Matthew Lowe – Northwestern Wildcats

Northwestern director of swimming and diving Rachel Stratton-Mills introduced the addition of Matthew Lowe to the swimming and diving teaching employees in August of 2025.

Lowe spent the final two seasons on the teaching employees at St. Bonaventure after working the earlier season because the assistant coach and director of operations at Army West Point, the place he helped the Black Knights to their first win over Navy in over 30 years.

Before his time at West Point, he spent 5 years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Towson. The Tigers broke 5 college data throughout the 2021-22 season, together with three males’s relay data. The males’s and girls’s groups each completed third on the CAA Championships with a number of occasion wins and finest occasions posted all through the season.

“We are thrilled to add Matthew to our coaching staff,” Stratton-Mills mentioned. “He brings valuable perspective from his experiences and success across multiple programs. I’m excited for the energy and expertise he’ll bring to our student-athletes every day, and am confident he’ll have an immediate impact on our program.” 

During his time on deck at Towson, the Tigers males’s and girls’s groups broke 44 data, collected quite a few top-10 occasions and set a number of freshman data for this system.

Lowe coached a number of nationwide swimming prospects at Towson, notably USA National teamers Jack Saunderson and Brian Benzing. Saunderson certified for the NCAA’s in 2017, 2018 and 2019, racing the 100 fly, 200 fly, and the 200 IM. He was named an All-American and represented the United States on the World University Games in 2019. Benzing certified for the NCAA’s in 2022 within the 100 breast and earned an All-America Honorable Mention.

In addition to his teaching at Towson, Lowe was the pinnacle age group coach on the Loyola Blakefield Aquatics membership throughout the 2017-18 season.

As a swimmer, Lowe was a part of the Bahamian nationwide group for a number of years and holds nationwide data within the 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, and 400m medley relay. He was named to the World Championships group in 2013 and 2017 and competed on the Olympic Open Water Qualifier in Setubal, Portugal, in 2016.

He earned his bachelor’s diploma in Accounting from Towson University in 2015. While at Towson, he was a freshman report holder within the 1,000-yard freestyle and holds group data within the 500, 1000, and 1650-yard freestyle occasions. He was additionally convention champion within the 1650-yard freestyle in 2014 and 2015, and runner-up within the 500-yard freestyle in 2015.