Teams: Men's Swimming & Diving: Press Releases

Monday, June 28, 2004

HOYT NAMED INTERIM MEN'S SWIMMING COACH AT TUFTS

MEDFORD – Adam Hoyt, the assistant Men's and Women's Swimming Coach at Trinity College since 2001, has been named the interim Head Coach of the Tufts University swimming program. A native of Orange, Connecticut and a 2001 graduate of Hamilton College, Hoyt was named the fifth head coach in the 59-year history of Tufts Swimming.

Don Megerle, the Jumbos' mentor since 1971, is taking a leave of absence from coaching for the 2004-05 academic year. A seven-time New England and New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Coach of the Year, Megerle will remain on campus working for the Athletic Department in other capacities.

"Adam Hoyt is an impressive young coach who is familiar with our program and our conference, which will help him to hit the ground running," Athletic Director Bill Gehling said. "Coach Megerle has fostered great camaraderie in his program over the years, and Adam will look to carry on that tradition, while adding his own stamp to the team."

Over the past three years, Hoyt has been closely involved with rebuilding the program at Trinity along with Head Coach Kristen Noone. In his three years on the job, the men's team improved its numbers from eight competitors to 15 and won five dual meets in 2003-04 after finishing 0-10 in 2001-02. On the women's side, the number of competitors grew from 18 to 31 and amount of wins improved from three to six in his first year on the job.

A member of the strong swimming program at Hamilton College, Hoyt swam for Continental teams that won two UNYSCSA championships. A versatile swimmer who competed in the individual medleys, the 200 breaststroke and 100 butterfly primarily, Hoyt was a conference finalist in each of his four years at Hamilton.

"I'm very excited to become a part of the strong tradition that Coach Megerle has built with the Tufts swimming team," Hoyt said. "Tufts is a successful program with competitors who show tremendous support for each other. They are a tight-knit group, and I can't wait to coach them."

Tufts finished 8-1 during the dual meet season and was third at the NESCAC championship meet last year. Five members of the team went on to compete at the NCAA championship meet, including the 200 freestyle relay foursome that finished 15^th in the country.

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