University of West Florida Women's Swimming

Hancock was hired as the UWF womens swimming and diving teams inaugural head coach in 2012. Hancock, a former 10-time champion as a student-athlete in the Horizon League, took the position as his first collegiate head coaching role. In April 2015, Hancock was the lead author on a study that was published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning titled " Postactivation Potentiation Enhances Swim Performances in Collegiate Swimmers ." He has also been interviewed by SwimmingScience.net about the study.   In the Argonauts' first season in 2013-14, Hancock led the team to a runner-up finish at the New South Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Conference Championships. Four Argonauts qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships, and they led UWF to a 23rd place finish at the national meet.   The Argonauts reached new heights in their second season in 2014-15, winning the NSISC championship and placing 11th at the NCAA national meet. Hancock was named NSISC Coach of the Year, and nine student-athletes earned All-America finishes at the national meet. Hancock added another NSISC Championship and three national champions to his resume in the 2015-16 season in Monica Amaral (1-meter diving, 3-meter diving) and Theresa Michalak (100 Breaststroke). On top of the individual honors, the team took another step forward and brought home a program-best sixth place finish at the NCAA national meet. The Argonauts saw 10 student-athletes move into the NCAA meet, and all 10 scored points to earn All-American status. For a second consecutive year, Hancock was named the NSISC Coach of the Year   Before coming to UWF Hancock spent the previous five years as the assistant coach for the mens and womens swimming and diving teams at his alma mater, Cleveland State University. In 2011 Hancock was tabbed by CollegeSwimming.com as one of the top swimming and diving assistant coaches in the country as an honorable mention selection for the Assistant Coach of the Year award.   During the 2011-12 season at CSU, Hancock helped lead both the mens and womens teams to runner-up finishes in the Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships. In his five-year term he helped the mens team earn at least 10 wins each year and the womens team to 15 wins in the 2010-11 season. In his time at Cleveland State, the womens swimmers he recruited broke every school record in the programs history.   Before coaching at CSU Hancock competed as a student-athlete for the Vikings for four seasons on the mens swimming and diving team. In that time he was named Horizon League Swimmer of the Year in 2002 and won six individual titles, including the 1,650 yard freestyle in each of his final three seasons. Hancock also was the first Viking to break the four minute mark in the 400 yard individual medley. He helped the team to four consecutive conference titles as a member of the 800 yard freestyle relay team.   Hancock graduated from Cleveland State in 2004 with a bachelors degree in finance, and he completed his master's in exercise science from CSU in 2012. He is married to Rebecca, a former Viking swimmer, and they have three children, Oliver, Caroline and Nora.

Clifford joined the Univeristy of West Florida womens swimming and diving program as a graduate assistant coach in 2013. Clifford, originally from Pollock Pines, Calif., came to UWF after competing at Northwestern University for one year and Texas A&M Univeristy for two years. At Northwestern, Clifford ranked on the teams top times list in four events and was a College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-American honorable mention in 2012. She ranks fourth all-time on NUs all-time top times list in the 400 IM, after finishing 14th overall in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships. Clifford also qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2008 and again in 2012.

2016 CSCAA DII Diving Coach of the Year 12-Time NSISC Diving Coach of the Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) Barbara Parker joined the University of West Florida women’s swimming and diving program as its diving coach in 2013. Parker, originally from Alexandria, Va. and currently based in Mobile, Ala., came to UWF with years of diving coaching experience. In September 2016, she was appointed to the NCAA men's and women's swimming and diving committee. In UWF's first season in 2013-14, Josie McKee and Meghan Zets both qualified for the NCAA Division II Diving Qualifying Meet. McKee was the high point diver and won the 1 and 3 meter events at the New South Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Conference Championships, and Parker was named NSISC Diving Coach of the Year. The Argos had even more success in 2014-15, as Monica Amaral was the high point diver at the NSISC Championships and Parker repeated as NSISC Diving Coach of the Year. Amaral finished second in the nation at 3 meters and third at 1 meter, earning All-America first team awards in both events. McKee was also an honorable mention All-America pick at 3 meters. Parker saw Amaral bring home two national championships in the 2015-16 season, and earned diving coach of the year accolades from both the NSISC and the NCAA. Amaral was again the high point diver at the NSISC Championships and earned the NCAA Diver of the Year for her efforts.  2017 served as a bit of a repeat for Parker. Amaral swept the NCAA Championships and was named the high point diver at the NSISC Championships for a third time. UWF added another diving All-American in Mariah Constantakos, who placed 14th at the national meet, and Parker earned CSCAA and NSISC Diving Coach of the Year honors again. Parker helped send four student-athletes to the NCAA Diving Qualifier in 2018, and Mariah Constantakos and Jesstina Farrell each advanced into the NCAA Championships. Farrell made history at the meet, becoming the first freshman in program history to earn All-America honors as a diver with a 14th-place finish in the 3-meter.  In 2019, Parker had three divers qualify for the NCAA Diving Qualifier in Indianapolis. She also helped coach Jesstina Farrell to a first place finish in the 1-meter dive event at the NSISC Championships. In 2021, UWF Diving had the highest number of divers in the National Championship in team history with 3. All 3 scored team points. Kelsey DeJesus and Daniela Reyes placed 5th and 7th on 1M and DeJesus placed 3rd on 3M. In 2022, UWF has two divers make it to the finals in the 3-meter competition. Kelsey DeJesus finished 3rd while Daniela Reyes finished 7th. West Florida had three divers advance to the NCAA Diving Championships in the 1-meter competition tying for the highest number of divers making it to the NCAA Championships in the 1-meter.  This season, Parker earned her 10th consecutive NSISC Diving Coach of the Year honors as she had Michelle Mejia win the 1-meter competition and Olivia Nelson won the 3-meter competition. She had five divers advance to the NCAA Diving Championships this year. Daniela Reyes and Adriana Mieses-Sanchez earned CSCAA All-American First Team status on the 1-meter with Reyes finishing 3rd and Mieses-Sanchez finishing 6th. Reyes and Olivia Nelson came in 6th and 7th on the 3-meter boards at nationals.  Parker started her coaching career in Mobile in 1993, leading divers to numerous high school state championships. She also mentored two All-Americans and divers on the regional, zone and national levels. Parker trained under Rob O’Brien, an eight-time Olympic coach, along with Olympic coaches Hobie Billingsley and Dave Parrington. Parker earned her Bachelor of Science in education from the University of Alabama, and she also graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in recreation administration at the University of South Alabama. She is a FINA certified national and international judge, and she has served as a collegiate judge in multiple conference championship meets.