Dave Rollins (FGCU) and Molly Hebzynski (Oakland) Main Coaching Employees for FISU America Games

The US Team for the 2026 FISU America Games has introduced the teaching employees that can accompany the 44-swimmer roster in Lima, Peru, this upcoming July. Florida Gulf Coast University’s Dave Rollins was named head coach, as Oakland’s affiliate head coach Molly Hebzynski holds the group lead place.

Accompanying Rollins and Hebzynski on the teaching employees are six assistant coaches: Ryan Bubb (Florida Atlantic), Lauren Sullivan (Arizona), Jeanne Fleck (Fresno State), Antonio Nunez (Florida Gulf Coast), Jeana Kempe (Illinois), and Johno Fergusson (Wisconsin).

The FISU America Games can be held from July 24-26 on the Videna Aquatic Center in Lima, Peru, with a number of groups from throughout the Western Hemisphere competing. This meet marks the fourth version of the FISU America Games, with the primary installment coming in 2018.

“I am blessed and humbled to be selected as the Head Coach for the FISU America Games,” stated FGCU head coach Dave Rollins in a press release from FGCU Athletics. “To represent one’s country on the international stage is an absolute honor. Excited to have Antonio on staff as well, he is a first class coach and brings valuable experience to our staff. A great opportunity for us, our families, FGCU, and Team USA!”

Seven of the 44 swimmers on the US group for these FISU America Games certified for the 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, together with Levi Sandidge (Kentucky), Emily Lundgren (Washington State), and Evan Mackesy (Purdue).

FGCU is effectively represented on each the teaching employees and on the roster, as each Izzy Ackley and Aislyn Barnett be a part of Rollins and Nunez on Team USA for Lima.

Hebzynski’s Golden Grizzlies can even be effectively represented, as Lydia Soldatke, Max Haney, and Alex Lakin will characterize the Horizon League Champions in Peru.