INTRODUCTION THE PROGRAM UNIVERSITY TABLE OF CONTENTS Head Coach: Eric McIlquham Quick Facts ......................................................................................1 Alma Mater, Year: Oakland, 1992 INFORMATION The University of Alabama .................................................... 2-3 Master’s Degree: Alabama, 1996 Athletics Director Mal Moore .....................................................4 Year at Alabama: *Ninth Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama President Dr. Robert E. Witt ....................................5 Year as Head Coach: 13th Enrollment: 31,747 Overall Record (Years): Founded: April 12, 1831 Swimming & Diving Staff Men — 65-54 (12 years) Conference: Southeastern (SEC) Head Coach Eric McIlquham .................................................6-7 Women — 55-70-1 (12 years) Colors: Crimson & White Associate Head Coach Sonya Porter ........................................8 INTRODUCTION Office Phone: (205) 348-3912 Nickname: Crimson Tide Diving Coach Pat Greenwell....................................................... 9 E-Mail Address: [email protected] President: Dr. Robert E. Witt Assistant Coach James Barber ..................................................10 * as head coach, 13th on UA staff Assistant Coach Stefan Gherghel ............................................11 NCAA Faculty Representative: Dr. Kevin Whitaker Graduate Assistant Jessica Livingston ....................................12 Associate Head Coach: Sonya Porter Athletics Director: Mal Moore Swimming & Diving Support Staff ........................................12 Alma Mater, Year: Alabama 1994 Senior Associate Athletics Directors: Strength and Conditioning Program .......................................13 Year at Alabama: *Ninth Dr. Finus Gaston and Milton Overton Office Phone: (205) 348-9919 Associate Athletics Director/ The Men E-Mail Address: [email protected] Senior Woman Administrator: Marie Robbins Roster/Outlook .......................................................................14-16 * as associate head coach, 11th on UA staff Associate Athletics Directors: Bios .............................................................................................17-25 Kevin Almond, Jon Gilbert, Carol Park, Review ........................................................................................26-28 Assistant Coach: James Barber Jeff Purinton, Ronny Robertson, Alabama on the National Scene ........................................29-32 Alma Mater, Year: Auburn at Montgomery, 1996 Doug Walker, Mike Ward Alabama in the SEC ...............................................................33-35 Master’s Degree: South Alabama, 1998 Assistant Athletics Directors: Brief History of UA Swimming & Diving ..........................36 Year at Alabama: Fifth Chris Besanceney, Jon Dever Year-by-Year Results/Coaching Records ............................37 Office Phone: (205) 348-3914 Swimming & Diving Academics: Stephanie Godfrey All-Time Roster ......................................................................38-39 E-Mail Address: [email protected] All-Time Top 10/Records ..................................................40-41 Associate A.D./Media Relations: Assistant Coach: Stefan Gherghel Doug Walker The Women Associate Media Relations Directors: Alma Mater, Year: Alabama, 2006 Roster/Outlook .......................................................................42-44 Josh, Maxson, Ty Patton Year at Alabama: Sixth Bios .............................................................................................45-51 Roots Woodruff (S/D Contact) E-Mail Address: [email protected] Review ........................................................................................52-54 Assistant Media Relations Directors: Alabama on the National Scene ........................................55-58 Diving Coach: Pat Greenwell Rich Davi, Jessica Paré, Skip Powers Alabama & the SEC...............................................................59-61 Alma Mater, Year: Pittsburgh, 1980 Athletic Department Photographer: Brief History of UA Swimming & Diving ..........................62 Master’s Degree: Clemson, 1981 Kent Gidley Year-by-Year Results/Coaching Records ............................63 Year at Alabama: 25th S & D Media Relations Director: All-Time Roster ......................................................................64-65 Office Phone: (205) 348-3915 Roots Woodruff All-Time Top 10/Records ..................................................66-67 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Office Phone: (205) 348-2088 E-Mail Address: [email protected] The Crimson Tide Administrative Assistant: Nancy Perry Office Phone: (205) 348-0977 Crimson Tide Academics ....................................................68-72 E-Mail Address: [email protected] UA Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame .........................73-75 Alabama in the Olympics .....................................................76-77 Graduate Assistant Coach: Jessica Livingston Alabama’s National Champions .........................................78-79 Assistant Athletic Trainer: Monica Decker The Alabama Aquatic Center ..................................................80 Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer: Aaron Doss Swimming and Diving Mailing Address: MEDIA NOTES Alabama Swimming and Diving P.O. Box 870387 ALABAMA MEDIA RELATIONS: The Alabama (CTSN), offers an FTP site that provide up-to-date Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Media Relations Office is located on the ground level interviews with coaches and athletes, taped video of Coleman Coliseum. highlights and narrated video packages from September Swimming & Diving Overnight Address: through May. On occasion, the swimming and diving Alabama Swimming and Diving FACILITIES: The Alabama swimming and diving program is featured in this package. Please call the 415 Bryant Drive teams compete and practice in the Don Gambril Media Relations Offi ce for more details at 205-348- Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Olympic Pool at the Alabama Aquatic Center (capacity 6084. During the fall, the swimming and diving team’s 1,000) located on the corner of Paul W. Bryant Drive progress will be covered on “Crimson Tide This Week,” Facebook - www.facebook.com/AlabamaSwimDive and Hackberry Lane. The swimming and diving offices a 30-minute weekly regional sports show. Twitter - @AlabamaSwimDive are located in the Aquatic Center. SEC VIDEO FEEDS/TELEVISION: Participating news INTERVIEWS: The coaching staff is available for affi liates can also select individual clips to insert directly Credits: The 2012 Alabama Swimming and Diving interviews in person or by telephone by prior arrange- into online stories. Television stations also have access to Media Guide is a product of the Crimson Tide’s athletic ment. Athletes may not be interviewed on meet day an FTP account to run content on-air. The SEC Affi li- media relations department. It was written and edited until post-meet interviews are granted. Interviews ate Network is managed through XOS Digital. To join, by Roots Woodruff. 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If you enjoy the arts, you can take advantage of a rich and varied schedule of musical, dance and theatre per- formances, art galleries and exhibitions, lectures and readings by writers, poets and experts on every topic imaginable. You can enrich your knowledge of the state and University’s history by visiting one of UA’s fi ne muse- ums, which house countless historical artifacts and offer hands-on exploration opportunities. From the architecture on campus to the landscaping, The University of Alabama campus is one of the most beauti- ful places in the state of Alabama. The Ferguson Center, completed in 1973, was named for Hill Ferguson, a member of the Board of Trustees. Plans at the time called for the building to be constructed over Woods Hall, but it was built just to the north thanks to a student campaign to save the art building. The Ferguson Center Game Room located on the fi rst fl oor is the perfect place to unwind, test your skill at a video game, play a friendly game of pool or ping-pong, or