University of California - Santa Barbara Men's Swimming

Wilson has posted a dual meet record of 363-243-1 (205-128 with the men and 158-115-1 with the women). Even more impressive, his squads have collected 39 Big West Conference Championships, 26 men's titles and 13 women's team titles. The Gaucho men won 23 consecutive titles from 1979-2001, with Wilson leading the way in all but one year (Bernie Stenson coached the team in 1984). During the 2010-11 season, Wilson helped UCSB open a new chapter as the Gauchos joined the Pacific-12 Conference (men) and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women). UCSB also reinstated its diving program after an 11-year absence. Since joining its new conference, the womens team has twice placed second at the MPSF Championships and this past spring Wilson garnered MPSF Coach of the Year honors. Wilson experienced a career first over three decades into his time at UCSB during the 2011-12 mens season as the Gauchos compiled their first undefeated dual meet record of 6-0. In all, Wilson has garnered Big West Mens Coach of the Year honors 15 times and Womens Coach of the Year honors 12 times for a combined 27 awards. He has coached 20 athletes to conference Swimmer of the Year honors and five to Freshman Swimmer of the Year accolades. Not just a dominating program at the conference level, Wilson's teams have also excelled at the national level. His men's teams have been ranked as high as 16th nationally and several of his swimmers over the years have advanced to the NCAA Championships. In fact, the men's team has turned in 31 All-American performances under Wilson, with 23 Gaucho men earning All-American honors. Among the All-Americans he has coached are Olympic gold medalists Richard Schroeder, Jason Lezak), 50-meter freestyle world record holder Bruce Stahl (the first person to ever hold this world record) and distance ace Carl Larsen. Wilson took the reigns of the Gaucho women's program during the 1984-85 season and immediately led them to a Big West Championship. The women won 13 Big West Championships and came in second nine times with Wilson at the helm. The UCSB women have sent 29 swimmers to the NCAA Championships and the women's program boasts 12 All-American performances and 14 All-Americans under Wilsons tutelage. The 1989 women's team finished 17th at the NCAA Championship meet, scoring 50 points and producing All-American performances in both the 200 and 800 freestyle relay events. The seventh place finish in the 200 free relay was the highest ever by any UCSB relay team. Kim Bryson became UCSB's first four-year NCAA All-American. Anne Marie May placed third in the 50 freestyle at the 2009 NCAA Championships, making her the first Gaucho woman to medal in an event at the meet. A native of Walnut Creek, Calif., Wilson is a graduate of Las Lomas High School. He was an All-American student-athlete at Diablo Valley Junior College, where he competed in both swimming and water polo before transferring to Cal. While at Cal, Wilson participated in both sports. He earned his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1972 and received a master's degree in physical education in 1975.

After joining the Gauchos as an assistant coach for the 2020-21 season, Jaclyn Rosen was promoted to head coach before 2021-22. Rosen arrived in Santa Barbara with over a decade of experience in college coaching, spending time at University of San Diego, Bowling Green State University, University of Cincinnati, San Jose State University, and City College of San Francisco. At USD, Rosen coached swimmers who had 16 NIC qualifiers, broke nine school records, and had over 95 lifetime best times. She has coached all groups, but most recently focused on mid-distance and distance groups. The 2024-25 marked a transition for UC Santa Barbara as they moved back into The Big West moving on from the MPSF. Both the men and women claimed the Big West Championships, highlighted by 23 medals (including eight golds) on the men’s side and 15 medals (including six golds) from the women. Rose earned Big West Coach of the Year honors, and the accomplishments of the season culminated in UCSB being named the 2025 UCSB Athletics Team of the Year. In 2023-24 season, UC Santa Barbara delivered a standout performance at the MPSF Championships, with the men finishing second and capturing 19 total medals while the women secured a strong fourth-place finish with seven medals. The program also celebrated a major milestone with three athletes qualifying for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. Rosen built on the success and in the 2022-23 season led the Gauchos to a second place finish, earning 22 total medals including 12 goalds at the MPSF Championships on the men's side and a fourth place finish with nine medals on the women's. Following the Championships she named MPSF Coach of the Year. 27 athletes were named All-MPSF with both teams collecting Scholar All-American honors by The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.  In her first season at the helm of both programs Rosen led the Gauchos to second place (men) and fourth place (women) finishes at the MPSF Championships. She coached 28 student-athletes to All-MPSF awards and both teams were named CSCAA Schalar All-American Team. In a pandemic-shortened first season at UC Santa Barbara, Rosen helped lead the Gauchos to five MPSF individual championships as well as 19 MPSF first-team and 34 MPSF second-team selections.  As a student-athlete, Rosen swam at University of Hawaii where she was a team captain her final two years. She went on to get her Masters of Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sports Studies and Sport Psychology at San Jose State.

Macedo had served as the head coach at UCSD since 2011. After the 2014 season, he received Coach of the Year honors from the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference for the second time in the past three years. Prior to being named head coach, he served as an assistant with the program from October of 2008 until his promotion in August of 2011. Macedo also served as head coach for the Trinidad and Tobago national team in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. "We're very excited to bring Matt on board with the Gauchos," said Wilson. "His experience at the collegiate and international levels both as an athlete and as a coach will be invaluable to our program. Our student-athletes will benefit greatly from this hiring." "He parlayed a strong individual career at Cal into a coaching career at UCSD that was very successful across the board while maintaining exceptionally high academic standards. We're very lucky to have him, he is one of the bright young coaches in America." With the Gauchos, he will work in-depth with student-athletes in distance events, individual medley training, and stroke events. Macedo will also coordinate with Wilson on recruiting as well as scheduling and practice planning while providing input on decisions at all levels of the program. During his time with the Tritons, Macedo oversaw a program that broke 66 schools records, earned 18 national titles and 12 conference team titles, and produced 188 All-American performances, including a trio of Division II records. He coached a pair of national champions in Dane Stassi (200 yard butterfly 2012) and Nick Korth (200 yard breaststroke 2014), with the latter setting a Division II NCAA record in his event. UC San Diego was the NCAA Division II Championship runner-up in both 2010 and 2011. In the classroom, his program earned a Collegiate Swim Coaches Association of American Scholar All-American team recognition in 2013. Prior to his time in La Jolla, Macedo served on the staff of two prestigious swimming training facilities. From 2007-08, Macedo worked for The Race Club, where he trained a pair of 2008 Olympic medalists in Nathan Adrian (gold in the 400 meter freestyle) and Milorad Cavic (silver in the 100 meter butterfly) and a 2008 world champion in Duje Draganja (50 meter freestyle). From 2004-07, he was the head coach at North Coast Aquatics in Carlsbad. There, he coached groups of up to 50 top-level high school and age-group athletes. As a student-athlete at Cal, he was a two-time national champion in the 400 yard freestyle relay (2001, 2002) and recorded 20 All-American performances between 1999-2002. He was named Swimmer of the Year by Pacific Swimming in 2000. Internationally, he was a member of the USA National Team from 2001-03. He was a finalist for the Olympic Trials in 2000 and participated in the World University Games in 2001. In 1999, he was ranked in the top-20 worldwide in the 50 meter freestyle and top-50 worldwide in the 100 meter freestyle. Macedo graduated from Cal in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in American studies and a concentration in public health/public policy.

Plume is in his second year as an assistant coach in the UCSB swimming programs. Plume was a four-year letterwinner on the Gaucho men's swimming team and a three-year letterwinner in men's water polo. As a swimmer, Plume swam freestyle and backstroke. At the 2009 Big West Championships he was part of an 800 free relay foursome that finished second and set a UCSB record with a time of 6:31.07. During his career, he also finished as high as fouirth in the 200 free, fourth in the 500 free and eighth in the 100 individual medley. Plume played three seasons for Wolf Wigo's Gaucho water polo team. He played in 53 matches over his final two seasons, icluding all 29 in 2009 when he scored five goals and added eight assists. A native of Hillsborough, Calif., Plume graduated from UCSB with a degree in global studies. He is also a graduate of Burlingame High School where he was a four-time all-league swimmer, also earning All-American honors.

Wright comes to UC Santa Barbara from the North Carolina Aquatic Club in Chapel Hill, N.C. While at the Aquatic Club Wright was the lead coach for over 50 athletes across Senior 2 and Senior 3 groups. He played a pivotal role in creating and progressing the Senior 3 group and has grown the group by over 100 percent since its inception in 2022. Wright also led the 13-14 age groups and substituted on occasions for the 8 and under group.   Prior to his time in Chapel Hill, Wright spent time at A3 Performance in Tucson, Ariz. as a Professional Athlete. He worked with the A3 Management to operate swim clinics in various locations across the United States, aided in testing and developing new tech suits and swim equipment. He also acted as a Marketing and Sales Rep on the pool deck and through social media.   As an athlete, Wright swam at the University of Arizona from 2014-2018 and was the team captain his senior season. Additionally, he was a United States National Team member from 2017 to 2021. He earned an end-of-season world ranking of sixth in the 200-butterfly long course and was the 2018 United States National Champion in the same event. Before that, he was selected to compete for the U.S. at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacs, 2014 Youth Olympics, 2017 World University Games, 2018 Pan Pacs, 2018 Short Course Worlds and most recently 2019 Worlds.   "I am thrilled to be returning home to the West Coast to work at UC Santa Barbara," said Wright. "As a California swimmer, I have always dreamed of competing for the Gauchos, and now I have the incredible opportunity to be a coach. I am deeply grateful to everyone who has supported me on this journey. I can't wait to dive into this new chapter!"

Matt Harder joins UC Santa Barbara after previously serving as a Part-Time Assistant Coach for the University of Chicago. While at Chicago, the men’s team finished 3rd at the NCAA DIII Championships in each of his two seasons and the women’s team placed 8th in 2024 and 7th in 2025. In total, the Maroons earned 33 NCAA All-American Awards and broke 29 School Records. At the 2025 NCAA DIII Championships, he helped guide Cooper Costello to become the first DIII swimmer in history to break 46 seconds in the 100 fly (45.97) en-route to an individual NCAA title. In addition, the Chicago men swept the 200-400-800 freestyle relays at NCAA’s, with the 800 freestyle relay tying the NCAA Record at 6:26.98. During the Summer of 2024, he also assisted in the lead-up training for two Maroons: Garrett Clasen, a 2024 US Olympic Trials qualifier, and Jesse Ssengonzi, a first-time Olympian (Uganda) who competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. Ssengonzi had won the 100 fly (46.28) for the Maroons at the 2024 NCAA DIII Championships in what was then a new NCAA Record. Harder also served as the Head Senior Coach of RISE Aquatic Club, a Bronze Medal Club in Chicago in which he was part of the inaugural staff for 2022. At RISE, Harder coached multiple Illinois State Champions and State Championship Relays, State Record Holders, Winter Junior Qualifiers, Summer Junior Qualifiers/Finalists, and US Open Qualifiers. During Harder’s last season, RISE Aquatic Club swept the Team Standings at the 2025 LC Senior State Championships, winning Top Girls Club, Top Boys Club, and Top Overall Club. While at RISE, Harder was nominated for several Coaching Staffs at the Central Zone and USA Swimming Level. Harder had served on 4 of Team Illinois’ Coaching Staffs for the Central Zone Championships, including being named Head Coach in 2023 and 2024. Additionally, Harder had been selected to serve as an Assistant Coach for USA Swimming’s Central Zone Select Camp in 2022 and 2023, as well as an Assistant Manager in 2025. Harder earned his Bachelor’s of Science in K-12 Physical Education with a minor in Sports Psychology from Concordia University Chicago.