Arizona State University Men's Swimming

Bradshaw at the helm of the diving program, ASU has produced some of the NCAA's finest divers, including four-time NCAA Champion Joona Puhakka and six-time All-Americans Micky Benedetti and Trisha Tumlinson. Under Bradshaw's guidance, ASU has had nine divers earn four NCAA individual titles and 29 All-American honors. In addition, Bradshaw has been named NCAA Diving Coach of the Year twice, in 2003 and 2005. With eight Pac-10 Men's Diving Coach of the Year and one Women's Diving Coach of the Year plaques on his wall, Bradshaw has earned more Pac-10 Diving Coach of Year honors than any other coach in conference history and has been named Pac-10 Coach of the Year the most out of all ASU Head Coaches. His divers have earned a total of nine Pac-10 Diver of the Year awards and six Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year honors. Before coming to ASU, Bradshaw served as the diving coach at Ohio University and at the United State Military Academy. Bradshaw also served as Finland's head diving coach for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. As a diver, he was a four-year All-American at Ohio State University and was the 1983 3-meter NCAA champion. He also represented the United States in the 1988 Olympic Games, finishing fifth on the 3-meter. Bradshaw earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Ohio State in 1985 and his master's in the same discipline in 1987. Bradshaw is a 1980 graduate of Springfield High School. During his four years at Springfield HS, he lettered four times in swimming and diving and earned two letters in football. As an individual competitor, Bradshaw went undefeated in his diving meets. A four-time state champion, he was twice named an All-American. In November 2016, his son Cameron, a former All-American diver for Bradshaw, and daughter-in-law Kayce (both 2012 ASU grads) gave him a new title in addition to coach - grandpa. Below is a photo of Coach Bradshaw with his grandson, Greyson James Bradshaw.   NCAA Champions Under Bradshaw Name Year Event Joona Puhakka 2003 men's 1-meter Joona Puhakka 2004 men's 1-meter; men's 3-meter Joona Puhakka 2005 men's 3-meter 4 NCAA Individual Titles, 1 Athlete, Two 1-meter, Three 3-meter Pac-10 Champions Under Bradshaw Name Year Event Marc Briggs 2000 men's 3-meter Joona Puhakka 2003 men's 1-meter; men's 3-meter Joona Puhakka 2004 men's 1-meter; men's 3-meter Trisha Tumlinson 2004 women's 3-meter; women's 10m platform Joona Puhakka 2005 men's 1-meter; men's 3-meter Trisha Tumlinson 2005 women's 10m platform Joona Puhakka 2006 men's 1-meter; men's 3-meter Micky Benedetti 2007 men's 3-meter; men's 10m platform Micky Benedetti 2008 men's 1-meter; men's 3-meter; men's 10m platform Micky Benedetti 2009 men's 3-meter Constantin Blaha 2010 men's 3-meter Elina Eggers 2010 women's 10m platform Riley McCormick 2010 men's 10m platform Constantin Blaha 2011 men's 3-meter Riley McCormick 2011 men's 10m platform 23 Titles, 7 Athletes (5 men; 2 women), Six 1-meter, 10 3-meter, Seven 10m platform

Mallam is a rising star in the coaching ranks and I am thrilled he has chosen to join us at Arizona State, said Bowman. His expertise in technique teaching and sprint coaching will be key elements to the success of our program. The depth of his resume and his previous experience as a head coach at the collegiate level will be a tremendous asset as we move the program forward. Spending the past two seasons as the associate head coach of Texas A&M mens swimming program, Mallam coached the two fastest sprinters in school history. In his first season with the Aggies, Mallam coached sprinter Kyle Troskot to a new Texas A&M school record in the 50 free with a time of 19:32 in 2014. In addition to Troskot, Mallams athletes broke seven school records in his first year on staff. I am honored Bob [Bowman] asked me to join him at Arizona State, said Mallam. He has established and executed leadership qualities that many successful coaches have modeled and implemented within their own programs. This will be a monumental shift for the Sun Devil Swimming and Diving program and Im excited to be a part of it. Prior to A&M, Mallam served as the head coach of perennial NJCAA powerhouse Indian River State College from 2010-13, where he led both the womens and mens teams to three NJCAA National Championships (2011, 2012, 2013). Mallam also had athletes set 19 National records and was named the NJCAA Coach of the Year for both the women and mens programs in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, Mallams swimmer, Brad Tandy, became the fastest swimmer in the country with a time of 19.06 in the 50 free, the first time an NJCAA athlete set the top time in the country. Tandy won the NJCAA Championship in the 50 and 100 free and was named the NJCAA Male Swimmer of the Year in 2012. As an athlete, Mallam was a four-year letterman for South Carolina where he qualified for the US Open. In his career, Mallam was a junior national champion, a senior regional champion, and a Georgia state champion.   Mallam is joined at Arizona State by his wife Ashley and son Levi. Arizona State swimming head coach Bob Bowman has named former Texas A&M associate head coach Ryan Mallam as the associate head coach of Sun Devil swimming, Bowman announced Wednesday. Ryan Mallam is a rising star in the coaching ranks and I am thrilled he has chosen to join us at Arizona State, said Bowman. His expertise in technique teaching and sprint coaching will be key elements to the success of our program. The depth of his resume and his previous experience as a head coach at the collegiate level will be a tremendous asset as we move the program forward. Spending the past two seasons as the associate head coach of Texas A&M mens swimming program, Mallam coached the two fastest sprinters in school history. In his first season with the Aggies, Mallam coached sprinter Kyle Troskot to a new Texas A&M school record in the 50 free with a time of 19:32 in 2014. In addition to Troskot, Mallams athletes broke seven school records in his first year on staff. I am honored Bob [Bowman] asked me to join him at Arizona State, said Mallam. He has established and executed leadership qualities that many successful coaches have modeled and implemented within their own programs. This will be a monumental shift for the Sun Devil Swimming and Diving program and Im excited to be a part of it. Prior to A&M, Mallam served as the head coach of perennial NJCAA powerhouse Indian River State College from 2010-13, where he led both the womens and mens teams to three NJCAA National Championships (2011, 2012, 2013). Mallam also had athletes set 19 National records and was named the NJCAA Coach of the Year for both the women and mens programs in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, Mallams swimmer, Brad Tandy, became the fastest swimmer in the country with a time of 19.06 in the 50 free, the first time an NJCAA athlete set the top time in the country. Tandy won the NJCAA Championship in the 50 and 100 free and was named the NJCAA Male Swimmer of the Year in 2012. As an athlete, Mallam was a four-year letterman for South Carolina where he qualified for the US Open. In his career, Mallam was a junior national champion, a senior regional champion, and a Georgia state champion.   Mallam is joined at Arizona State by his wife Ashley and son Levi.

Kesler is responsble for coaching the Sun Devil distance swimmers and has seen three of the women's distance records (500, 1000, 1650 Free) fall during his tenure. Kesler spent five years as the top assistant swimming coach at Wingate University overseeing the mid distance and distance swimmers. In addition, he coordinated Wingate's recruiting efforts, created the team dry-land program as well as the D-group's lifting program. Kesler served on the Division II top 25 pole selection committee for the 2011-2012 season. During his tenure, the Wingate men's team won five-of-five Bluegrass Mountain Conference championship titles. The Bulldog men posted four top-six finishes in the four most recent NCAA Division II national championship meets. During Kesler's first season, the Wingate men were 11th at NCAAs. The women's top finish was 11 at NCAA's. All 19 records on both men's and women's teams were broken during his tenure at Wingate. Wingate distance swimmer Iaroslav Denysenko was voted the 2012 NCAA Division II Swimmer of the Meet. He won three national titles in the 500, the 1000 and the 1650 Freestyle events. He missed a fourth national crown by 0.02 seconds in the 200 Freestyle. Denysenko broke a 10-year-old NCAA Division II championship record in the 500 Free. Following a stellar high school career, Kesler was a key member of the North Carolina State University Wolfpack swimming team. As a junior, he served as a team captain. During his collegiate swimming years at N.C. State, Kesler performed to the level of ACC finalist in the distance events. His college swimming career was capped by an NCAA provisional qualifying standard for the national swimming championships in the 1650 Free. Kesler swam with the Green Terror Aquatic Club for eight years. While a member of the club, he started year round swimming at the age of 10. In June of 2000, Kesler represented the Green Terror at the Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Ind. Before the Trials, Kesler qualified for the USA Senior National Championships. In addition, he was a championship finalist at numerous Junior National Championships.

Hochradel previously served as program director at Michigan where he was nominated as Michigan Swimming's Sportsman of the Year in 2013, the year the men's team won an NCAA championship. Im excited and honored by the opportunity to work with Bob Bowman and the rest of the world class staff he is assembling in Tempe, Hochradel said. The opportunity to work with these individuals and the team at ASU presents a new challenge which we are all very excited to take on. It is a great opportunity to reinvent this program to better serve the student-athletes with the ultimate goal of their development into well-rounded and world-ready adults. The support from the ASU administration for this mission is truly inspiring, as well as the support from the proud alumni base and the community. Hochradel is a Michigan native where he was an All-State freestyler and runner at Milan High School. While an undergrad at Michigan, he served as team manager.