University of California - Santa Barbara Women's Swimming

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.

Monobe is in her first season as an assistant coach on Matt Macedo's UCSB coaching staff after spending one year as an assistant at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "I am extremely excited to have Ellie Monobe join our staff," Macedo said at the time of her hiring in August. "Ellie brings tremendous knowledge from her experience as captain of an NCAA championship team while at Cal which will immediately impact our student-athletes. Ellie has also enjoyed great coaching success at San Jose State, UMass and, most recently, at UNLV and I look forward to working with her. She will spearhead our recruiting efforts and assist in travel and parent and alumni communication. Most importantly, her presence and impact on deck will be a valuable asset to our program." Monobe, a native of Northern California, spent one year in Las Vegas after serving as an assistant coach at UMass during the 2014-15 season. At UNLV, she assisted in virtually all aspects of the Rebels swimming and diving program. From a training standpoint, she specialized in training the individual medley and sprint groups. Monobe helped lead the men's program to a tie for 35th at the NCAA Championship. At UMass, Monobe worked with breaststrokers, in addition to training the IM groups. Before accepting her position at UMass, Monobe spent the 2013-14 year as head coach of the Sun Valley Swim Team in Lafayette, Calif. She was also a graduate assistant in compliance at San Jose State, where she earned her MA in kinesiology. While at SJSU, she was also the team manager for the Spartan women's swimming and diving team. Monobe got her first taste of coaching at her alma mater, Cal, where she was an undergraduate assistant/volunteer assistant coach for the Bears' women's team in 2011-12 while completing her BA in American studies. From 2007-11, Monobe was a four-year member of Cal's women's swimming team. She was a team captain as a senior and won the program's Coach's Award in 2009 and 2011. She was also a member of Cal's NCAA championship teams in 2009 and 2011 and its Pac 10 title team in 2009. Ellie Monobe is in her first season as an assistant coach on Matt Macedo's UCSB coaching staff after spending one year as an assistant at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "I am extremely excited to have Ellie Monobe join our staff," Macedo said at the time of her hiring in August. "Ellie brings tremendous knowledge from her experience as captain of an NCAA championship team while at Cal which will immediately impact our student-athletes. Ellie has also enjoyed great coaching success at San Jose State, UMass and, most recently, at UNLV and I look forward to working with her. She will spearhead our recruiting efforts and assist in travel and parent and alumni communication. Most importantly, her presence and impact on deck will be a valuable asset to our program." Monobe, a native of Northern California, spent one year in Las Vegas after serving as an assistant coach at UMass during the 2014-15 season. At UNLV, she assisted in virtually all aspects of the Rebels swimming and diving program. From a training standpoint, she specialized in training the individual medley and sprint groups. Monobe helped lead the men's program to a tie for 35th at the NCAA Championship. At UMass, Monobe worked with breaststrokers, in addition to training the IM groups. Before accepting her position at UMass, Monobe spent the 2013-14 year as head coach of the Sun Valley Swim Team in Lafayette, Calif. She was also a graduate assistant in compliance at San Jose State, where she earned her MA in kinesiology. While at SJSU, she was also the team manager for the Spartan women's swimming and diving team. Monobe got her first taste of coaching at her alma mater, Cal, where she was an undergraduate assistant/volunteer assistant coach for the Bears' women's team in 2011-12 while completing her BA in American studies. From 2007-11, Monobe was a four-year member of Cal's women's swimming team. She was a team captain as a senior and won the program's Coach's Award in 2009 and 2011. She was also a member of Cal's NCAA championship teams in 2009 and 2011 and its Pac 10 title team in 2009.