Thacker declares departure from VMI Swimming & Diving

LEXINGTON, Va. – On Monday, former VMI Swimming & Diving Head Coach Scott Thacker introduced his departure from this system after spending 4 seasons on the helm of each males’s and girls’s packages.
 
Thacker, who served because the Keydets’ head coach since 2022, will lead the Army-West Point program because the Director of Swimming & Diving.
 
“I want to thank Scott for his service and the impact he has made within the swimming and diving program and VMI,” says VMI Director of Athletics Jamaal Walton. “He elevated the program and represented VMI with class, respect, and enthusiasm.”
 
The 2025-26 season was a particular one as Thacker piloted his squads throughout his fourth season on the helm. During the common season, Thacker led the lads to a 4-3 document, incomes a successful document in back-to-back seasons. In complete, the lads broke 10 staff information and had 35 top-10 all-time performances. The girls shattered 20 staff information and had 33 all-time top-10 marks, whereas incomes a Division-I victory in back-to-back seasons for the primary time since 2014-16. Thacker additionally had two Keydets earn America East weekly awards.
 
In the convention championship meet, VMI’s males completed in fourth, the best placement within the Thacker period, with 4 medals. The VMI girls secured 159 factors, the best complete in any convention meet, together with posting probably the most scoring swims at any convention meet. Thacker had 11 Keydets qualify for the CSCAA National Invitational Championship. The Keydets positioned twenty second within the invite, the best placement in program historical past, and scored 148.5 factors, probably the most factors on this meet in program historical past.
 
“Our swimming and diving program is in a great place, and I’m excited to find our next leader who is committed to delivering a first-class cadet-athlete experience and winning championships,” continues Walton. “A national search for a swimming and diving head coach is underway.”
 
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