Swimming and Diving
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Men's Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- a.mccall@tcu.edu
Alice McCall has helped oversee the continuous growth and production of the TCU swimming and diving program since her arrival in 2021. The proof is in the results, as over 30 school records have been broken since the McCall tenure started in Fort Worth.
Most recently, TCU earned 14 medals at the Big 12 Championships, as both the men’s and women’s team took home fourth-place finishes. Filip Suchanski went on to the NCAA Championships, where he competed in the 200 back and 400 IM. A total of 17 student-athletes from the program went on to garner All-Big 12 honors for the 2024-25 season.
During the 2023-24 campaign, the Horned Frogs swept the National Invitational Championship, winning both the men’s and women’s title for the first time in its program history. TCU then went on two have two athletes represent them in the Summer Olympics for the first time since 2016, as Rhanishka Gibbs and Jadon Wuilliez took their talents to Paris.
McCall was promoted to associate head coach in July of 2023 after helping lead the Horned Frogs to a historical 2022-23 campaign with three TCU athletes competing in the NCAA Championships. David Ekdahl and Jadon Wuilliez both competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard and 100 breaststroke, respectively. Alec Hubbard finished in 22nd place in the platform becoming the highest finishing diver at the NCAA Championships in TCU history.
Geremia Freri concluded a historical year at the National Invitational Championships appearing multiple times on the podium. Freri set a new program high in the men's 100 IM (48.98) and placed third in the men's 200 breast (1:55.97).
McCall wrapped up her first season as an assistant coach primarily focusing on distance swimming. In her first year, the TCU swimming and diving program reached historic marks, including the men’s program finishing as the runner-up in the Big 12 conference while the women finished third.
McCall coached Geremia Freri, who broke the school record in both the 500 and 1650 freestyles while also garnering third at the Big 12 Championships in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 15:19.49 during his first season at TCU. He capped off his outstanding freshman season by being named the National Invitational Championship Male Swimmer of the Year.
McCall spent the previous five years at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as an assistant coach where she was the lead male recruiter. She recruited three male athletes who broke school records in their first appearances for FAU in the past two years.
Prior to FAU, McCall was an assistant coach at Toledo from 2014-16 where she was responsible for leading the mid-distance and distance groups, resulting in 95 percent of the squad swimming personal-best times.
During her time in Boca Raton, Florida, she was an exceptional international recruiter. Her team increased from two to 10 international student-athletes over four years.
As the FAU distance group coach she oversaw 18 individual conference medals and a 1650 free school record in the past three years. During that time FAU’s women propelled from sixth to third in the Conference USA standings.
She is one of six nationwide WeCOACH Coaches Council Members and a member of the Great Britain Open Water National Team.
This past year she was a Global Forum of Education and Learning Top 100 Visionaries in Education Nominee. In 2019 she won the CSCAA Jean Freeman Scholarship and was a WeCOACH ARMS Software Coach of The Month.
Prior to her time with the Rockets, McCall started her U.S. swimming career in Dallas where she was a standout distance swimmer at Southern Methodist University for four years. She was a consistent scorer and medal-earner for the Mustangs, and was named a team captain for her senior season.
McCall was a member of the C-USA championship-winning 800 free relay team as a junior, and in her first year with the program, she earned a bronze medal in the 200 free, runner-up honors in the 500 free and took home the gold and C-USA Title in the 1650 free. In addition to great athletic results, McCall also earned Scholar Baller Honors for showing progression in academics over the course of her four years at SMU.
A native of Wigan, Great Britain, McCall was a senior swimmer and international representative for her hometown squad. She was a nationally-ranked junior, having first represented Great Britain as a 16-year-old. She was also a member of the Great Britain Open Water squad in a number of international competitions including the FINA World Cup series, European Cup series and European Junior Championships, gaining numerous top-5 and top-10 finishes. She was also a 2007 World Championships qualifier.
McCall earned her Bachelor’s of Arts in Sociology from SMU in 2014 and her MBA in Sport Management from Florida Atlantic in 2020.
Coaching Experience:
University of Toledo 2014-2016 (Asst. Coach)
Florida Atlantic University 2016-2021 (Asst. Coach)
