Utah Swim and Dive Provides Parro as Assistant Swim Coach

SALT LAKE CITY – Andy Parro has been employed as the lads’s and girls’s assistant swim coach for the University of Utah, introduced as we speak by Utah Swimming & Diving Head Coach Jonas Persson.

Parro involves Salt Lake after 5 years at Colorado Mesa University the place he spent final season because the affiliate head coach after 4 years as an assistant coach.

“We are incredibly excited to welcome Andy Parro to the Utah Swimming & Diving family,” Persson stated. “Andy is a talented coach, a strong leader and someone to genuinely cares about the development of student-athletes both in and out of the pool. His experience, energy and commitment to building meaningful relationships will make an immediate impact on our program. I am confident Andy will be a tremendous addition to our staff and help us continue building something special here at Utah.”

With 14 years of teaching expertise, Parro spent the final eight as a collegiate swim coach, beginning on the Illinois Institute of Technology (2018-20) the place he developed the college’s first NCAA Championship participant earlier than his time at CMU.

“I am grateful to Jonas and the University of Utah for giving me the opportunity to be part of such a great program. Looking forward to developing student-athletes to their potential with the Utes!” stated Parro.

During Parro’s time as CMU’s assistant coach, the Mavericks swept the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles 4 years in a row. The Maverick ladies have completed within the high 5 on the NCAA Division II National Championships in every of the earlier 4 years, taking second in 2024 and third in 2025. CMU’s males have two fifth place nationwide championship finishes and have completed no decrease than ninth throughout Parro’s time.

 

CMU claimed a mixed 13 particular person and 4 relay NCAA Division II National Championships, incomes 11 titles in 2024 alone. With Parro on the employees, the Mavericks mixed to win 283 complete CSCAA All-America honors and have claimed 106 RMAC occasion wins.

 

Before his time in Colorado, Parro was head coach for 2 seasons from 2018-20 on the Illinois Institute of Tech in his native metropolis of Chicago.

 

In 2020, he led the Scarlet Hawk males to a Liberal Arts Conference group title and was named because the convention’s coach of the yr.  He additionally guided the Scarlet Hawk ladies to a 3rd place convention end.  

 

Before teaching within the faculty ranks, Parro served as the top girls and boys swimming coach at Whitney Young High School in Chicago.  In his eight seasons of what was his first teaching job, Parro coached the Dolphins to seven convention championships and coached 5 highschool all-Americans and several other Illinois State Championship qualifiers.

 

Parro was a collegiate swimmer as nicely, competing on the University of Illinois-Chicago from 2007-09, the place he was a Horizon League Finalist.

 

Parro, an out of doors fanatic, and his spouse Sarah have three kids: Braydon, Logan and Lilliana.

 

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