Nevada Swimming & Diving announce new Affiliate Head Coach

RENO, Nev. — Nevada Swimming & Diving has added Missouri assistant coach and former American report holder and NCAA champion swimmer Maddy Banic to its teaching employees because the affiliate head coach, starting in July 2026.

Coach Bray on Banic: “I knew I wanted to hire Maddy Banic right in the beginning of our search. Maddy is humble and she is someone our young woman can look up to not only because of her success as an athlete but the positive impact she has on people around her and the excellence she expects from her athletes. I expect to work very collaboratively with her and want her to be part of every aspect of our program and have a role with every athlete on our team. She is recommended from coaches at the highest level of our sport, and I am so glad that our search connected with her professional goals to end up landing here at Nevada. We want to elevate to a championship level in our conference next season and increase our presence and impact at NCAA’s and I think we have the perfect candidate. I’m so excited to work with her!”

Banic arrives in Reno following three seasons on employees as an assistant coach at Missouri, the place she helped information the Tigers to nationwide‑stage success. Across her tenure, the Tigers certified 11 athletes to the NCAA Championships.

Before becoming a member of the employees at Missouri, Banic served as a volunteer assistant at her alma mater, Tennessee, in the course of the 2022–23 season. She contributed to probably the most profitable years in Lady Vols historical past, serving to the ladies’s staff end second on the SEC Championships and eighth on the NCAA Championships. The Tennessee males positioned third at SECs and seventh nationally, marking the primary time each packages secured Top‑10 NCAA finishes in the identical season.

A nine-time SEC champion, 12‑time All‑America choice and National Champion relay swimmer, Banic additionally competed professionally within the International Swimming League, racing butterfly occasions for LA Current (2020), Energy Standard (2021–22) and Tennessee Elite.  During the ISL Grand Final in 2020 representing the LA present, Banic broke the American report within the 50-meter butterfly in 24.80.   Following her dominant ISL performances, she retired from elite competitors in 2022 to start her teaching profession.

At Tennessee, Banic closed out a standout collegiate profession in 2019 by profitable an NCAA title as a part of the Lady Volunteers’  200 medley relay, setting a program report of 1:34.10. Over her 4 seasons (2015–19), she earned 12 All‑America honors and helped the Lady Vols’ 200 free relay to nationwide finishes of second, third and sixth. A 4‑time First Team All‑SEC honoree, she amassed 16 SEC medals, together with 9 gold, and nonetheless ranks amongst Tennessee’s all‑time finest within the 50 free (second, 21.54) and 100 fly (fourth, 51.19). She seems on 12 relay lineups that stay inside this system’s all‑time Top 10.

A local of Midlothian, Virginia, Banic earned her bachelor’s diploma in kinesiology from Tennessee in 2019 and her masters diploma from Missouri with a concentrate on constructive teaching and athletic management in 2026.