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Stu Wilson, who was named men's and women's swimming and diving head coach on June 8, 2005, enters his fourth season as head coach and seventh overall with the program. In his seven years with the Tech program, Wilson has guided seven different swimmers to the NCAA Championships and tutored three Atlantic Coast Conference champions.
Last year, Wilson led the women's team to its highest finish at the NCAA Championship in school history and both the men's and women's teams combined to break 19 school records throughout the course of the season. Seven Yellow Jackets earned All-ACC honors in 2007-08, while seven student-athletes were named to the ACC All-Academic team. Junior Mickey Malul was an ACC champion in the 100-breast as the men's team finished fourth at the ACC Championships. Three swimmers and two divers went to the NCAA Championships and senior Elizabeth Stowe placed 28th in the mile as the Jackets finished 30th in the nation. Agatha Kwasnik and Noah Copeland also represented Tech along with divers Stephanie England and Hannah Krimm.
Sam Morgan ended his career as a two-time All-American in the 1650-yard freestyle and became the first Yellow Jacket to qualify for the NCAA Championship meet in four consecutive seasons under Wilson's guidance.
In his first season as head coach in 2005-06, Wilson led the Jackets to their fourth straight top-five finish in the ACC, tallying a fourth-place finish at the 2006 ACC Championships, in College Park, Md. Tech boasted one ACC champion and Morgan garnered all-conference honors in the mile for the second straight season.
Wilson helped the Yellow Jacket men to four consecutive top-35 finishes at the NCAA Championships, posting a 33rd-place finish at the 2006 Men's NCAA Championships, hosted by Georgia Tech.
Tech sent four swimmers to the 2005 NCAA Championships, the second most in school history, and five of the seven All-America honors earned by Yellow Jackets have come during Wilson's tenure.
Former Tech standout Shilo Ayalon and Morgan both garnered All-America honors under Wilson's tutelage. Ayalon holds four school records and was named ACC Most Valuable Performer at the 2003 ACC Championships.
In 2006, Rob Miller, Morgan and Elizabeth Stowe all qualified for the NCAA Championships under Wilson's guidance. Morgan won his first ACC title in the men's 1650-yard freestyle and Miller finished fifth. Stowe posted a third-place finish in the women's 1650 free to earn All-ACC honors. All three clocked lifetime-best times in their respective events for Yellow Jackets.
Prior to joining the Yellow Jacket staff in 2002, Wilson spent 11 years with nationally-prominent club team Swim Atlanta from 1990-2001, serving as the team's Head Senior Coach for his last four seasons there. In this position, he planned and implemented strength and conditioning programs for swimmers age 13-and-over. He also handled administrative duties, including fundraising, travel arrangements, public relations and record-keeping. He worked as a head age group coach with Swim Atlanta from 1990-98.
Wilson coached several successful swimmers at Swim Atlanta, including 2004 U.S. Olympian Amanda Weir, who set national age-group records (11-12 and 13-14) in the 50 free. Additionally, he mentored swimmers that posted more than 50 national top-16 age-group performances.
As an athlete, Wilson competed at the University of Georgia from 1984-88, reaching the finals of the SEC Championships in the 200 and 500 free in each of his last three seasons. He was an NCAA qualifier in the 400 free relay and held the school record in the 200 free at one time. Wilson also qualified for U.S. Nationals in his final six seasons of competitive swimming.
A native of Atlanta, Wilson, 45, graduated from Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1989. He married the former Meg Gordon in the summer of 2008 and the couple reside in Atlanta.
