Swimming & Diving Head Coach Mandy Commons-DiSalle Publicizes Retirement – University of Cincinnati Athletics

CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati head swimming and diving coach Mandy Commons-DiSalle introduced Tuesday she’s going to retire on the conclusion of the 2025-26 tutorial yr.

Commons-DiSalle, who just lately accomplished her twelfth season as head coach and sixteenth general with this system, leaves Cincinnati as probably the most impactful leaders in program historical past.

“In my nearly 20-year coaching career, I am grateful to have spent the majority of my time at the University of Cincinnati,” mentioned Commons-DiSalle. “I have had tremendous support in building and maintaining a successful program and I want to thank the athletic department for affording me this opportunity. I am grateful for the ability to lead the Bearcats during my time here and to make a lasting impact on the program. Working with the incredible student-athletes over the years was truly a joy. The University of Cincinnati will always hold great memories for me and a special place in my heart. Go Bearcats!”

Across the American Athletic Conference and the Big 12, Commons-DiSalle has guided her student-athletes to 9 All-America honors, three Big 12 particular person titles, 59 AAC particular person championships and 9 AAC Swimmer, Diver or Freshman of the Year awards. Cincinnati additionally captured a pair of AAC staff championships in 2018 and 2019.

Under the steerage of Commons-DiSalle, the ladies’s staff has set 22 faculty information whereas the lads have notched 20.

“Mandy has been a cornerstone of Cincinnati Athletics for more than a decade,” Director of Athletics John Cunningham mentioned. “Her leadership, passion and unwavering commitment to student-athlete success have left a lasting mark on our program. We are deeply grateful for everything she has given to UC and we are excited for her next chapter.”

Commons-DiSalle coached a number of of essentially the most completed swimmers in program historical past. Jacqueline Keire ’17, a three-time NCAA All-American and three-time AAC Most Outstanding Swimmer, received 13 convention titles. She was the primary Bearcats’ swimmer to earn All-America honors since 2010 and first feminine since 2005. She additionally received a gold medal for Team Canada on the 2017 World University Games.

Joleigh Crye, a three-time All-American, received her second consecutive 100-yard breaststroke title on the 2026 Big 12 Championships. Crye competed in 4 NCAA Championships, along with her fourth-place end in 2025 marking the best end by a girls’s swimmer in program historical past. Hunter Gubeno grew to become UC’s first male particular person Big 12 champion, within the 200-yard backstroke. Both Crye and Gubeno participated within the 2024 U.S. Olympics Trials. 

In 2025, the ladies’s 200-yard medley relay posted a program-record NCAA “A” customary time, marking UC’s first relay qualification for the NCAA Championships since 1976.

Commons-DiSalle led the lads’s squad to back-to-back AAC staff championships in 2018 and 2019, incomes convention Coach of the Year honors in each seasons. The Bearcats additionally recorded 4 consecutive AAC runner-up finishes from 2020-23, whereas the ladies’s staff completed runner-up in 2018 and 2019.

She served as president of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America Board of Directors from 2022 to 2024 after beforehand holding the function of president-elect starting in 2020.

On the worldwide stage, Commons-DiSalle was a three-time U.S. National Team coach, together with roles with on the 2015 World Cup and Duel within the Pool.

Prior to being elevated to move coach, Commons-DiSalle beforehand spent 4 seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Bearcats from 2010-14.

A 2003 Clemson graduate, Commons-DiSalle was a four-time NCAA Championships qualifier and earned honorable point out All-America honors in 2001 and 2002. She was additionally a three-time Ohio High School Athletic Association state champion at Sycamore High School and is a member of the varsity’s athletic corridor of fame.

A nationwide seek for Cincinnati’s subsequent swimming and diving head coach will start instantly, chaired by Deputy AD/SWA Maggie McKinley.