SUNY University at Buffalo Women's Swimming

Bashor is now in his 10th season with the Bulls, serving as womens head coach since 2006 and mens head coach since 2007.  Since his hiring, the Bulls have re-written the record books, setting more than 20 new records in each of the last four seasons. In 2011, the mens swimming and diving team captured its first Mid-American Conference Championship title and in the process, Bashor earned his third consecutive MAC Coach of the Year title. He won the womens award in 2009 and the mens recognition in 2010 and 2011. The 2011 mens team was by far his greatest achievement at the University at Buffalo. The Bulls became the first team other than perennial powers Eastern Michigan and Miami (OH) to claim the team title since 1979. In the meet, held in Carbondale, IL, the Bulls swept all five relay races, setting school records in each. All told, UB set 13 school records at the three-day meet and eight of his athletes earned All-Mid-American Conference honors. Bashor has also guided his swimmers to individual success, highlighted by Brittney Kuras becoming the first UB swimmer to compete at the NCAA Division I National Championships in 2012. In the summer of 2012, seven of his swimmers competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, the precursor to the London Olympic games. In 2013, the Bulls had two women's swimmers compete in the NCAA Championships as Mallory Morell and Brittney Kuras both advanced to Indianapolis. Morrell became the first UB women's swimmer to reach the evening session of the NCAA Championships where she eventually finished fifth in the consolation final of the 50-yard freestyle and earned All-America honors.   His Bulls squads have been consistent, not just in the water, but in the classroom, as both the mens and womens teams have earned recognition to the College Swimming Coaches Association of Americas team scholar All-American lists.  Bashor arrived in Buffalo from Rutgers University where he spent four seasons as the head assistant swim coach for both the mens and womens programs.  Bashor, who coached the sprinters and was the recruiting coordinator, helped lead the Scarlet Knights womens swim team to one of its most successful campaigns in 2006 as the team finished second in the Big East Conference and qualified seven swimmers for the Womens NCAA Championships.  Rutgers was ranked 13th in the final CSCAA womens swimming rankings and finished in 18th place at the 2006 NCAA Championships.  While at Rutgers, Bashor was also part of a three-time womens swimming and diving coaching staff of the year in the Big East. Prior to being hired at Rutgers, Bashor spent four seasons as the head assistant swim coach at University of California at Santa Barbara.  He coached sprinters and breaststrokers in addition to serving as the teams recruiting coordinator and the teams strength coach.  During his four seasons at UC-Santa Barbara, the mens team won three Big West Conference titles, while the women won one Big West title. Bashor is no stranger to the Mid-American Conference as he spent two seasons as a graduate assistant swim coach at Ohio University where he received his masters degree in Athletic Administration in 1998. Bashor had a successful career as a collegiate swimmer as a four-year letterwinner at North Carolina State University. Specializing in sprint free and butterfly, Bashor was a team captain during his senior season and received a bachelors degree in biology in 1996.   Bashor currently resides in Lancaster, NY with his wife Brandi and their three children, Allie, Bobby and Colby.

Dekker begins his second season as the Head Diving Coach for the University at Buffalo. During his first season the divers showed tremendous improvement. Both mens and womens teams added a significant amount of team points at the MAC Championships. The program qualified 7 divers for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. Dekker helped guide Nick Rodriguez to a new school record in the 1m diving event with a score of 359.85 Prior to his arrival at UB, Dekker spent the last 11 years as the Head Diving Coach at Ohio University. While with the Bobcats, Dekker coached two MAC Champions, one MAC Diver of the Year and one Scholar Athlete of the Year. He also coached multiple MAC finalists and his divers earned 15 school records. Prior to Ohio, Dekker completed three seasons as the men's and women's diving coach at the University of Wyoming. During his tenure in Laramie, the Cowboys and Cowgirls established themselves as one of the elite diving programs in the Mountain West Conference, highlighted by six divers qualifying for the 2004 NCAA Zone E Championships. Wyoming divers routinely were named to the all-conference team under Dekker's tutelage. Dekker began his coaching career as the head diving coach at Ypsilanti High School from 1996-2001. At Ypsilanti, he coached two state champions and two state runner-ups. Dekker also served as an assistant coach for Legacy Diving from 2000-01, where he coached 11 Junior National qualifiers, three Senior National qualifiers, two Junior National finalists and a Junior National runner-up. Dekker competed collegiately at Eastern Michigan University. He was selected the MAC Diver of the Year in 1995 and was a four-time NCAA Zone Championship qualifier and a three-time Academic All-MAC selection. He helped lead Eastern Michigan to three MAC team championships in the four years he competed. While attending Eastern Michigan, Dekker earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education with a minor in communications

Mahaney was recently elevated to Associate Head Coach after three years as Assistant Coach for the UB Swimming and Diving Team. Mahaney came to the University at Buffalo after five years at Penn State coaching both the men and women teams. During his tenure as assistant coach for the Bulls, Mahaney has worked hard to improve the reputation and excellence of the Bulls swim teams and more specifically, the long distance swimmers.  In the 2013-2014 season, Mahaney helped lead the group to five individual MAC titles as well as six school records; all in distance swim.  In the 2014-2015 season, he coached the womens team to five individual MAC titles as well one school record in the 800 freestyle. In his 2015-2016 season, coach Mahaney focused his efforts again on the distance program which yielded him two MAC individual titles and a school record in the 800 free relay. While at Penn State he was able to help the Nittany Lions advance to the NCAA Championships each year and saw the women's team finish among the top-40 three times and the men's squad grab top-30 finishes each of the past two seasons at the national meet. On an individual level, 21 of his pupils have garnered All-America honors on 54 occasions. Prior to joining the staff and Penn State, Mahaney served as the assistant coach at the University of Hawaii during the 2005-08 seasons. While at Hawaii, he coached distance freestyle, butterfly and individual medley events. Mahaney started his coaching career at Lafayette College in his hometown of Easton, PA. Mahaney spent the summer of 2014 and 2015 as a coach at the United States Swimming National Open Water Camp held in California and Florida.  At both of these camps, he was the Assistant Coach for the top twenty-four distance swimmers in the country. This opportunity allowed him to introduce these talented individuals to the sport of open water swimming. A graduate of Michigan State, Mahaney was a four-year letter winner for the Spartans. While at East Lansing, Mahaney earned the MSU Swimming and Diving Freshman of the Year in 1999 and was the team's Most Valuable Performer in 2002. He has competed at the 2000 and 2004 US Swimming Olympic Trials. At the 2004 US Olympic Trials, Mahaney placed 18th in the 200 butterfly while swimming for Atlantis Aquatic Club. Aaron enjoys spending his free time working on his home in Snyder, NY or searching out his next adventure.  He has snorkeled in the Caribbean, hiked lava fields and went skydiving in Hawaii.