Franklin Pierce University Director of Athletics Bruce Kirsh has announced Brian Fazzino has been named the first-ever head coach of the University’s women’s swimming program. Fazzino has a total of four years of experience as a collegiate assistant coach at three institutions, and has spent time in all three NCAA divisions.
“I am very excited for the opportunity Franklin Pierce University has given me and my family,” said Fazzino. “I look forward to, and am very eager to, begin the challenge ahead of me of starting and building a team.”
Rindge will be the first collegiate head coaching stop for Fazzino, who comes to Franklin Pierce after spending time at a fellow Division II East Region institution. Most recently, he served as assistant swim coach at the University of Bridgeport, working under head coach Sean Raffile. While at Bridgeport, Fazzino had a hand in coaching one national champion, nine individual All-Americans, six All-America relay squads, 16 NCAA Championships qualifiers and 35 conference champions. In the classroom, he helped tutor one CoSIDA Academic All-America selection and helped both the men’s and women’s teams to academic accolades at the team level, from the College Swim Coaches Association of America. This past season, Fazzino was specifically responsible for working closely with the team’s distance swimmers.
Prior to his time at Bridgeport, Fazzino spent the 2011-12 campaign as an assistant at the University of Florida, under head coach Gregg Troy, who would go on to serve as head men’s coach for United State Swimming at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In one season with the powerhouse Gators, Fazzino was able to assist in the coaching of one national champion, 20 All-Americans and 55 more All-America Honorable Mention student-athletes, as well as eight Southeast Conference champions.
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