Joe Acquaviva Steps Down as Head Swimming Coach

LANCASTER, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall head males’s and ladies’s swimming coach Joe Acquaviva has introduced that he’s stepping down from his place to simply accept an assistant teaching place at Princeton University. Acquaviva served as head coach of the Diplomats for 3 seasons after being employed in August of 2022.

Acquaviva registered a mixed 35-24 document in twin meets between the boys’s and ladies’s applications, successful 18 duals with the boys and 17 extra with the ladies. That general document included a 27-12 mark in Centennial Conference motion between the 2 squads, with 15 victories for the ladies and 12 extra for the boys.

Franklin & Marshall totaled 50 All-Centennial Conference honors between the women and men throughout his tenure. Acquaviva moreover coached 4 All-Americans when the 200 yard freestyle relay of John Devaney, Matt Hurford, Sam Kamdin, and Ben Lockey acquired honorable point out All-America recognition through the 2024 NCAA Division III National Championships.

As a staff, males’s swimming was the Centennial Conference runner-up throughout Acquaviva’s debut season and took third at every of the final two convention championship meets. The girls earned back-to-back fourth place finishes in 2023 and 2024 earlier than putting third this previous season to match this system’s greatest end up to now decade.