Blaire Anderson

Biography

THE ANDERSON FILE PERSONAL Education: Georgia State, '09 (B.A. Mass Communications) Family: husband, Matthew and son, George RESUME 2010-15: Head Swim Coach/Aquatics Director, Brenau 2015-16: Assistant Swimming Coach/Women's Recruiting Coordinator, Dartmouth 2016-17: Assistant Swimming Coach/Women's Recruiting Coordinator, Indiana 2017-21: Assistant Coach, Virginia 2021-24: Associate Head Coach, Virginia 2024-: Director of Swimming & Diving, Texas A&M Blaire Anderson was named the first Director of Texas A&M Swimming & Diving in May of 2024 after spending seven seasons on staff at Virginia, most recently as the associate head coach. She oversees both the men’s and women’s swimming & diving programs after Texas A&M combined the programs in April of 2024. Anderson arrived in Aggieland after helping guide one of the most dominant women’s swimming & diving programs in recent years to four consecutive team national titles, while helping the men’s team to five consecutive top-20 finishes at NCAA Championships. She joined the Virginia coaching staff in August 2017 as an assistant coach and was later promoted to associate head coach. She served as the women’s recruiting coordinator and primary coach for the upper middle distance training group. She aided in the recruitment of the No. 1 and No. 2 women’s recruiting classes, as well as the No. 3 and No. 9 men’s recruiting classes in the NCAA. Anderson helped guide Virginia’s women’s team to the program’s first NCAA Championship in 2020