Cornell University Men's Swimming & Diving

After five successful years poolside for the Big Red as an assistant coach, former Cornell swimming great Wes Newman '09 was named The Philip H. Bartels '71 Head Coach of Men's Swimming in April 2015. He had returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for both the men's and women's teams in July of 2009 and was promoted to Associate Head Coach in July of 2014. The Canadian Olympic Trials participant and NCAA qualifier rewrote the Big Red record book during his four-year varsity career, graduating as one of the school's most decorated swimmers. A three-time Eastern champion, Newman held five individual and four school relay records at the time of his graduation. He swam on five Eastern champion relay teams during his career as well. Newman qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 free in 2007 and 2009 and finished in the top five at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials in two events. A two-year team captain and the winner of the 2008 Richie Moran Award at Cornell, he was voted the team's most valuable performer in each of his four seasons. He was elected to the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.

Treadwell joined the Cornell men's swimming and diving staff in October of 2024. Treadwell arrived to Cornell with six years of experience coaching swim. He began his coaching career as a GA at Wesleyan University, and most recently was a volunteer assistant at North Carolina State University where the Wolfpack maintained dominance in the ACC and produced a handful of national champions.

Ross arrived to Cornell with 20 years of experience in the sport of diving. He began his coaching career under the tutelage of Olympic coach, Wenbo Chen, where he formed much of his understanding of elite level diving and coaching. Coach Ross was invited to join the cast of "O" by Cirque du Soleil in 2014 as a high diver where he performed for 8 years, developing further his understanding of high level, athletic performance. Stepping in at University of Hawaii, he brought 8 divers to NCAA Zone Championships and celebrated 21 top 8 finishes, including 5 individual titles at the MPSF Conference Championships that year.