Scranton, PA – Marywood University has named Greg Brown as the first-ever Aquatics Director and Head Coach of the Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving programs according to an announcement made today by Dr. Mary Jo Gunning, Director of Athletics and Recreation. Brown comes to Marywood after spending four seasons as the head women’s swimming coach at Division I Siena College, where he was the winningest coach in Saints’ history.
In his four years at Siena, Brown’s teams posted a 29-21 (.580) overall record and a 14-8 (.636) mark in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) meets. The longest-tenured coach in Saints’ history, Brown was named the 2010 MAAC Coach of the Year after leading Siena to a program-best 10 wins and a third-place finish in the MAAC Championships, the squad’s highest finish since 2003.
During the 2008-09 season, Brown led the Saints to a 7-5 record including a 3-2 mark in MAAC meets and guided the team to a sixth place finish for a second straight year at the MAAC Championships, including an impressive 10th place mark at the ECAC Championships. The Saints broke several school and pool records during the season and eight swimmers earned MAAC All-Academic Team honors.
Under Brown's guidance, the Saints completed one of the most decorated seasons in program history during the 2007-08 campaign. Siena posted a 9-4 overall meet record and won five of its six MAAC meets and placed sixth in the MAAC Championships while establishing six new school records during the season. Additionally, Brown mentored freshman Brittany Pavolko who was named MAAC Swimmer of the Week twice during the year.
Sienna posted a 3-6 record during his first season in 2006-07 and finished in seventh place at the MAAC Championships. The Saints also placed three members on the MAAC All-Academic Team in 2006-07 and Samantha Coratti garnered MAAC Women's Swimmer of the Week Accolades in early November.
Upon his graduation from Lycoming College in 2002, Brown served as an assistant coach the University of Vermont during the 2002-2003 season. He assisted in all aspects of the program, focusing on team development and recruiting.
In the fall of 2002, Brown also took over as the head swimming coach at the Greater Burlington YMCA. He oversaw a team that consisted of upwards of 75 swimmers during the fall/winter season. He qualified a record 10 swimmers for the 2005 YMCA Long Course Championship. At the meet, six of those were named YMCA All-Americans.
Brown also helped swimmers from Greater Burlington qualify for the YMCA National Meet in the spring and summer of 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Additionally, Brown served as the head swim coach for both Burlington Country Club (2003-2004) and Quarry Hill Club (2005-2006) in their summer recreation programs which competed in the Champlain Valley Stream League. Brown led his 2006 Quarry Hill Club to the Vermont State Championship
As an undergraduate history major at Lycoming, Brown was a four-year letterman in swimming. Brown was named the team captain in 2002 after winning the Coaches Award and being named Team MVP in 2001. The Mechanicsburg, PA native was a five-time Middle Atlantic silver medalist and two-time bronze medalist for the Warriors.
Marywood is scheduled to begin Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving in the fall 2010 semester with completion of a multi-million dollar state of the art Aquatics Center scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.