Anthony Nesty

Biography

One of the most decorated swimmers in Florida history, Anthony Nesty enters his eighth season as the men’s swimming & diving head coach and 28th as a member of the Gators’ coaching staff in 2025-26. The 25-26 campaign also marks the fifth season in which Anthony Nesty serves at the helm of the women’s swimming & diving program. Nesty’s Coaching Career at Florida: In the seven NCAA Championships coached under Nesty, Florida has finished in the top 10 all seven times and was the only program in the nation to have both teams place third at the 2024 NCAA Championships. No other swimming and diving program in the country had both teams finish in the top five. Since assuming the role of men’s head coach in 2018, the Gators have secured a fourth-place or better finish five times, earning third-place finishes in 2021, 2022 and 2024, fourth in 2025 and sixth in 2019 and 2023. In his first NCAA Championships as the women’s head coach in 2022, Florida finished 13th, marking the program’s highest finish since the 2014-15 season. Since then, the Gators have recorded three straight NCAA top-10 finishes: ninth in 2023, third in 2024 and sixth in 2025. It marked the first time since 2013–15 the women earned three consecutive top-10 finishes, while the third-place showing in 2024 was their best finish since 2010. Since 2018, 42 Florida men have combined for 264 NCAA Championship All-America honors. Eleven Gators have claimed 19 NCAA event titles including, Bobby Finke (2021, 1650 Free & 400 I