Acceptance Rate
73%
Avg SAT
1,119
Avg ACT
23
Enrollment
23,458
Sport
Swimming
Gender
Men's
Division
NCAA Division 1
Location
Boca Raton, FL
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Lara Preacco
Head Coach
Preacco swam for the Owls from 1994 to 1998, and was also an assistant coach for the team from 1998-2001 while earning her master's degree. She represented both the university and her home country of Switzerland in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and was inducted into the FAU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Preacco is the second member of the coaching staff, along with fellow assistant coach Oliver Agh, to be both an FAU hall-of-famer and a former Olympic competitor. Prior to coming to FAU, Preacco set five Swiss national records and captured 38 gold medals while competing at the Swiss National Championships. At FAU, she was team MVP in 1995-96 and team captain the following season. Besides her impressive resume in the pool, Preacco also earned honorable mention in the All-American Scholar Excellence rankings, while placing on the FAU Dean's List four times and President's List three times. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the school, and earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Western Michigan University. 02/26/2012 02/25/2012 02/24/2012 02/23/2012 02/21/2012 02/13/2012 02/08/2012 02/05/2012 02/02/2012 01/30/2012
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Alik Sarkisian
Head Coach
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Ryan Bubb
Associate Head Coach
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Manny Noguchi
Assistant Coach
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Pol Roch
Assistant Coach
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Bryan Gillooly
Coach
Gillooly was named Florida Atlantic University's dive coach after pursuing group coaching at YCF Diving in Orlando. Prior to joining FAU, he served as the dive coach at FIU from 2006-09, where his passion, hard work and integrity led him to be namedtwo-time Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year. By establishing high standards and high expectations, he was able to develop and coach five Sun Belt Conference Champions. Gillooly has coached divers internationally, representing Canada and Portugal, and served as the coach for South Africa in the 2008 World Cup in Beijing. In his first season as FAU's dive coach, he had two divers qualify for NCAA Zone B Championships. Gillooly graduated from the University of Miami in 1999, where he was a two-time NCAA National Champion and 10-time All-American as well as a 2013 UM Hall of Fame inductee. As a member of the U.S. National Team from 1990-2000, he is a three-time U.S. National Champion and three-time Olympic Trials finalist. In his youth, Gillooly was a 15-time Junior National Champion and a 1991 Junior World Champion. Additional athletic achievements include: 1999 FINA World Cup Silver Medalist, 1996 and 1998 NCAA Champion, 1996 NCAA Diver of the Year, 1998 Goodwill Games Finalist, 1995 Pan American Games Finalist, 1995 Swedish Flag Champion and 1993 Swedish Cup Champion.
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