Zaczkowski named VMI Swimming & Diving Head Coach

LEXINGTON, Va. – It was introduced on Tuesday that Adam Zaczkowski will take over the VMI Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving applications as the brand new head coach.

“I am happy to accept the position of Head Swimming and Diving Coach at VMI,” says Zaczkowski. “I want to thank AD Walton and Superintendent Lt. Gen. Furness. Throughout this process, VMI’s history and culture are a place that I want to be a part of. My family is excited to be in Lexington.”

 

Zaczkowski involves VMI after serving as the pinnacle coach and aquatics director at Le Moyne since 2022. Before being upgraded to go coach, Zaczkowski was an assistant coach in 2014 and from 2019 via 2022, together with being named the Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics in 2021.

 

During his time with the Dolphins, the Connecticut native coached his athletes to breaking 40 faculty information, a number of CSCAA NIC qualifiers and finalists, and several other NEC champions and report holders. No stranger to VMI’s new convention, his workers was named NEC Diving Staff of the Year in 2024 and 2026.

 

On the tutorial facet, his applications have collected three GPA Conference Champion awards. In 2026, the Le Moyne males earned third, whereas the ladies had been dubbed seventh within the NEC Championships.

 

“We are thrilled to name Adam Zaczkowski as our head swimming and diving coach,” says VMI Athletic Director Jamaal Walton. “We welcome his wife, Erin, and two children, Noah and Owen, to the Whole Damn Team. When we began this search process, we were seeking a dynamic, team-oriented, compassionate leader who had the drive to build a championship-caliber program in the NEC. Adam checked all of those boxes and showed the search committee his willingness to lean in and embrace the VMI experience.”

 

“His values, familiarity with the NEC, technical coaching, and respect for the three-legged stool showed me he was the best leader for the swimming and diving program,” continues Walton. “The Zaczkowski era begins now, and I’m excited for VMI Swimming and Diving to make a big splash in the NEC next season.”

 

The Keydets are contemporary into their inaugural season within the NEC after competing within the America East for 9 seasons. VMI will host the 2027 NEC Championships at Goodall Pool within the VMI Aquatic Center in February.

 

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