Texas A&M University-College Station Women's Swimming & Diving

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

BULTMAN UP CLOSE PERSONAL Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana Education: LSU, 1970 (bachelor's in psychology); Tulane, 1975 (PhysEd certification); West Florida, 1979 (master's in PhysEd) COACHING CAREER 1969-70: LSU (Assistant Coach) 1990-91: LSU (Assistant Coach) 1995-99: Georgia (Assistant Coach) 1999-: Texas A&M (Head Coach) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Big 12: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 SEC: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 OLYMPIC COACHING EXPERIENCE U.S. Olympic Team: 1988, 2012 Mexico Olympic Team: 2016 Estonia Olympic Team: 2008 NCAA CHAMPIONS Julia Wilkinson: 100 Free (2010) Alia Atkinson: 200 Breast (2010) Breeja Larson: 100 Breast (2012, 2013, 2014) Cammile Adams: 200 Fly (2013, 2014) Paige Miller: 100 Back (2014) Sarah Henry: 400 IM (2015) COACHING HONORS 2015 American Swim Coaches Hall of Fame 2021 International Swimming Coaches Hall of Fame 7x Big 12 Coach of the Meet (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012) 5x Big 12 Coach of the Year (2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012) 4x SEC Coach of the Year (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019) Olympians: 19 (16 at A&M) All-Americans: 80 Conference Swimmer of the Year honors: 9 Conference Newcomer of the Year honors: 6 One of the nation’s most respected and innovative swim coaches, two-time U.S. Olympic Team coach and 2015 American Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, Steve Bultman has overseen one of the most dramatic rises to power in college swimming history since taking over the reins of the women’s swimming and diving program at Texas A&M in 1

Caroline Maxvill Stanek returned to Aggieland in August of 2021 and was promoted to associate head coach ahead of the 2023-24 season. Prior to joining the A&M staff, she spent three seasons as an assistant coach at LSU and served as an assistant coach at Miami for three seasons. Stanek helped develop one of the top breaststrokers in LSU history as Niamh Robinson moved up to No. 3 all-time in LSU history in the 100 breast and No. 1 in the 200 breast. At the SEC Championships, Robinson finished in fifth place in the 200 breast and sixth in the 100 breast. Stanek played a huge role in many Lady Tigers breaking school records over the 2018-19 season, including both Haylee Knight and Summer Spradley, who set school records at the 2019 Swimming & Diving SEC Championships. Knight set the school record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.71 and Spradley set a school record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.03. During her tenure with Miami, she played a crucial role in the development of Angela Algee, a two-time NCAA qualifier. Algee, along with Christina Leander, also made it to the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2016. Prior to her time at Miami, Stanek spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at TCU. The native of Dallas was also the head swimming & diving coach at Athens (Texas) High School in 2012-13. Stanek is also an accomplished swimmer herself. After winning the 2007 Texas 4A State Championship in the 100-yard breaststroke for J.J. Pearce High School, Stanek qualified fo

LEREW UP CLOSE PERSONAL Education: Colorado State, 1975 (bachelor's physical education) COACHING CAREER 1979-81: Colorado State (Head Women's Diving Coach) 2...

McConnell arrived in College Station in August of 2020, joining the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach for the Texas A&M women's swimming & diving...