Oakland University Men's Swimming

Hovland Notables Pete Hovland Position: Men's and Women's Head Coach Alma Mater: Chico State, 1976 E-mail coach Pete Hovland The 2015-16 season marked the 37th consecutive year for Pete Hovland as a mentor of the Oakland University men's and women's swimming and diving teams. His tenure as a head coach for the Golden Grizzlies is tied for the second-longest among current NCAA Division I head coaches. And during Hovland's storied career, the Golden Grizzlies have captured national championships, multiple conference crowns and seemingly countless individual accolades and titles. Hovland has amassed a 38-year record of 262-102 with the men's team, which includes 38 consecutive conference championships, four NCAA Division II National Championships, 54 individual national champions and 38 relay national champions. As the women's mentor for 20 seasons, including the last 18 consecutively, the Golden Grizzlies have posted a 139-71-4 record and 23 straight conference titles. For his efforts, Hovland has been named a conference coach of the year 23 times, including his most recent sweep of bith Horizon League Men's and Women's Swimming Coach of the Year honors in 2015. Hovland arrived on campus in 1979 and spent his first two years as the women's head coach and the men's assistant coach. In 1981, he relinquished his women's duties to become the men's head coach. Then, in 2001, Hovland re-added the head coaching duties for the Oakland women's program. In Oakland's first two seasons as a member of the Horizon League, the Golden Grizzlies carried over their storied winning tradition by capturing both the men's and women's league titles in consecutive years, including the first Horizon League championships for Oakland University. Oakland's swimming sweep in 2015 also aided the Golden Grizzlies in capturing the coveted McCafferty Trophy, the Horizon League's all-sport championship. The 2013-14 campaign also marked a first for the Horizon League thanks to Oakland, when diver Tricia Grant became the first league diver - men's or women's - to advance to the NCAA Championships. Prior to Oakland's move to the Horizon League, the Golden Grizzlies had sole ownership of the Summit League's swimming and diving titles. Over a 14-year span, the Golden Grizzlies captured every team title - both men's and women's - for each season the teams were eligible for the championship. Eleven times since Oakland's move to Division I, Hovland has seen swimmers and divers qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships, seven for the men and four for the women. Of those, Anders Jensen (2009, 200 back), Marcin Unold (2008, 100 & 200 back; 2007, 100 back), Chris Sullivan (2006, freestyle) and Tanya Korniyenko (2004, butterfly) went on to score at the national meet and earn All-America honors. The Golden Grizzlies have done it all under Hovland, winning numerous national and conference championships. In Oakland's Division II days, his men's team finished in the top-three at the national championships in 15 of 16 appearances, including winning four consecutive NCAA titles before making the move to Division I status. In 1997, Oakland captured its fourth consecutive Division II National Championship in San Antonio, Texas. In the 1990s alone, Hovland and his team claimed four national championships, three NCAA runner-up finishes and one third-place mark. In his 18 years, Oakland has finished in the top three in the country 15 times, with eight second-place finishes, including five in a row from 1987-91. The success has become habitual for the man who has been selected NCAA Division II Coach of the Year six times. Hovland has had the honor of coaching the NCAA Division II Swimmer of the Year in seven of the 18 seasons he coached.Chris Zoltak was the last to win the honor, being named Division II's top swimmer in 1994. Prior to that, former assistant coach Doug Allen captured the honor in 1991. Tracy Huth, Oakland's former women's swimming coach, won the honor three times, while Mark VanderMey won it in 1988 and Hilton Woods won it in 1989. All four of Oakland Olympians have competed for Hovland.Hilton Woods, who won a bronze in the 50-meter freestyle at the 1987 Pan-American Games, swam for the Netherlands Antilles at the 1988 Summer Olympics.He was joined by Hovland who served as his coach.Also competing at the games were Scott Dickens (Canada - 2004), Dario DiFazio (Venezuela - 1992, 1996) and Haitham Hassan (Egypt - 2000). While the success in the pool has been astounding, it has been matched by success in the classroom. The Golden Grizzlies are consistently named as an All-Academic Team by the National Swimming Coaches Association of America, and a number of Oakland individuals, including 1997 graduate Jay Judson, have been honored by being named to the NSCAA All-Academic Team. With his 3.74 GPA in English Literature and his many athletic accolades, Judson was awarded a prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship in 1997, becoming the seventh Oakland male swimmer to do so. Prior to being handed the head coaching reins, Hovland served as an assistant to Oakland head coach and Oakland Hall of Honor member Ernie Maglischo for two seasons, one of which was Oakland's NCAA Championship year. The pair first connected at Chico State, where Maglischo coached Hovland.As a swimmer, Hovland won five individual national titles and was part of eight national championship relay squads as he was a 23-time NCAA Division II All-America. He swam on four NCAA Championship teams. In 1976, he was selected as the Far Western Conference (FWC) Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the Chico State Hall Of Honor in 1998 and the City of Chico Hall of Fame in 2009. Hovland earned his bachelor's degree in physical education Chico State in 1976, and received his master's degree from the Northern Iowa in 1979. Following his swimming career, Hovland was an assistant coach at Chico State and Northern Iowa. Pete Hovland Position: Men's and Women's Head Coach Alma Mater: Chico State, 1976 E-mail coach Pete Hovland The 2015-16 season marked the 37th consecutive year for Pete Hovland as a mentor of the Oakland University men's and women's swimming and diving teams. His tenure as a head coach for the Golden Grizzlies is tied for the second-longest among current NCAA Division I head coaches. And during Hovland's storied career, the Golden Grizzlies have captured national championships, multiple conference crowns and seemingly countless individual accolades and titles. Hovland has amassed a 38-year record of 262-102 with the men's team, which includes 38 consecutive conference championships, four NCAA Division II National Championships, 54 individual national champions and 38 relay national champions. As the women's mentor for 20 seasons, including the last 18 consecutively, the Golden Grizzlies have posted a 139-71-4 record and 23 straight conference titles. For his efforts, Hovland has been named a conference coach of the year 23 times, including his most recent sweep of bith Horizon League Men's and Women's Swimming Coach of the Year honors in 2015. Hovland arrived on campus in 1979 and spent his first two years as the women's head coach and the men's assistant coach. In 1981, he relinquished his women's duties to become the men's head coach. Then, in 2001, Hovland re-added the head coaching duties for the Oakland women's program. In Oakland's first two seasons as a member of the Horizon League, the Golden Grizzlies carried over their storied winning tradition by capturing both the men's and women's league titles in consecutive years, including the first Horizon League championships for Oakland University. Oakland's swimming sweep in 2015 also aided the Golden Grizzlies in capturing the coveted McCafferty Trophy, the Horizon League's all-sport championship. The 2013-14 campaign also marked a first for the Horizon League thanks to Oakland, when diver Tricia Grant became the first league diver - men's or women's - to advance to the NCAA Championships. Prior to Oakland's move to the Horizon League, the Golden Grizzlies had sole ownership of the Summit League's swimming and diving titles. Over a 14-year span, the Golden Grizzlies captured every team title - both men's and women's - for each season the teams were eligible for the championship. Eleven times since Oakland's move to Division I, Hovland has seen swimmers and divers qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships, seven for the men and four for the women. Of those, Anders Jensen (2009, 200 back), Marcin Unold (2008, 100 & 200 back; 2007, 100 back), Chris Sullivan (2006, freestyle) and Tanya Korniyenko (2004, butterfly) went on to score at the national meet and earn All-America honors. The Golden Grizzlies have done it all under Hovland, winning numerous national and conference championships. In Oakland's Division II days, his men's team finished in the top-three at the national championships in 15 of 16 appearances, including winning four consecutive NCAA titles before making the move to Division I status. In 1997, Oakland captured its fourth consecutive Division II National Championship in San Antonio, Texas. In the 1990s alone, Hovland and his team claimed four national championships, three NCAA runner-up finishes and one third-place mark. In his 18 years, Oakland has finished in the top three in the country 15 times, with eight second-place finishes, including five in a row from 1987-91. The success has become habitual for the man who has been selected NCAA Division II Coach of the Year six times. Hovland has had the honor of coaching the NCAA Division II Swimmer of the Year in seven of the 18 seasons he coached.Chris Zoltak was the last to win the honor, being named Division II's top swimmer in 1994. Prior to that, former assistant coach Doug Allen captured the honor in 1991. Tracy Huth, Oakland's former women's swimming coach, won the honor three times, while Mark VanderMey won it in 1988 and Hilton Woods won it in 1989. All four of Oakland Olympians have competed for Hovland.Hilton Woods, who won a bronze in the 50-meter freestyle at the 1987 Pan-American Games, swam for the Netherlands Antilles at the 1988 Summer Olympics.He was joined by Hovland who served as his coach.Also competing at the games were Scott Dickens (Canada - 2004), Dario DiFazio (Venezuela - 1992, 1996) and Haitham Hassan (Egypt - 2000). While the success in the pool has been astounding, it has been matched by success in the classroom. The Golden Grizzlies are consistently named as an All-Academic Team by the National Swimming Coaches Association of America, and a number of Oakland individuals, including 1997 graduate Jay Judson, have been honored by being named to the NSCAA All-Academic Team. With his 3.74 GPA in English Literature and his many athletic accolades, Judson was awarded a prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship in 1997, becoming the seventh Oakland male swimmer to do so. Prior to being handed the head coaching reins, Hovland served as an assistant to Oakland head coach and Oakland Hall of Honor member Ernie Maglischo for two seasons, one of which was Oakland's NCAA Championship year. The pair first connected at Chico State, where Maglischo coached Hovland.As a swimmer, Hovland won five individual national titles and was part of eight national championship relay squads as he was a 23-time NCAA Division II All-America. He swam on four NCAA Championship teams. In 1976, he was selected as the Far Western Conference (FWC) Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the Chico State Hall Of Honor in 1998 and the City of Chico Hall of Fame in 2009. Hovland earned his bachelor's degree in physical education Chico State in 1976, and received his master's degree from the Northern Iowa in 1979. Following his swimming career, Hovland was an assistant coach at Chico State and Northern Iowa. Pete Hovland by the Numbers Grizz Vision with Pete Hovland Swimming & Diving 05/17/2014 Grizz Vision with Pete Hovland Swimming & Diving 05/16/2014

Albright is in his ninth season as the diving coach for men and women for the Golden Grizzlies after joining the program in 2006. Albright arrived at Oakland after a three-year stint as a club coach for Starz Diving in Indianapolis where he worked with John Wingfield, the USA national team coach/director. In 2014 and again in 2015, Albright earned Horizon League Women's Diving Coach of the Year honors after mentoring Tricia Grant to a stellar junior and senior campaigns, respectively. Grant became the first diver in Horizon League history to advance to the NCAA Championships in 2014, where she finished 31st on the 1-meter board and 25th on the 3-meter. In 2012-13, Albright tutored Grant to a 13th place finish on the 1-meter board and a 15th place finish on the 3-meter board at the NCAA Zone C Regionals. He coached and administered the Starz Diving Satellite Program and was responsible for coaching the techniques and mechanics of diving while also overseeing the strength and conditioning component of the program. Albright also served as the head diving coach at Franklin Community High School for both the boys and girls programs. A native of Walled Lake, Michigan, Albright has also coached diving at his high school alma mater, Walled Lake Central. He has also worked with former Oakland diver and coach Buck Smith, who is now the head diving coach at Eastern Michigan and head coach of the highly successful Legacy Diving Program. During his time in the coaching ranks he has coached four high school All-Americans and six all-state performers. He has also had a pair of high school regional champions under his tutelage.