Daniel Wiffen Confirms Coaching Transfer Again to Ireland After Coaching at Cal

Olympic Gold medalist Daniel Wiffen has confirmed that he’ll depart Cal to maneuver again to Ireland to coach in preparation for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

Wiffen beforehand hinted that this may be his determination, saying that if the Irish Open Championships didn’t go effectively, he would depart Cal and return to coaching in his dwelling nation.

That stipulation would come to fruition, posting a video to the Wiffen Twins YouTube channel titled ‘Everything went wrong at Nationals’, leaving the query up within the air whether or not he would really depart the States and return dwelling to coach.

A BBC report and an interview with Wiffen in an Instagram publish from Virgin Media Sports confirmed Wiffen’s return to coaching in Ireland.

In the interview posted to Virgin Media Sport, Wiffen explains that there is no such thing as a unhealthy blood between him and Cal, and that he “has some work to do, and some work to catch up on” now that he’s again on dwelling soil in Ireland as he prepares for the upcoming European Championships and Commonwealth Games.

“I really enjoyed my time in America… Nathan [Wiffen] was competing at NCAAs, that was the main reason we went over there… I kind of follow him everywhere,” Wiffen mentioned. “The training environment was really good… I just think that for me, the type of work I was doing wasn’t very good. I’m still happy I went.”

He added that he was excited for the transfer again as he shall be coaching the identical approach he was main as much as the Paris Olympics, the place he gained his first particular person gold medal within the 800 free.

“For me, I just know it’s going to work, and that kind of exciting for m,” Wiffen added. “Give me four weeks, and I’ll be back to my personal bests.”

According to a BBC report, Wiffen sees this transfer again to Dublin as a “permanent one,” and he initially thought the transfer to California was everlasting, but it surely simply didn’t pan out.

“I’m looking at it as a permanent move. I thought California was a permanent move, but that didn’t work out,” Wiffen mentioned. “This is the plan to stay here until LA [Olympics in 2028]. It’s an improved version of Paris, I get to train here, and it’s all very specialized. Now it’s how much can I progress?”

Wiffen introduced in August of 2025 that he would transfer to Cal after spending 5 years at Loughborough University, although he had a backup plan if Cal didn’t work out as He had initially desired.

“I wasn’t doing the right type of work I used to do, so when it came to the decision, I sat down with Andy Reid [National Performance Director at Swim Ireland] and talked to him. We had talked of the backup plan if California didn’t work when he was first appointed, so this was already in the thinking.” Wiffen instructed the BBC. “In California it felt like you kind of didn’t know what you were doing. You were having to push yourself, there wasn’t much guidance or criticising technique… They didn’t want to mess up the Olympic champion is what I felt. They were trying to do what they wanted to do, not what’s good for me.”