UVA Swimming: DeSorbo broadcasts new affiliate head coach

UVA Swimming coach Todd DeSorbo has employed a second affiliate head coach, Reed Fujan, late of Louisville.

DeSorbo now has three affiliate head coaches – Fujan joins Tyler Fenwick, whose title is senior affiliate head coach, and Gary Taylor, who’s, like Fujan, a mere affiliate head coach.

I proceed to attend to listen to again from the University of Virginia on the standing of Taylor, whose contract was set to run out on April 30, after signing a one-year extension within the spring of 2025, weeks after being placed on a two-year probation by the U.S. Center for SafeSport after Taylor admitted to emotional misconduct involving athletes that he had coached at NC State, Auburn and the Piedmont Family YMCA in Charlottesville.

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Fujan, a 2017 graduate of Notre Dame, the place he was a three-time All-American, served as a volunteer assistant at Indiana earlier than serving as the top coach at St. John’s within the 2018-2019 season, then transferring on to Alabama for 3 seasons.

DeSorbo, in an announcement issued by means of UVA Athletics on Tuesday, stated Fujan developed a repute as a coach and recruiter, “and his passion for developing elite swimmers is exactly what we look for on our staff.”

“He shares the same values and commitment to excellence that have helped us build this program into what it is today. Our student-athletes are going to benefit tremendously from his experience, and I think he’s going to fit in seamlessly with our culture here at Virginia. We can’t wait to get to work,” DeSorbo stated.

A local of Byron, Minn., Fujan was a three-time Minnesota state champion whereas competing for the Rochester Swim Club.

“I want to thank Todd DeSorbo and the staff for the opportunity to be part of one of the best programs in the world,” Fujan stated. “From the outside, it’s clear this team knows how to work hard and have fun, and that balance seems to be a big part of their success. I’m excited to get to Charlottesville and get to work. Go ‘Hoos!”