Bill Koppelman joins TCU swimming and diving staff
10/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Oct. 18, 2006
FORT WORTH, Texas - TCU swimming and diving head coach Richard Sybesma announced the hiring of Bill Koppelman as an assistant coach on Wednesday (Oct. 18).
Koppelman joins the TCU staff after spending last year as head coach of Cyprus High School in Magna, Utah, as well as serving as head coach of the Pirate Swim Club, a USA Swimming Club team.
Prior to his stint at Cyprus High School, Koppelman worked as a graduate assistant with the University of Utah swim team, and was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Wyoming as an undergraduate.
"I'm very excited to have a coach of his experience and caliber to assist the Horned Frog program," said Sybesma.
Under Koppelman's tutelage, the Cyprus High School swimming program showed improvement, as the women placed fifth in the state and the men finished seventh. The club team also improved significantly, as the size of the team doubled and the number of state qualifiers tripled in Koppleman's one year.
During his time at Utah, Koppelman worked with 11 U.S. National swimmers, one Canadian National finalist, 17 All-Mountain West Conference swimmers and two NCAA qualifiers.
Koppelman earned a B.S. in mathematics at the University of Wyoming, and a master of mathematics at the University of Utah. Koppleman also attended Keene State College for a semester, where he was named All-New England in the 50-freestyle.
