Bruno Darzi

Biography

Bruno Darzi is entering his first season as a part of Dara Torres' coaching staff at Boston College. Darzi comes to the Heights after nearly three decades of coaching at the college, junior, senior, international, and Olympic levels. “I’m incredibly honored and excited to have Bruno join our program as associate head coach," Torres said. "He has over 25 years experience - 15 as a head coach - and I trained with Bruno for my sixth and final Olympic Trials. There’s no way I would have accomplished what I did at 45 years old without his coaching and guidance. We both can’t wait to get the season going with this great group of Eagles' swimmers.” In addition to working with Torres - a five-time Olympian - Darzi coached three-time Olympians Vlad Polyakov (Kazakhstan) and Arlene Semeco (Venezuela) and has vast international experience, serving as Uruguay's coach at the 2019 Pan American Games and World Junior Swimming championships. Prior to arriving at Boston College, Darzi was the Coach Director with USA Swimming's Southern Zone, which is comprised of 15 separate local swim committees (LSC) across nine states. In addition, Darzi served as the General Chair for Florida Gold Coast Swimming and was a member of its board since 2014. He is also a member of the LSC Development Committee with USA Swimming. Since 2010, Darzi has served as the head coach of the Coral Springs Swim Club in Coral Springs, Fla. During his time at CSSC, Darzi has coached several swimmers to numerous National To