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Stu Wilson enters his second season at Georgia Tech as an assistant coach for men’s and women’s swimming and diving.
Wilson’s duties include on-deck coaching, primarily with the Tech’s distance swimmers, as well as recruiting for both the men’s and women’s teams. In addition, Wilson will assist the head coach with the design of weight and dryland training programs for the team.
In 2002-03, Wilson saw two of his distance swimmers qualify for the NCAA Championships in Shilo Ayalon and Sam Morgan. Ayalon went on to earn All-America honors for the third straight time, becoming the first Tech swimmer to claim that distinction. Morgan became the first Tech rookie to compete at NCAAs.
Wilson joins the Yellow Jacket staff after working with the club team Swim Atlanta since 1990. Wilson served as the team’s Head Senior Coach since 1998. 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, compiling a newsletter and keeping track of all team records. He worked as a head age group coach with Swim Atlanta from 1990-98.
Wilson coached several successful swimmers at Swim Atlanta, including Amanda Weir, who set national age-group records (11-12 and 13-14) in the 50 free. Additionally, he mentored swimmers that posted over 50 national top-16 age-group performances.
Prior to joining Swim Atlanta, 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. Wilson was a NCAA qualifier in the 400 free relay and held the Bulldog record in the 200 free at one time. Wilson also qualified for U.S. Nationals in his final six seasons of competitive swimming.
Wilson graduated from Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1989.
