Auburn University Men's Swimming & Diving

Abbie Houck was named an assistant coach with the Auburn swimming and diving program in May 2021. A former All-American swimmer at Louisville, Houck came to Auburn from the University of Houston where she was an assistant under current Auburn head coach Ryan Wochomurka for two seasons. "I am extremely excited to welcome Abbie and her fiancé Josh to Auburn," Wochomurka said. "I had the opportunity to coach Abbie for two years at Louisville, and then watch as she developed in the coaching profession first as a volunteer at U of L and then as an assistant at IUPUI. I jumped at the chance to bring her to Houston two years ago, and she was invaluable to our success there in the development of seven All-Americans over the last two seasons. Abbie is exceptional in the on-deck coaching role, even more effective as a communicator to student-athletes, and one the best recruiters I have had the honor to work with." In her two seasons at Houston, Houck helped lead the women's program to back-to-back American Athletic Conference team championships along with seven NCAA qualifiers that earned nine All-America honors. This past season the program had its best NCAA finish in 10 years. "I am so excited to be a part of the Auburn swimming and diving program," Houck said. "It is an honor to join a team with such rich traditions, and I am grateful to continue working with Ryan on the pool deck. I'm eager to get to the Plains and get to work. War Eagle!" Prior to Houston, Houck was at IUPUI where

Averee Preble, an All-American and Auburn graduate, returned to the Plains as an assistant coach for the Tigers’ Swimming and Diving program in April of 2025. Preble, a native of Clovis, California, swam for the Orange and Blue from 2020-24, qualifying for the NCAA Championships on four different occasions and earning All-American Honorable mention honors with a 16th-place finish at the 2023 championships in Knoxville, Tennessee. By the time Preble graduated, she finished her career as the fourth-fastest performer in school history in the 1000 free (9:38.53) and No. 7 in the 1650 free (16:02.99). Three of the top 15 swims in program history belong to Preble. She would also add SEC All-Freshman and All-SEC Second Team honors to her name before she left the Plains. A standout in the pool and in the classroom, Preble racked up three CSCAA Academic All-American Honors (2022, 2023, 2024), was a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025) and earned SEC First-Year Academic honors in 2022. Preble spent last season as an assistant coach at Indiana University Indianapolis. Under her guidance, the Jaguar long-distance and mid-distance freestyle group reached incredible heights across the 2024-25 campaign. Emmaleigh Zietlow set a Horizon League Championship Record in the 500 free, captured the conference title in the 200 free and set a meet record in the 200 free at the House of Champs Invite. Meanwhile, Nathan Rariden set the Horizon League record in the 200 fre