University of Evansville Men's Swimming

Perkins enters his 14th season as head coach of the mens and womens swimming & diving team. While at UE, Perkins has continued to carry the tradition of the program. During his career, Perkins has led the squad to 48 all-conference honors, 62 scholar-athletes and four CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-American selections. Before coming to Evansville in 2002, Perkins was a successful swim coach in Alaska, the state of Washington, and the Bahamas. He was head assistant swim coach, recruiting coordinator and academic coach for the previous three years at the University of Washington. Perkins served on the coaching staff of the Barracuda Swim Club in Nassau, Bahamas from 1998-99, and before that was Head Swim Coach at the University of Alaska-Anchorage from 1994-98. Originally from Midland, Texas, Perkins earned his bachelors degree in physical education at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. He began his coaching career at the high school and club levels in Anchorage in 1989, and then took over the program at his alma mater in 1994. Under Perkins, Alaska-Anchorage improved from 24th to 13th in the NCAA Division II National Championship meet, and produced 16 All-Americans. Perkins also improved the team grade point average to better than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. In 1998 he became a National Coach for the Bahamas, and helped lead the National Team to seven meet records and its highest finish ever at the CARIFTA Swim Championships, the major swim meet among Caribbean countries. In 1999 he went to Washington, and helped the Huskies set 17 school records. Washington also produced a ninth place finisher in the 2001 NCAA Division I Mens Swimming & Diving Championships. Perkins wife, Delores, serves as a volunteer coach, helping out in all aspects of the team. The couple currently reside in Evansville.

Brown is entering his third season as an assistant coach with the Purple Aces. In the 2014-15 season, he helped freshman Courtney Coverdale earn a spot in the NCAA Zones at a very early point in the season.  Prior to that, Brown guided freshman diver Alex Hart to the honorable mention selection in the Missouri Valley Conference.   Brown is a UE graduate, having earned his B.S. in Athletic Training in May of 2005 before moving on to Southeast Missouri State University to earn his master's in Higher Education Athletic Administration. "I am very excited to have someone of Andy's talent join the staff," Perkins said.  "Andy brings a unique skill set to our team. He is an excellent diving coach with a strong swimming background, having done both here at UE."   Brown has spent the last ten years working in several capacities as a diving coach.  Most recently, he worked at Pine Creek and Liberty High School in Colorado Springs, Colo.  He spent 2009 through 2011 at Cape Central HS in Cape Girardeau while also coaching diving at Fremont Public Schools (Fremont, Mich.) and Evansville North High School.   His coaching expertise has resulted in five of his student-athletes qualifying for State's while three placed in those meets.  He has worked with students in order to motivate and guide them to achieving their goals while gaining patience in working with beginners at teaching them new skills.