Buffalo State College Men's Swimming

Stone begins his tenure as head mens and womens swimming and diving coach and aquatics manager at Buffalo State on June 1, 2015.   Stone joins the Bengals staff after spending the past three seasons at Williams, where he was the interim head coach this past fall.  During his tenure at Williams, the Ephs boasted 26 national qualifiers.  The mens team captured the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship in all three seasons and finished as high as third at the NCAA meet this past March.  On the womens side, Williams won consecutive NESCAC titles and also placed third nationally this past season.  Stone also served as the aquatics director at Williams and was the head coach of the Purple Valley Aquatics Swim Club.   Prior to his time at Williams, he served as the mens assistant coach at Ithaca College where he was also adjunct faculty member.  Stone also coached two summers at the University of Tennessee Swim Camp.   Stone has a masters degree in sport psychology from Ithaca and a bachelors in psychology from Hope College, where he was a four-year swimmer and NCAA qualifier in the 200 free and 800 free relay.  

Downey joins the Bengals staff after graduating from Williams College in the spring of 2015 with a degree in English.  At Williams, he was a four-year member of the conference championship team, and swam under Stone for the past three seasons.  In addition to winning New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) team championships all four years with Williams, Downey also earned All-Conference honors in the 1,000 and 1,650 yard freestyle events, achieving an NCAA "B" cut time standard in the latter.  He was also selected to the NESCAC All-Academic team the past three years, and following the 2014-2015 season, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) named him an Honorable Mention Scholar All-American.   A native of Washington, D.C., Downey grew up swimming for nationally recognized club teams including Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club (RMSC) and Nation's Capital Swim Club (NCAP) where he was a Junior Nationals qualifier in the breaststroke and distance freestyle events.