U of M Men's Swimming and Diving

Dick Degener diving
Richard Degener, NCAA Diving Champion 1933, 1934
Olympic gold medallist, 1936


All-Time Michigan Swimming and Diving Coaches' Records, 1922-2017
Championships
Coach Year Overall Big Ten Conf. NCAA
John Jerome 1922* 1-2-0 0-0-0 0 0
W. Sterry Brown 1923 2-2-0 0-2 0 0
Gerald Barnes 1924 1-2-1 0-1-1 0 0
Matt Mann 1925-1954 206-25-3 133-12-2 16 13**
Gus Stager 1955-1979, 1982 188-40-1 128-34-0 3 4
Bill Farley 1980-1981 14-4-0 9-3 0 0
Jon Urbanchek 1983-2004 163-35-0100-4-0 13 1
Bob Bowman 2005-2008 30-8-1 21-1-1 1
Mike Bottom 2009-2019 111-13-1 69-9-9 9 1
Matt Bowe 2024- 1-3 0-3-0 0 0
Totals 1922-2024 717-133-7 466-59-4 0  

Diving Coach **
Matt Mann 1926-1950 2 7
Bruce Harlan 1951-1959 1 2
Dick Kimball 1959-2002 7 4
Christopher Bergere 2002-2010 1
KZ LI 2011-2014  
Mike Hillde 2014-2023  
Cokey Huffman 2024-  

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* The 1921/22 team was an "unofficial varsity" squad. Official varsity competition began in 1922/23
* Includes seven "unofficial" titles won before official NCAA team championships were recognized in 1937.
** Diving totals refer to number of individual titles won in Big Ten and NCAA championship meets.


U-M Men's Swiming: Team Photos 1921-2008     All-Time Roster    Team Captains

More Information: Record Book (from mgoblue.com)


National and Conference Team Championships
NCAA Team Championships: 12
1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1995, 2013

Big Ten Team Championships: 40
1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021

NCAA Event Championships
Event No.     Event No.     Event No.
50 Yard Freestyle 12 100 Yard Freestyle 16 220 Yard Freestyle 8
200 Yard Freestyle 5 440 Yard Freestyle 4 500 Yard Freestyle 7
1500 M Freestyle 2 1650 Yard Freestyle 7 150 Yard Backstroke 6
200 Yard Backstroke 2 100 Y Surface Breast. 4 200 Y Breaststroke 9
200 Y Surface Breast. 6 100 Y Butterfly 4 200 Y Butterfly 13
150 Y Ind. Medley 3 400 Y Ind. Medley 10 200 Y Free Relay 3
400 Y Free Relay 14 800 Y Free Relay 5 100 Y Medley Relay 1
400 Y Medley Relay 3 400 M Freestyle1 300 Y Medley Relay 11
800 M Free. Relay 1 9
1 M Springboard 4 3 M Springboard 9 Platform Diving 1

Big Ten Event Championships
Event No.     Event No.     Event No.
40 Y Freestyle 1 50 Y Freestyle 23 100 Y Freestyle 32
200 Y Freestyle 25 220 Y Freestyle 17 440 Y Freestyle 15
500 Y Freestyle 29 1500 M Freestyle 1 1650 Y Freestyle 29
100 Y Backstroke 10 150 Y Backstroke 11 200 Y Backstroke 16
100 Y Breaststroke 25 200 Y Breaststroke 38 100 Y Butterfly 15
200 Y Butterfly 28 150 Y Ind. Medley 4 200 Y Ind. Medley 17
400 Y Ind. Medley 29 160 Y Free. Relay 1 200 Y Free. Relay 6
400 Y Free. Relay 35 800 Y Free. Relay 29 200 Y Medley Relay 9
300 Y Medley Relay 18 400 Y Medley Relay 17
One M Diving 6 Three M Diving 3 Fancy Diving 2
10 M Platform Diving
(Exhibition)
7

Michigan NCAA Champions

Freestyle Champions

Backstroke and Breaststroke Champions

Butterfly and Individual Medley Champions

Relay Champions

Diving Champions

Gustavo Borges
Gustavo Borges,
7 NCAA titles