Kraus Concludes Eight-Year Tenure Main UWF Swimming and Diving

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of West Florida girls’s swimming and diving head coach Philip Kraus has formally retired following eight seasons of main the Argonauts.
 
Kraus was the architect that helped set up UWF as one of many premier swimming and diving packages in NCAA Division II. Since taking up this system in July 2018, he guided the Argonauts to seven consecutive New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference championships, quite a few record-setting performances and a number of top-12 finishes on the NCAA Division II Championships.
 
Kraus was named the NSISC Swimming Coach of the Year in every of the previous seven seasons, incomes the consideration yearly from 2020 by 2026. His groups captured each convention championship contested throughout that span, together with a record-setting 407-point victory on the 2023 NSISC Championships.
 
The Argonauts additionally grew to become a constant presence on the nationwide stage beneath Kraus. The Argos recorded a number of top-12 finishes on the NCAA Championships, highlighted by a sixth-place end in 2024 and a program-best fourth-place end in 2026.
 
UWF produced three nationwide championship performances and NCAA Division II data throughout Kraus’ tenure. Agata Naskret received nationwide championships and set data within the 100-yard backstroke with a time of fifty.91 seconds and the 200-yard backstroke in 1:52.90. Naskret, together with Alena Rozova, Livia Rodrigues and Sofia Kendzior, received the 400-yard medley relay on the nationwide stage in 2026, setting a Division II report of three:35.21.
 
The Argonauts compiled 198 College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America All-America performances throughout Kraus’ eight seasons, together with 79 first-team and 119 second-team/honorable-mention alternatives. UWF led the nation in 2024 with 14 student-athletes receiving All-America recognition.
 
Kraus’ groups matched their athletic accomplishments with continued success within the classroom. UWF earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team recognition in all 16 semesters of his tenure whereas sustaining a median crew GPA of three.65. The Argonauts set a program report with a 3.84 crew GPA and led all Division II packages with a 3.81 GPA throughout the fall 2020 semester.

A search will start for the following head coach of the ladies’s swimming and diving program.

 

For extra data on the UWF swimming and diving program, go to GoArgos.com and observe the crew on social media at @uwfswimdive (Instagram) and @UWFSwimDive (X).