Chargers rent Maggie Kayt Franks as new assistant Women’s Swimming and Diving coach

The Hillsdale College girls’s swimming and diving staff is prepared for the beginning of the 2026-27 season in October as head coach Kurt Kirner accomplished his employees for the upcoming season earlier in August.

Maggie Kayt Franks joins the Chargers as an Assistant Women’s Swimming and Diving coach, arriving at Hillsdale from her earlier place at close by Albion College, a few half and hour north.

“We’re very excited to add Maggie to our program,” Kirner stated. “She’s someone I’ve gotten to know well and trust working the University of Michigan swim camp the past few summers, and I think she fits extremely well here, as someone who shares the values and culture of our school and program while also having the coaching ability and experience to help athletes develop and compete at the highest level.”

Franks spent the 2025-26 season at Albion working with the space program for the Britons, serving to develop Casey Adcock, who posted to 5 marks in program historical past within the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle occasions, in addition to a number of different gifted swimmers. The job at Albion was Franks’ second as a coach, approaching the heels of a one-year stint at her alma mater, Shawnee State, within the 2024-25 marketing campaign. 

A gifted swimmer herself, Franks excelled at Shawnee State, an NAIA program in Portsmouth, Ohio, from 2021 to 2024. Franks graduated from Shawnee State with a bachelor’s in sport administration with sports activities teaching and journalism minors. She was additionally an NAIA All-Scholar Athlete, a two-time Mid-South Conference All-Academic and College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honoree with a 3.78 GPA whereas incomes high sports activities administration graduate in her class and a nominee for Shawnee State’s Woman of the Year.

In addition to her collegiate teaching at Shawnee State and Albion, Franks additionally has membership teaching expertise with Thundering Herd Aquatics in her hometown of Huntington, W. Va. She was additionally instrumental within the progress of Shawnee State’s Youth Aquatics Program, serving to this system go from three athletes to twenty within the first a number of months.

Additionally, Franks served as a swim camp coach at Indiana University in 2024 and the University of Michigan’s camps in 2024, 2025 and 2026. 

In addition to her bachelor’s diploma from Shawnee State, Franks additionally earned her Master’s of Science in Sports Management from Liberty University this previous Spring. She is a licensed USA Swimming Head Coach, and in addition has acquired her stage 1 Para Swimming Certification.