA Diver of the Week at least once during the regular Figueiredo guided Linda Pesek to All-America honors and Hanneke Faber to honorable season with Pozdniakova’s five weekly honors leading all performers. mention All-America status in 1991. Pesek finished third in the three-meter event and seventh In 2005-06, divers Anna Kiess and Tania Cagnotto scored all 34 points for the Cougars at in the 10-meter diving at the NCAA Championships. the 2006 NCAA Championships to help lead UH to a 23rd-place finish at that meet. It’s no surprise that Figueiredo has continued the excellent UH diving tradition after con- Cagnotto swept all three events at the 2006 Conference USA Championship, joining for- cluding her own stellar career at the collegiate, national and international levels. As a Cougar mer Cougar and NCAA national champion Pakhalina as the only league performers to accom- from 1982-86, Figueiredo established herself as one of the top divers in school history, winning plish that feat. Teammate and Freshman Diver of the Year Pozdniakova was a close second in all the 1984 Southwest Conference title on the 3-meter springboard. three events at the C-USA meet, as the Cougars swept the top two places. Figueiredo was a five-time All-America competitor for Houston and finished second on Figueiredo’s divers earned all 47 points for Houston at the 2005 NCAA Championships to the 1-meter springboard at the 1985 NCAA Championships. She represented her native Zim- lead the Cougars to a 20th-place finish at the nation’s top collegiate meet. It tied as the best babwe in international competitions for five years and competed in the 1982 and 1986 World performance by UH at the nation’s top collegiate meet since 1986-87. Championships. As a member of the Portuguese national team, Figueiredo competed in the All three of her divers – Kiess, Azul Almazan and Rachel Gitelson – earned All-America 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles where she finished 22nd in the preliminaries. honors at the 2005 NCAA meet with Kiess finishing as the national runner-up on the 10-meter Upon graduating from Houston in 1987 with a degree in hotel and restaurant manage- platform. ment, Figueiredo worked in the restaurant business for four years. Before working with her Cougar divers in 2004-05, Figueiredo also was successful at the She also fostered an interest in coaching by serving as an assistant for the Cougar Div- international level. In the summer of 2004, she guided Pakhalina and Vera Ilyina as a coach for ing Club. As head coach of the Cougar age-group divers, she was awarded the National Age Russia at the Olympic Games in Athens. Group Coach of the Year award by USA Diving for the 1991-92 season. She was the USA National Pakhalina and Ilyina would go on to earn two medals at those Olympic Games. The Rus- Team age-group coach in 1994 for a team that participated in Waldkraiburg, Germany. She also sian duo combined to win a Silver Medal in synchronized diving, while Pakhalina captured the coached at the World Age Group Diving Championships in China in 1995, where Kathy Pesek, Bronze Medal with her performance on the 3-meter springboard. a member of the Cougar Diving Club, finished fifth. She coached four Junior Olympic National In 2003, Figueiredo was awarded her profession’s highest NCAA honor, when she was rec- Champions. ognized as the NCAA Diving Coach of the Year. It was the second time in a three-year span that She is single and lives in Houston. she received that award. In 2002-03, Pakhalina wrapped up her outstanding Cougar career by sweeping the 1- and 3-meter springboard national championships, becoming the winningest student-athlete in program history. However, Pakhalina wasn’t the only Cougar diver to be honored. Almazan was a finalist in the 3-meter and 10-meter events at the NCAA Championships. Almazan also was honored as the C-USA Freshman Diver of the Year In 2001-02, Figueiredo helped lead Pakhalina to the NCAA Championships, where she claimed top honors on the 3-meter springboard for the second straight season. During the UH offseason, she also coached Pakhalina and Vera Ilyina to a silver medal at the 2002 European Championships in Berlin with another solid performance on the 3-meter board with Pakhalina taking a gold medal. In addition, Figueiredo was honored as the first-ever Conference USA Diving Coach of the Year and tutored Lindsay Harvey, who captured C-USA Freshman Diver of the Year honors. In 2000-01, the NCAA made official what the University of Houston already has known for some time. Figueiredo was named the 2001 NCAA Diving Coach of the Year by her coaching peers at the national championship meet, the first of her national honors. After tutoring Pakhalina, who won the 2001 national championships on the 1- and 3-meter boards, Figueiredo’s selection as the country’s coach of the year was the next logical step. The dean of the Houston Swimming & Diving coaching staff has already been honored in her career as the NIC Diving Coach of the Year in 1998 and 2001. She also has served as an Olympic diving coach for two different countries. At the Sydney Games, Figueiredo was the coach of Russia’s Pakhalina and Ilynia, who captured gold medals in the women’s 3-meter synchronized diving. In 1996 in Atlanta, Figueiredo was selected as the Olympic coach of Great Britain. In addition, Pakhalina and Ilyina placed second and third, respectively, at the World Cham- pionships in Japan in July 2001, with Pakhalina taking second in synchronized diving at the

27 COACHING STAFF their two dogs, Nike,a beagleandAdi, alabmix. Scholar-Athlete ofthe Year. swimmer of the year, and was named the Army Reserve Bialas Award, given annually to the outstanding female 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard individual medley. prep career as the Texas state record-holder in both the her ended and All-American 24-time a There,was she Spring.in School High atOak Klein performer winning in the400-yard IM. the 2001 World University Games, she finished seventh U.S. and Olympic Games Trials.versity of member a As Championships, World Championship Trials,and World Uni national the on international level, swimming at the Summer National competed also Lewis ence, ogy. 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in business and criminol IM at Championships. theNCAA the ninth most overall. She finished third in the 400-yard and score Gators’second-highest the Championships, the 2004Olympic Trials. seven All-America honorsintwo individualevents andfive relays. Gators to a fourth-place finish at the 2004 NCAA Championships, earning a team-high swimmer, winning All-America accolades every season. As a senior, she helped lead the group coach withtheGators Swim Club inGainesville, Fla. age assistant an as served she when 2004, in ranks coaching the entered She 2004. up by having heronthestaff,” head coach Mark Taylor said. stepto all us causing approachesis workoutscreatinggirls.She workoutsand the for coaching duringmeetsandassistinallrecruitingon-deck efforts. and helps in meet management at all Cougar home events. She also is responsible for Lewis was avolunteer assistant priorto the2007-08season. staffin2007-08asa and Diving volunteer assistant coach. Lewis and her husband, Justin live in Houston with Jack the of recipient two-time a as finished She award- an was Lewis Florida, attending to Prior experi collegiate extensive her to addition In Lewis graduated from the University of Florida in SEC the at points 48 scored Lewis season, 2000-01 the during freshman a As During the 2003-04 season, she won seven All-America awards and qualified for medley individual and freestyle a as 2000-2004 from Florida at lettered Lewis Lewis has served as an assistant age group coach for the Cy-Fair Swim Club since “Jaimeimpeccablestrokean is waythe in unique she technicianvery is she and duties practice routine with TaylorMark coach head assists Lewis role, this In coach. assistant an as second and Cougars, the with Lewis’season is third This Former Florida All-America swimmer Jaime Lewis joined the Cougar Swimming JAIME LEWIS ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT f f f f f f Second seasonatSecond UH Florida (2005) Houston, Texas - - - AC

2000 U.S. Olympic Trials 2001 World Finalist University Games 2001 World Championship Trials Finalist National2003 Summer Championships Finalist 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials Semifinalist NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SWIMMINGEXPERIENCE • 2004-05 • 2005-07 • 2007-08 • 2008– COACHING EXPERIENCE Husband: FAMILY • Florida, B.S. inbusinessandcriminology, 2005 OakHigh,Spring,• Klein Texas, 2000 EDUCATION Coach: Named UHAssistant Hometown: Date ofBirth: Full Name: • Ranked among Florida’s Top 10 in five events • Academic All-SEC • All-SEC performer • 21-time All-America competitor SWIMMING HONORS 2000-04 COLLEGIATE SWIMMINGEXPERIENCE Justin Lewis Justin JaimeLee Lewis Lettered at Florida Houston, Texas Gators Swim Club, Assistant Coach Cy-Fair Swim Club, Assistant Coach Houston, Volunteer Assistant Coach Houston, Assistant Coach June 27,1982 June THE LEWISFILE June 2008 June COACHING STAFF

2009 THE ORPHANIDES FILE THE ORPHANIDES Houston, Volunteer Assistant Coach Coach Assistant Volunteer Houston, Sports, Coach Head Aquatic Cougar Houston Officer in Development and Swimming Coach Swimming Group Age Coach Assistant Portsmouth, May 3, 1978 May London, England London, Greg Orphanides Greg

COLLEGIATE SWIMMING EXPERIENCE COLLEGIATE • 1997-2001 Portsmouth SWIMMING HONORS president team • Portsmouth Championships at National finish team • Second-place in 2001 Championships World the at freestyle • 14th in the 5,000-meter Full Name: Full of Birth:Date Hometown: Named UH Assistant Coach: EDUCATION 2001 in accounting, B.S. •Portsmouth, FAMILY Single EXPERIENCE COACHING • 2009- • 2007-2009 • 2001-03 Scotland Glasgow, • 2001-03 SWIMMING EXPERIENCE INTERNATIONAL Championship World • Championship • European 29 - - VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH AC City, State State City, (Year) Gradation College UH Season at First f f f f f f GREG ORPHANIDES Orphanies is single and lives in Houston. in Houston. Orphanies is single and lives As a young swimmer, Orphanides was also coached to a sliver medal at the British British the at medal sliver a to coached also was Orphanides swimmer, young a As Orphanides was a for 10 member over of the Team Britain Great National Swim Throughout Throughout his career he has worked with Olympic coaches, Maurice Sly, Mike Orphanides was a member of the Portsmouth swim team, serving as the swim After After graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 2001 with a bachelor’s Prior Prior to joining the UH staff, Orphanides served as headcoach of the Houston In that role, he will assist head coach Mark Taylor with routine daily practice duties duties practice daily routine with Taylor Mark coach head assist will he role, that In Greg Orphanides, a former swimmer at the University of Portsmouth, begins his begins Portsmouth, of University the at swimmer former a Orphanides, Greg Nationals by Taylor. Taylor. by Nationals Championships. His best finish of 14th in the 5,000-meter race came at the 2001 Worlds Worlds 2001 the at came race 5,000-meter the in 14th of finish best His Championships. in Fukuoka. Orphanides still competes in Masters swim meets and holds World and and IM events. freestyle in both distance records European years, years, competing at numerous International events, including World and European phanides accompanied the English Open Water team to the French Nationals, serving Nationals, the to team French Water the phanides English Openaccompanied as the swimming coach. He also had the honor of carrying his country’s flagat the in 2000. Championships World team president, that placed second at their National Championships. Championships. their National at second placed that president, team Chris Drew, Nesbit, Stephen Hill and In current UH 2003, head Or coach Taylor. Mark in addition to managing over 40 swim teachers. 40 swim teachers. over managing in addition to ing his swimming as well as assisting with the University swim team. From there he became the Age Group Swimming Coach and Swimming Development Officer in lessons swimming all organizing for responsible was he role that In Scotland. Glasgow, degree in accounting, Orphanidesdegree in spent accounting, two additional years in Portsmouth continu had its best finish ever at Sectionals and boasts state medalists at both the senior level, level, senior the both at medalists state boasts and Sectionals at ever finish best its had through swimmers taken also has Orphanides program. group age their from as well as and abroad. here both Championships National to Cougar Aquatic Sports team, a role which he still holds. As head coach Greg has seen the the seen has Greg coach head As holds. still he which role a team, Sports Aquatic Cougar recently team The 2007. in arrived first he when size its double nearly to expand team and coordinating home meet management. home meet management. and coordinating first season with the University of Houston serving as the volunteer assistant coach. coach. assistant servingHouston of volunteer first season with the University as the COACHING STAFF Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet — also serving ontheAdministrative Management Cabinet —alsoserving IChampionships/Sports CommitteeDivision ofthat aswell cabinet asleadingthecom student-athletes, coaches, willenjoy staffandtheuniversity community working withhim.” across asa by‘leads example kind ofperson’; someonewho isateam player, agoodlistener, ahard worker andamostsincere person.Ibelieve our impressed by Rhoades’ credentials. buthelpingyoungimportant, peoplebewinnersinthegameoflife isessential. understandsthat MackRhoades thisiswhat Iexpect.” $19.2 millionduringhistenure. management andproactive from steps, University officials, gainedsupport allowing Rhoades thedepartment’s budget to grow from $13.5million to spendinginorderpre-planned to present aneed-basedbudgetproposal to theUniversity Board of Trustees. With aproven track record ofbudget His drive for perfection andexpectation of excellenceHis drive hasquicklyputhisnameonthemapnationally. for perfection asamemberoftheNCAA served Rhoades “I considered ofathletics himasclearlythebestchoice at to leadthedepartment theUniversity ofHouston at thistime,” said. Scamell “He comes Richard Scamell, aprofessor representative College intheBauer faculty andtheNCAA ofBusiness onthesearch committee, saidhewas highly “First andforemost, Iwanted someonewhoispassionate abouttheUniversity ofHouston andUHathletics,” Khator said. “Winning gamesis With achievements like thisunderhisbelt, Rhoades’ was aneasyonefor University selection ofHouston President/Chancellor RenuKhator. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS OF DIRECTOR three years. In2008-09,heimplemented azero-based budget, where coaches andunitheads athletes completed duringhislastthree more years. service than1,600hoursofcommunity increased from 2.789to 2.964. athlete federal graduation rate stood at 75percent. Also, Akron’s overall student-athlete GPA rate was 60percent, exceeding thegeneral student body’s by 25percent. In2008,UA’s student- for itsdiversity strategy were ofRhoades’ onlyasmallpart signature ontheAkron program. golf program andunprecedented success recognized withinanathletics department three times 2009afterhiring inJune anaward-winning career at theUniversity ofAkron. Most impressively, ledAkron Rhoades to success whilebalancingthebudgeteachofhislast Not to belostintheexcellence that onthefieldandinclassroom isthefact UA student- All theon-fieldsuccess was matched offthefieldas well. In2006, Akron’s federal graduation Sweeping football stadium,thecreation changes, a$61.6millionon-campus ofawomen’s the11thdirector became ofathleticsMack Rhoades withhis inUniversity ofHouston history field/cross programs. country football program aswell asnew office suites forthebaseball, softball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and track & office suite andmeeting rooms forthe project. At housedastate-of-the-art acost of $2.6million,thefacility complex, refurbishing adding1,500permanent thetrack seats surface, andornamental fencing. baseball fieldandenhancingthedugouts, renovation to thesoccer fieldand renovation ofthe track &field Complex saw thecreation allowing the program facility ofanewsoftball to play the oncampus, resurfacing advising suite, amediawork room andlocker room upgrades for allbasketball programs. Lee JacksonField all programs andunits, expansion andrenovation avolleyball services, ofacademic office suite,academic an center andlocker rooms/team programs. space for four sports medicine lockerextra rooms sports for highschoolfootball useandanendzone with afull-service facility each season. The willbeusedyear-round facility thanksto itsthree levels space ofacademic for theUniversity, which openedinSeptember 2009. The 30,000-seat venue willnotjustbealive for sixorseven football games committee intheZips’ —InfoCision Field footballStadium/Summa andmulti-use facility — newon-campus recognize student-athletes for their successes bothonand offthefield. emphasis oftheStudent-Athlete Committee, Advisory theCHAMPS/Life Skills program anddoingmore to that, engagedthestudent-athletes Rhoades duringhisfirstthree years, getting theminvolved through an placed anemphasisonstudent-athletes gettingthebestpossible experience whileearningadegree. To do tenure. andAcademicrestructured Advising units, theStudent-Athlete Services adding11positionsduringhis Support potential student-athletes, aclassattendance andastudent-athlete policy Code ofConduct. He additionally Rhoades’ leadership. Notably, Akron implemented review anacademic process to ensure success academic of ships won, 14Conference Players ofthe Year and12All-Americans to nameafew. honors, 213All-Conference honors, 83student-athletes namedAcademic All-Conference, 20team champion the numbersalonespoke for themselves: 765total Dean’s List munications committee for theMAC. The field housealso welcomed anewprogramRhoades’ under watch with thecreation ofthe women’s The key inallthese upgrades andnewofficeafter spaces came thesecond phaseofthe Stile Field House He alsooversaw vast improvements to allfacilities. Arena JamesA.Rhodes enjoyed newoffice space for played Rhoades thebusinessendofspectrum, akeyOn role andwas chairpersononthesteering All policieswere to enacted complement thedepartment’s newmissionstatement andcore values that improvementsSuch were attributed instituted to under anumberofpoliciestheathletics department beganhisdutiesatSince Rhoades Akron 2006, inlate January MACK RHOADES 30 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS - | FIRST YEAR 1997-98 1999-98 1999-2006 2006-09 Family College High School Hometown Birthdate CoSIDA Academic All-District Academic All-MAC Honors Freshman All-Americans MAC Coach oftheYear Honors All-Americans Other MAC Year-end Individual Player Honors MAC Player oftheYear Honors Honors All-Region orAll-District MAC Player oftheWeek Honors All-Conference Honors RESUME HISTORY PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT AKRON ACCOMPLISHMENTS Executive Athletics Associate Director, Senior Daughters. Nicolette, Natalie andNoelle ...... Athletics Advancement Officer . Assistant ADfor Development ...... Athletics Marketing Assistant ...... Director ofAthletics ...... | ARIZONA ‘93 ...... Arizona, 1993 Oct. 18,1965 Oct...... Tucson, Ariz...... Marquette Wife, Amy Rincon HS Rincon Akron . .... UTEP Yale 145 213 83 11 12 13 14 32 - 7 6 COACHING STAFF - DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS 31 - - Prior to his stint at UTEP, he worked for 15 months at Marquette, where he was the athletics advancement officer. In officer. advancement the athletics he was where Marquette, at 15 months for he worked UTEP, at his stint to Prior plans for marketing he developed where Yale, for assistant marketing as an athletics one year for Rhoades worked attended Rhoades education, later in physical degree with a bachelor’s of Arizona of the University A graduate and Noelle. Natalie — Nicolette, daughters three have Amy, and his wife, He The native of Tucson, Ariz., also had a hand in directing the transition in management of season ticket sales from the sales from ticket of season in management also had a hand in directing the transition Ariz., Tucson, of native The contracts; and radio television basketball men’s and football UTEP included negotiating at other duties Rhoades’ Academic served as a liaison with the Miner Athlete program, and conditioning strength the speed, also oversaw He including the construction of the $11 million UTEP, facility at in athletics upgrades involved heavily Rhoades was training room and strength and conditioning center for all sports. He was also responsible for the creation of Miner the creation for also responsible all sports. for was He center and conditioning and strength room training games. basketball and women’s and men’s all home football for Production Video Athletic and the Blue & Gold Advancement Athletic the Office for of all external operations Rhoades oversaw role, that Scholarship Fund. he obtained sponsor Additionally, Championships. and the NCAA Fencing hockey ice men’s basketball, men’s football, Athletics. Yale for ship agreements in sports degree and marketing. management he earned his master’s where Indiana University price season and individual ticket engineered He Athletics. the Department to of Intercollegiate Center Ticket University years. in each of his last two basketball and men’s football for increases serving all media outlets; assisting in all aspects department through of budget-planning; as an athletics spokesperson athletics. intercollegiate plan for strategic of a comprehensive and aiding in the development Committee. a member of the UTEP NCAASteering Certification and was Center well as a as rooms, and locker Larry offices K. Durham which houses state-of-the-art Sports Center coaches’ football The men’s golf program finished in the top three at the Western Athletic Conference Championships in three of four years, including a runner-up showing in 2002. showing runner-up including a years, four of Championships in three Conference Athletic Western at the top three finished in the golf program men’s The in increase in a 300-percent resulting changes, logos and color athletics supervising included of new department responsibilities licensing the implementation of intercollegiate Rhoades’ The UTEP football program enjoyed a resurgence during his last two seasons, posting a 16-7 record over that span and reaching consecutive bowl games, including the 2005 GMAC Bowl. including the 2005 GMAC games, bowl consecutive span and reaching that over posting a 16-7 record seasons, two during his last a resurgence enjoyed program UTEP football The span. that over in the nation 51 victories during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons - the 13th-best win total registered team basketball supervision, the men’s Under Rhoades’ In his final role with UTEP, Rhoades oversaw all fundraising, the marketing and media relations offices as well as football external operations, men’s basketball, men’s golf, licensing, Miner licensing, golf, men’s basketball, men’s footballexternal operations, well as as offices relations and media the marketing all fundraising, oversaw Rhoades role with UTEP, In his final $800,000 to from revenue marketing in increasing instrumental also was He raised. million was which $9.1 through Major Gift Program, the Athletic Rhoades administered UTEP, at While Rhoades came to Akron after a seven-year stint at UTEP, where he most recently served as the executive senior associate athletics director. He worked his way up the ranks with the Miners up the ranks his way worked He director. athletics senior associate served as the executive he most recently where UTEP, at stint a seven-year after Rhoades Akron came to A restructuring of the external relations office also paved the way for a licensing and mer for a licensing way the paved also office of the external relations A restructuring the department, 10 full- adding across staffing levels 43-year-old RhoadesThe increased Membership and donations to the Z-Fund, the scholarship and fundraising arm of the the scholarship and fundraising the Z-Fund, to Membership and donations UA football went from reporting an average of approximately 5,000 fans per game to game to 5,000 fans per approximately of reporting an average from went football UA Financial success has not been limited to just dollars from the University. just dollars from to limited has not been success Financial a deal with ISP, fostering was One of his first actions director athletics being named after sales. merchandise $1.33 million in just four years. In addition, he guided UTEP to being among the conference leaders in attendance for football and men’s basketball. In 2004-05, the UTEP Miners averaged 41,209 In 2004-05, the UTEP Miners averaged basketball. and men’s football for leaders in attendance being among the conference In addition, he guided UTEP to years. $1.33 million in just four 47,000 fans per game. than more USA, averaging in Conference During the 2005 campaign, the Miners attendance led football basketball. men’s and 10,405 for football fans for office. ticket and the athletics Club Athletic time assistant coaches and created more than 30 full-time and graduate assistants positions assistants than 30 full-time and graduate more and created coaches time assistant within the department. for development. AD joining the staff as assistant after mediums the three across Revenue and online. in local stores on campus, grow chandise to or nearly $20,000 per year. 64 percent by increased athletics department, showed dramatic increases. Membership grew from just under 400 to just under 400 to from Membership grew increases. dramatic department, showed athletics 2008-09 is at giving for $353,000 and total to giving increased 1,700, while unrestricted over $2.3 million. high. Also, men’s basketball season ticket sales increased each year, while the success of the while the success each year, sales increased season ticket basketball men’s high. Also, packages the first time in for season-ticket demand for on the brought team soccer men’s 2009. by $100,000 each year. $100,000 by with the addition And, years. 15,000 in each of his three the NCAA-required going beyond an all-time at were 2009 already sales for and season ticket revenue Stadium, of InfoCision increase sponsorship revenue saw that in the nation, sportsone of the top groups marketing golf program, which shared the state-of-the-art which shared golf program, practice indoor men. facility the UA with times in its three runner-up in the fall of 2008 and placed play began program women’s The Champion MAC its first at third and was its second-ever event) season (including inaugural ship. COACHING STAFF ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTORS MATHILDA PETERSON CHRIS BURKHALTER BUSINESS SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS T.J. 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Every two years, theGovernor oftheState The Board ofRegents isthegoverning bodyoftheUniversity ofHouston System (University ofHouston, University ofHouston-Clear Lake, University ofHouston-Downtown, University Chairman UH SYSTEM CHANCELLOR SYSTEM UH (‘93 J.D) UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS OF BOARD SYSTEM HOUSTON OF UNIVERSITY UH PRESIDENT UH (‘49) DR. KHATOR/BOARD OF REGENTS OF KHATOR/BOARD DR. KRISTIN LINDLEY JIM P. WISE Vice Chairman (‘66) tdns rvd nal oe ilo hus n volunteer in service andinternshipstothecommunity. hours million one nearly provide students Houston of University year, Each Awards. Tony and Pulitzer and Sciences as well as a Nobel Laureate and winners of the Arts of Academy American the Engineering, of Academy has and included members of the includes Academy of Sciences, the National faculty recognized internationally Its country. the in university research urban diverse ethnically most second the is programs It year. each degrees 7,000 graduate awards and and undergraduate 300 than more offers Houston of University The universities. System UH four the of oldest and largest the of officer executive chief research and corporate partnerships. community, 800 than more in engaged are components system the told, All year. each overall an has area Houston Greater the on billion $3 and of impact economic students 57,000 than more serves billion, $1 exceeds that budget operating annual an with Houston’s NationalPublicRadiostation. KUHF, and station, television educational first nation’s the KUHT, and Ranch, Cinco and Land Sugar at centers teaching of Houston, UH-Downtown, UH-Clear Lake and UH-Victoria, University the includes which - System UH the of chancellor s rsdn o te nvriy f oso, h i the is she Houston, of University the of president As system a oversees Khator chancellor, as capacity her In She assumedthisdualappointmentinJanuary2008. Renu Khator is president of the University of Houston and NELDA LUCE BLAIR JACOB MONTY Secretary 34 NANDITA BERRY MICA MOSBACHER Hellenic studies. Enhancing for Culture and Language Greek for Foundation American the from Award Arts Educator Outstanding Liberal the and of College University’s Purdue from Award Alumnus Distinguished the received Khator 2006, in Also award recognizes achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens. The awardees. Choice by Americans Outstanding 2006 its among her included Services Immigration and Citizenship States United The field. their in contributions outstanding making for Indians nonresident to given India), of (Jewel Rattan Hind prestigious the awarded were - Engineering of College Cullen UH the in member faculty a now is who South Florida,cappinga22-yearcareeratthatinstitution. she was provost and senior vice president at the University of several articlesonvariousaspectsofthissubject. and books five published global has Khator policy, environmental of field the in scholar noted A University. Purdue from science political in Ph.D. her and degree master’s her received She Kanpur. of University the at degree bachelor’s and shortstories-severalofwhichhavebeenpublished. of whomareophthalmologists. In January 2007, she and her husband Suresh Khator - Khator Suresh husband her and she 2007, January In Houston, of University the at appointment her to Prior a earned India, Pradesh, Uttar in born was who Khator, h ejy bkn, rciig oa n wiig poetry writing and yoga practicing biking, enjoys She both daughters, two have Suresh and Khator President (‘91) CARROLL ROBERTSONCARROLL RAY TILMAN FERTITTA