Plymouth State University Women's Swimming

Switzer in 2010. Coach Switzer was recognized for his lifetime of dedication and commitment to coaching swimming and diving with a feature article in in 2015             The Panthers achieved a 7-3 dual meet record in 2015-16, the best record for the program since 2009-10, and Switzer was voted Little East Conference Women's Swimming Coach of the Year. PSU also posted a combined 13-6 dual meet record from 2008-10, winning its final six meets in 2009 to finish 6-4 and posting a 7-2 record in 2009-10, the teams best since 1998.  Overall, Coach Switzer has guided the Panthers to a 124-108 overall dual meet record in 25 seasons.             Switzer guided the Panthers to seven straight winning seasons in the 1990s.  He has helped several swimmers to reach the NCAA B Provisional time standards, and was named New England Womens Diving Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004 after coaching three of the top five divers in New England.             Switzer has lengthy experience in coaching both swimmers and divers, and allows daily individual attention to each. Much of his success can be credited to his team philosophy of hard work, commitment to goals and a constant emphasis on basic techniques.             A Harvard graduate, Switzer coached for 19 years at the University of Maine at Orono, where he guided the highly successful mens program to two New England Division I titles.  He was inducted into the UMaine Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001, and was previously inducted into the Hebron Academy (Maine) Athletic Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Maine Swimming Hall of Fame in 2015.             During six weeks of the summer, Switzer and his wife, Betsy, run the well-known Sandwich Aquatic School in Center Sandwich. The learn-to-swim program, staffed by seven full-time instructors, completed its 49th season in 2015.             Switzer received the prestigious from the in 2014.