John Funk Subsequent Chief of Swimming & Diving Program

SELINSGROVE, PA – Susquehanna University Director of Athletics Sharief Hashim has appointed John Funk because the River Hawks’ new males’s and girls’s swimming and diving head coach forward of the 2025-26 season. Funk comes simply down the highway following a seven-year run as the highest assistant coach at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. He is a 2013 graduate of Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J., competing for the Broncs that noticed him set new program and convention data. 

“John’s coaching experience, recruiting success, and student-centered approach make him a terrific fit for Susquehanna,” associated Hashim. “He understands how to build relationships with student-athletes while maintaining a competitive edge in the pool. We are excited to welcome John and his family to Selinsgrove.”

About John Funk

“First off, I am honored to accept the head swimming and diving coach position at SU. Secondly, I want to thank Susquehanna University, the athletics program and Sharief Hashim for giving me this opportunity and believing in me. I look forward to continue building upon the rich history of academic and athletic excellence at SU. I am excited to lead, inspire and grow with this incredible group of student athletes and staff.”

In Funk’s seven years with the Bison the ladies’s workforce completed as excessive as second on the Patriot League Championships, whereas the boys’s workforce reached as excessive as third. He was this system’s recruiting coordinator and assisted in writing energy and conditioning applications, together with composing dry land exercises. In his time on the Lewisburg campus the Bison boasted over 50 All-Patriot Leaguers. Funk additionally was head coach of the Lewisburg Gators membership workforce since 2019, overseeing over 100 swim workforce members starting from ages 5-18 and a training employees starting from 12-15 folks.

At Rider, Funk compiled an impressive swimming profession with the Broncs as this system received the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship in 2012 and 2013, and was a three-time workforce MVP. A 3-time MAAC convention champion and document holder, he posted an NCAA B Cut 1:47.56 within the 200-yard particular person medley on the 2012 MAAC Championships. Funk additionally swam a career-best 1:47.90 within the 200-yard backstroke on the 2012 MAAC Championships. A US Open Qualifier, Funk additionally competed collegiately within the 100-yard butterfly, the 400-yard particular person medley and was a part of an 800-yard free relay workforce that set a faculty document (6:40.21) on the 2012 ECAC Championships. Funk graduated from Rider in May, 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts diploma in Secondary Education/English.

A local of Las Vegas, Nev., Funk earned his Master of Liberal Arts diploma from Texas Christian University, whereas serving as a graduate assistant for the Horned Frogs throughout the 2013-14 season. The following 12 months he was promoted to assistant coach, a job he served in till 2018. He served as a stroke group coach for the breaststroke and butterfly swimmers and served as the boys’s workforce coordinator, NCAA compliance liaison, and recruiting coordinator. The males’s workforce positioned third on the Big 12 Championships annually from 2016 to 2018, in addition to the ladies inserting fifth consecutively. 

Funk attended Southeast Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas, Nev. the place he swam and performed varsity soccer. As a highschool swimmer, he captured the 200-yard backstroke title on the 2009 Nevada State Meet and received the 100-yard backstroke on the 2008 Nevada High School State Championship. He was additionally a USA Junior National Qualifier and USA Winter National Qualifier.