Naval Academy Athletics

	Chuck Ristano / Baseball Second Year at Navy as head coach Complete Bio	• Hired in June 2023, becoming just the sixth head coach of Navy Baseball in the last 85 years. • In his debut 2024 season, oversaw a 28-win campaign and led Navy to its first appearance in the Patriot League Championship Series since 2019. • Spent 12 seasons as a pitching coach at Notre Dame, helping guide the Fighting Irish to three NCAA Tournaments and the 2022 College World Series, before heading to Florida State for the 2023 season. • During his 19-year rise as an assistant through the Division I level, found and developed nine conference award winners, 27 All-Americans and 51 all-conference selections. • Served as a pitching coach and manager for the 2019 and 2022 USA Baseball 16U/17U National Team Development Program, and was the pitcher for former Baltimore Oriole and Notre Dame star Trey Mancini in the 2021 MLB Home Run Derby.
	Ed DeChellis / Basketball - Men  14th Year at Navy as head coach   dechelli@usna.edu 410-293-2627 Complete Bio	• Was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year in both 2021 and 2022 after guiding the Mids to a combined overall record of 36-14, a league record of 24-7, the No. 1 seed in the 2021 league tournament and the championship game of the 2022 tournament. • Navy has won 161 games overall and 97 league games in his last 10 years.  This is after the Mids had won 116 games in all and 51 league games in the previous decade. • Has won 400 games in his 28 years as a collegiate head coach.  • Has completely rebuilt his two previous teams, East Tennessee State and Penn State, and taken each to the NCAA Tournament.  He also led Penn State to a 27-11 record -- the most wins in school history -- and an NIT title in 2009 season. • Has earned coach-of-the-year accolades at ETSU (2001, ‘02), Penn State (2009) and Navy (2021, ’22).
	Tim Taylor / Basketball - Women Fifth year at Navy as head coach taylort@usna.edu 410-293-5577 Complete Bio	• During his first four seasons, Navy players have earned seven All-Patriot League Team honors (four All-PL and three All-Rookie), highlighted by Jennifer Coleman garnering the 2021-22 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and Zanai Barnett-Gay named the 2023-24 Patriot League Rookie of the Year. • Coleman was selected as a 2021-22 Honorable Mention Division I AP All-American; the first in program history. She was later invited to WNBA Training Camp with the Washington Mystics. • The Navy freshman class of 2023-24 saw Barnett-Gay earn the first spot on the All-PL First Team by a plebe in program history after breaking the team’s freshman scoring record. She was joined on the PL All-Rookie Team by Kyah Smith; a first for the program since 2000-01. • Navy’s 2023-24 team had the fifth-best single-season turnaround for DI teams that year with a 13-win increase from the previous campaign. • Had 12 years of NCAA Division I experience as an associate and assistant coach with the majority in the ACC at Virginia and North Carolina. Went to the postseason in nine of his 11 years at Furman and Virginia. Participated in the NCAA Tournament in 2000, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘05, ‘10 and ‘18 with WNIT berths in 2011 and ‘17.
	Aaron Lanzel / Cross Country - Men Seventh year at Navy as head coach lanzel@usna.edu 410-293-5574 Complete Bio	• Announced as the head coach of the Navy men’s cross country team in August of 2018; also a member of the track & field staff in charge of distance runners. • Guided Kevin Murray (2018), Jake Brophy (2019), and Murphy Smith (2023) to individual Patriot League championship titles. • Led Navy to Patriot League championships in 2021, 2022, and 2023, being named Patriot League Coach of the Year each season. • Class of 2003 Naval Academy Athletic Association Sword winner; competed at the 2004 Olympic Trials for the United States in the 1,500m run. • The captain of the 2002 cross country team and 2003 outdoor track and field teams, Lanzel competed 11 times versus Army in Star Meets and came away with a 9-2 record as an undergrad (1999-03).
	Kim Lewnes / Cross Country - Women Sixth year at Navy as head coach lewnes@usna.edu 410-293-5579 Complete Bio	• Hired as the head coach of the Navy women’s cross country team in June of 2019 after two years on staff as an assistant. • Led the Mids to their first Patriot League Championship since 2012 at the 2021 meet and followed that up by winning the 2022 Patriot League Championship, being named Patriot League Coach of the Year both seasons. • Guided Emily Boutin to an individual Patriot League championship title in 2022. • Prior coaching experiences included five seasons at Johns Hopkins (2012-16) and one at Cornell (2011). While with the Blue Jays, Lewnes helped guide the team to four NCAA DIII Championships and five Mideast Regional Championships. • As a collegiate athlete at Cornell, she served as track & field team captain and prospered as a middle-distance runner. Garnered All-America honors at the 2010 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
	Brian Newberry / Football Second year at Navy as head coach lwebb@usna.edu 410-293-2241 Complete Bio	• Brian Newberry is in his sixth year at the Naval Academy and his second as the head coach. • In his first year as head coach, he led Navy to a 5-7 record and a 4-4 mark in the American Athletic Conference.  Navy, picked ninth in the preseason poll by the league’s coaches, finished tied for fifth in the AAC. • The five wins were the most by a Navy team since 2019, while five of Navy’s seven losses came at the hands of a team that played in a bowl game including two teams that finished in the Top 25 (Notre Dame at #14 and SMU at #22). • The Mids had six players named to All-American Athletic Conference teams, including first team selections Colin Ramos (Jr. / LB) and Riley Riethman (Jr. / P). • The 2023 season was highlighted by a defense that was one of only two in the FBS to record three shutouts (Penn State was the other).
	Jimmy Stobs / Golf - Men Third year at Navy as head coach stobs@usna.edu 410-293-8734 Complete Bio	• Introduced as head coach in August of 2022 after leading Barry University to three NCAA Division II National Championships (2007, ’12, ’14.) and 19 NCAA Tournament appearances in 20 years. • Has coached three All-Patriot League Players (Keegan Shreves, Jack Tarzy, Chip Deegan) at Navy, while Chip Deegan was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year in 2023. • Named the Division II National Coach of the Year by the Golf Coaches Association of America in 2007 and 2013. • Mentored three Barry U. players who were named the Jack Nicklaus DII National Player of the Year // Adam Svensson (2014), Jorge Garcia (2019), AJ Eward (2022). • Inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 2015.
	Kylee Baker / Golf - Women Second year at Navy as head coach ksulliva@usna.edu 410-293-9754 Complete Bio	• Led Navy to the 2024 Patriot League Championship and the Mids’ second NCAA Regional berth in first season as the program's head coach after having interim tag removed in January 2024. • Her first season at the helm also saw her earn Patriot League Coach of the Year and oversee three All-Patriot League golfers, including Patriot League Championship medalist Stephanie Lee. • Helped develop four All-Patriot League selections and nine Patriot League Golfers of the Week in two seasons as an assistant coach, and was instrumental in the Mids shooting their lowest season average and lowest Patriot League Championship team score in program history during the 2022-23 season. • Previously, was a men’s and women’s assistant coach at Division II Ferris State for two seasons, serving as the interim head coach during the spring of 2021. • Four-year letter-winner at Oakland University, claiming All-Horizon League honors as a senior and twice earning Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar Team selection.
	Kip Simons / Gymnastics 10th year at Navy as head coach simons@usna.edu 410-293-5552 Complete Bio	• Completed his ninth year at Navy in 2024 and has led the program to NCAA Championship appearances in all eight seasons that the competition was held. • Navy won a share of the ECAC Championship title and automatic bid to the NCAA Championship with a 423.4-point output in April of 2016. The ECAC title was the first for Navy since 1989 and the NCAA appearance was the first since 2009. The team would later capture the outright ECAC title in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. • Guided Syam Buradagunta (‘24) and Isaiah Drake (‘25) to NCAA Championship All-American honors at the 2023 NCAA meet. The honors were the first for the program since 1973. • Garnered CGA East Regional Coach of the Year honors in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022, as well as ECAC Coach of the Year honors in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023, and the USAG Varsity Coach of the Year nod in 2019, 2020 and 2022. • Competed with the United States Senior National team for four years and earned a spot on the 1996 Olympic team that competed in Atlanta. Winner of the Nissen-Emery Award, as the nation’s top senior collegiate gymnast in 1994.
	Joe Amplo / Lacrosse - Men Sixth year at Navy as head coach 410-293-8779 Complete Bio	• Introduced as the program’s ninth head coach in its 100-plus year history on June 5, 2019. • Under his tutelage, Jackson Bonitz became just the second Navy player to garner All-Patriot League honors four times (2021-22-23-24), he is just the 35th player to be named a USILA All-American three times (2022-23-24) and was the recipient of the 2024 NAAA Sword for Men. • He served as an assistant coach for the U.S. National Team that won the gold medal at the 2018 and ‘23 World Championships.  • He arrived in Annapolis after a seven-year stint at Marquette where he built the program from ground up and directed the Golden Eagles to a pair of BIG EAST Tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2016 and 2017. • Amplo was the 2016 recipient of the USILA Howdy Myers Man of the Year Award, presented in honor of one of the sport’s most outstanding coaches. The award is presented annually to an individual who has contributed to the game of lacrosse in a capacity over and above the normal efforts and in so doing, has shown unselfish and untiring devotion to the game.
	Cindy Timchal / Lacrosse - Women 18th year at Navy as head coach timchal@usna.edu 410-293-8746 Complete Bio	• Has led Navy to six Patriot League titles and seven NCAA Tournament appearances in the program’s 16 seasons. • Led the Mids to the 2017 NCAA Final Four, becoming the first Service Academy team from any women’s sport to advance to the NCAA Semifinals. • In 2018, became the first college lacrosse coach to win 500 career games and is the sport’s all-time Division I wins leader (578-161). • Led Maryland to eight NCAA titles, including seven in a row from 1995-01. • Was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) inaugural Hall of Fame in 2017.
	Mike Anti / Rifle Eighth year at Navy as head coach anti@usna.edu 410-293-4339 Complete Bio	• Was named head coach in May of 2017 after eight years as an assistant coach at the Air Force Academy. • Has over 30 years of experience with shooting, competing and coaching rifle. • Began his career in high-level competition rifle in 1981 as a member of the United States’ junior team before moving into the collegiate ranks at West Virginia University. An eight-time All-American in both smallbore and air rifle from 1984 through 1987, Anti won the 1986 NCAA Smallbore Championship. • A four-time Olympic competitor, Anti suited up for the U.S. at the 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics Summer Games. • Anti has guided Navy to four NCAA National Championship appearances: 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2024.
	Steve Gladstone / Rowing - Heavyweight First year at Navy as head coach tba@usna.edu 410-293-3636 Complete Bio	• Hired in July 2024. • Most recently was at Yale where he was the head coach from the 2010 fall through 2023 spring seasons. • He shares the record for the most IRA Championship-winning crews (14), and also claimed three IRA National Championships. • He was a five-time Ivy League Coach of the Year and a three-time EARC Coach of the Year. • Gladstone also coached at Cal and served for four years as the school's director of athletics.
	Shawn Bagnall / Rowing - Lightweight 12th year at Navy as head coach bagnall@usna.edu 410-293-2418 Complete Bio	• Led Navy to the team title at the 2021 IRA National Championship with a clean sweep of the V8, 2V8 and V4- competitions. The team title was the first for Navy since 2004. • In each of his first six seasons (2014-2019), he guided the program to an IRA National Championship bid with multiple boats racing at the regatta. Prior to the 2014 IRAs, Navy hadn’t had multiple boats entered since 2011. Navy’s 2020 bid was curtailed due the cancellation of its season. • The Mids’ varsity four with a coxswain boat won an individual IRA National Championship title in 2017. The gold medal performance was the first for Navy Lightweight Crew since 2012. Under Bagnall, Navy has earned first-place event results at five straight championships: 2017 (V4+), 2018 (V4-), 2019 (V4+ and V4-), 2021 (V8, 2V8 and V4-) and 2022 (2V8 and V4+). • Navy finished in a tie for first at the 2022 IRA National Championship (lost the V8 tie-breaker to Columbia) after tying for first at the Eastern Sprints with Yale and Columbia. Yale earned the Sprints title with the V8 tie-breaker. • Bagnall has significant experience and success on the international level, as he most recently helped the women’s 8+ boat to consecutive gold medals at the 2012 and `13 U-23 World Championships
	Joe Schlosberg / Rowing - Women 10th year at Navy as head coach schlosbe@usna.edu 410-293-2419 Complete Bio	• Completed his ninth year at Navy in 2024. During his first four years, he took the Midshipmen to four straight NCAA Championships. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 season, he led the Mids back to the NCAAs in 2021 and later in 2023. • Led Navy to its ninth Patriot League title in program history in 2023 with a come-from-behind effort from the team and its first varsity eight crew. • Named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Region II Coach/Staff of the Year in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. • At the 2018 NCAA Championship, the Mids finished a program-best 17th overall. Navy matched that 17th-place result in 2019 when all three of its boats qualified for C-Finals. All three boats mirrored that C-Finals accomplishment in 2021. • Started at Navy in August of 2015 after 14 years on staff at Notre Dame, including the last seven as the program’s associate head coach. The Irish won 10 straight BIG EAST Conference titles from 2004-13 and competed in six NCAA Championships during Schlosberg’s time in South Bend.
	Gavin Hickie / Rugby - Men Eighth year at Navy as head coach hickie@usna.edu 410-293-9710 Complete Bio	• Enters his third season with rugby as a varsity sport. • Led Navy to its first Division I-A National Championship and finished the year with an 18-0 record in its first varsity season. • Has guided the Mids to an 35-2 record as a varsity program after posting a 40-13 record in five seasons as a club team • Has coached two Rudy Scholz Award winners (Connor McNerney - 2016; Lewis Gray - 2023) • Has guided Navy to back-to-back Rugby East titles (2022, ‘23) with a combined league record of 16-0.
	Murph McCarthy / Rugby - Women Seventh year at Navy as head coach jmccart@usna.edu 410-293-9710 Complete Bio	• Enters his third season with rugby as a varsity sport. • Has led the Mids to a third-place (2024) and fourth-place (2023) finish at the 7s Collegiate Championship in first two varsity seasons • Guided Navy to its second-straight CRAA Fall DI Championship in its first varsity season. Previously reached the finals in 2019 and 2021. • Became the head coach before the start of the 2019 spring season after he served as an assistant coach for the Navy men’s program from 2011-19. • Has coached two Rhodes Scholarship recipients (Sarah Skinner, AJ Ward) and a Marshall Scholarship recipient (Charlotte d’Halluin).
	Ian Burman / Sailing - Intercollegiate 17th year at Navy as head coach burman@usna.edu 410-293-5617 Complete Bio	• Navy has qualified for all three ICSA Spring National Championships in 10 of the last 12 seasons under Burman. • Guided Navy to the 2021 Coed National Championship for the first title in the event since 1995. • Led Navy to the 2021 Team Race National Championship, which was its first title in the event since 1992. • The Navy women’s intercollegiate sailing team placed third at the 2014 National Championship, its highest finish in more than 10 years. • Navy has received 56 All-America recognitions during his 15 years as head coach, along with coaching the 2021 Everett B. Morris College Sailor of the Year and 2022 NAAA Sword for Men Award winner JC Hermus.
	Nancy Haberland / Sailing - Offshore First year at Navy as interim head coach haberlan@usna.edu 410-293-5605 Complete Bio	• Is in 19th season on the coaching staff of the offshore sailing program and was named interim head coach in June 2024. • Previously served as the junior varsity offshore coach for most of her tenure at the Academy. • Has won 18 national and seven world championships in her own sailing career. • Is a seven-time nominee for Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year and 12-time member of the US Sailing Team. • Participated in three Olympics, with the first experience as a training partner for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games, her second time as an athlete in the 2004 Athens Summer Games (Three-Person Keelboat), and her third as the athlete representative at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
	Tim O'Donohue / Soccer - Men Ninth year at Navy as head coach odonohue@usna.edu 410-293-3153 Complete Bio	• Led Navy to its second Patriot League Championship in 2023, earning the program’s 12th NCAA Tournament appearance, and has guided the Mids to three-straight league tournament berths (2021-23). • Coached 31 All-Patriot League selections over the past five seasons, including three-time Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year (2019-21) Matt Nocita, two-time Patriot League Midfielder of the Year (2022-23) David Jackson and 2021 Offensive Player of the Year Jacob Williams. • Has an overall record of 218-79-47 for a .702 career winning percentage in 18 seasons as a college head coach. • Had an overall record of 165-21-23 at Stevens during his tenure from 2001-10 and his winning percentage of .844 was the highest in NCAA Division III history when he left Stevens to serve as the associate head coach at UConn. • Helped UConn advance to three straight NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal appearances (2011-13).
	Carin Gabarra / Soccer - Women 32nd year at Navy as head coach gabarra@usna.edu 410-293-5562 Complete Bio	• Is the only head coach in the program’s history. • Has led Navy to five Patriot League Tournament titles and five NCAA Tournaments, including back-to-back trips in 2019 and April of 2021. • With a career record of 385-189-64, ranks among the top-15 active coaches in the nation for career victories and has led Navy to winning campaigns in 26 of 31 seasons. All-time, she ranks 22nd in career wins. • All-time leader in wins as a Patriot League coach (385). Five-time Patriot League Coach of the Year. • One of the best players in the history of women’s soccer, is both a World Cup and Olympic champion. Additionally, is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
	Captain Carter Reading, USMC / Sprint Football First year at Navy as head coach creading@usna.edu 410-293-5559 Complete Bio	• Named the 33rd head coach in Navy sprint football history in the spring of 2024. • Member of the Navy Sprint Football team from 2012-15, helping the Midshipmen to a 24-4 mark as a student-athlete, including winning the CSFL Championship in 2014. • Graduated from the Naval Academy in 2016, commissioning in Marine Corps. • Served as a coaching TAD (Temporary Assignment Duty) for the 2016 season. • Earned a pair of Star victories, once as a player and another as a coach.
	Tyler Osborne / Squash Seventh year at Navy as head coach tosborne@usna.edu 410-293-2240 Complete Bio	• Introduced as the program’s seventh coach in its 70-plus year history in July of 2018. • Guided the Mids to a 13-7 record and a 16th-place finish at the Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) Team Championship in his first season (2018-19).  Navy won 11-consecutive matches to open the 2018-19 season and was ranked as high as eighth in the CSA rankings. • Under his direction, Senen Ubina (‘19) and Michael Kacergis (‘20) paired up to win the 2018 Intercollegiate National Doubles Championship in Philadelphia. Kacergis teamed up with Jack Lentz (’21) to win the 2019 Intercollegiate National Doubles Championship. • Jack Lentz (’21) became the second player in program history and first under Osborne’s watch to be selected as the recipient of College Squash Association’s prestigious Skillman Award. The Skillman Award is the top honor bestowed each year to a senior men’s squash student-athlete who has displayed exemplary sportsmanship and skill throughout his career. • Served on the coaching staff for Team Canada at the 2023 WSF World Junior Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
	Bill Roberts / Swimming & Diving - Men 22nd year at Navy as head coach robertsw@usna.edu 410-293-3012 Complete Bio	• Has guided Navy to the Patriot League title in each of his 20 seasons in which the meet was contested.  • The Mids have amassed 232 swimming event titles at the league championship during this time. • His swimmers have earned All-America honors in five seasons, including Tom Duvall who placed seventh in the 500 free at the 2014 NCAA Championship, and at least one swimmer has advanced to eight NCAA Championship meets.  • The 11-time Patriot League Coach of the Year also has led Navy to a 209-69 record as head coach, including a 76-2 record in dual meets against league foes.  • Navy also has won 14 ECAC team titles over the last 15 seasons in which the meet was held and Roberts has garnered ECAC Coach-of-the-Year honors 13 times.
	John Morrison / Swimming & Diving - Women 21st year at Navy as head coach morrison@usna.edu 410-293-3081 Complete Bio	• Navy has won each of the last 12 Patriot League titles, as well as 13 crowns in the last 14 years and 14 championships (plus three second-place showings) in the last 17 years.  • His swimmers have won 187 league event titles during his time on The Yard. • At least one Navy swimmer has advanced to the NCAA Championship 10 times since 2008.  This includes 2019, when Lauren Barber became the first swimmer in Navy Division I and Patriot League history to earn Honorable Mention All-American honors, and 2021, when Sydney Harrington earned the same accolade. • The 11-time Patriot League Coach of the Year has guided the Mids to a regular season record of 173-48, including a 79-2 record in dual meets against league foes.  • Navy also has won eight ECAC titles and he himself is an eight-time ECAC Coach of the Year.
	Chris Garner / Tennis - Men 11th year at Navy as head coach cgarner@usna.edu 410-293-8725 Complete Bio	• Has guided Navy to a combined 230-118 record in his 10 seasons on The Yard. This includes a combined (regular season and tournament) 72-8 record against league foes, nine berths in the championship match of the nine Patriot League Tournament which have been held, six league titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2015, ‘18, ‘19, ‘21, ‘22 and ‘23.  • A six-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, his players have been selected as the league player of the year six times, the rookie of the year in the league four times and the league scholar-athlete of the year for the sport eight times. • Spent his prior seven years as the head coach at Amherst, during which time he led the Lord Jeffs to NCAA (DIII) Championships in 2011 and 2014 and to the title match in 2009 and 2010. Amherst also placed third at the 2013 championship and reached the quarterfinal round at the 2012 edition of the event.  Individually, his players won the 2012 NCAA doubles title and the 2014 NCAA singles crown. • His Amherst teams posted an overall seven-year record of 199-43 (82.2%), including a 134-16 record (89.3%) over his last four years.  • A standout player in his own right, he earned All-America honors at Georgia before embarking on a professional career that saw him attain an ATP ranking of No. 120 and reach the Round of 16 of the 1993 Australian Open.
	Keith Puryear / Tennis - Women 17th year at Navy as head coach puryear@usna.edu 410-293-8709 Complete Bio	• Guided the 2024 Navy team to the first Patriot League Championship in program history on the back of a 24-7 overall record and 4-1 league mark, earning the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance. • Tallied three all-league performers in 2023-24, highlighted by Samantha Johns and Sia Chaudry becoming the first pairing in program history to be named Patriot League Doubles Team of the Year, while also defeating Army twice in a season for the first time and notching the program’s first win over Boston University. • Navy has made eight appearances in the Patriot League Championship match and has had four Patriot League major award winners since the program’s first varsity season in 2009-10. • The only head coach in the history of the program, he owns a 298-101 record during his time at Navy and holds an overall college tennis coaching record of 741-404. • Voted the 2011 and 2024 Patriot League Coach of the Year, the 13th and 14th times in his career he has won conference coach-of-the-year honors.
	Jamie Cook / Track & Field Eighth year at Navy as head coach jcook@usna.edu 410-293-5568 Complete Bio	• Hired in 2017 as the Director of Navy Track and Field. • Has been named Patriot League Coach of the Year 21 times in his first seven seasons. Also has been named the Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year five times. • Is 22-2 (.917) in Army-Navy Star Meets. • Has claimed five IC4A Outdoor Championships and one ECAC Outdoor Championship (2021) during his tenure in Annapolis. • Has directly worked with several athletes in the Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, including a pair of finalists in the 2016 Rio Olympics in Devon Allen (United States) and Johnathan Cabral (Canada), who finished fifth and sixth in the 110m hurdles, respectively. Allen and Cabral competed at Navy as individuals during the 2018 indoor track and field season.
	Billy Edwards / Triathlon 17th year at Navy as head coach wedwards@usna.edu Phone number TBA Complete Bio	• Enters his 17th season as the head coach of the Navy triathlon team and second as the women’s varsity coach. • Guided the Mids to an 11th-place finish out of 31 teams at the 2023 NCAA National Championship • Won two overall national championships (2009, ‘18), along with three men’s team championships (2015, ‘17, ‘18) and one women’s team championship (2011) at the club level. • Over 100 Mids have garnered USA Triathlon All-America honors under his guidance. Additionally, five athletes have qualified for the Ironman World Championship and USNA Class of 2018 graduate Emma Mickelson earned top-overall military honors at the event. • Graduated from the Naval Academy in 2000. Edwards was a member of the men’s cross country and track and field teams during his time as a Mid. He was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps and served in the role until 2006.
	Paco Labrador / Volleyball Seventh year at Navy as head coach labrador@usna.edu 410-293-8724 Complete Bio	• Navy has posted a 91-57 overall record under Labrador.  That includes a combined (regular season and tournament) 63-33 record against league opponents. • Led Navy to a 23-9 overall record in 2018, his first on The Yard.  This included the Mids earning a share of the league’s regular season title with a 13-3 record, winning the first Patriot League Tournament title in program history and making an appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the first time on the Division I level. • Compiled a 455-71 (86.5%) record in 15 seasons as the head coach at Wittenberg. This includes records of 162-2 in North Coast Athletic Conference regular season matches and 35-1 in the NCAC Tournament.  • The Tigers advanced to the NCAA (DIII) Tournament in all 15 of his seasons (41-14 record), winning the national title in 2011, reaching the championship match three times (2011, ‘15, ‘17) and playing in the national semifinals seven times. • His career winning percentage of .810 (546-128) ranks 17th place among active volleyball coaches across all NCAA divisions.
	Luis Nicolao / Water Polo Seventh year at Navy as head coach nicolao@usna.edu 410-293-3152 Complete Bio	• The former Navy water polo standout (‘92) and veteran coach returned to Annapolis after an impressive 20-year career as the head coach of the Princeton men’s and women’s water polo teams. • As a student-athlete at Navy, was a three-time All-American and All-East selection for the Midshipmen, graduating as the school’s all-time leader in points (377) and goals scored (282). During the course of his career, Navy won two Eastern Championships and reached the NCAA Tournament on three occasions. In addition, served as the team captain as a senior during the 1991 season. • In his first six seasons, guided Navy to a 90-63 overall record, and 41-27 mark in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference. • In 2020-21, the Mids finished the regular season in first place in the conference and were set to be the top seed in the MAWPC Tournament, but were not allowed to compete in the tournament due to the Naval Academy being under a restriction of movement (ROM). The Mids followed that performance with a second-place finish in 2021, closing out the MAWPC Tournament in the championship game. • In 2021, the ACWPC announced Navy attacker Isaac Salinas and goalkeeper Caden Capobianco were Honorable Mention All-Americans. Capobianco was the first Navy goalie to claim the distinction since Brett Rajchel (‘10) in 2009, while Salinas, who was a second-team honoree during the 2020-21 season and an honorable mention selection in 2019, became the third player in program history to earn three All-American honors, joining Nick Hill (2000, ‘01, ‘02) and Luis Nicolao (1989, ‘90, ‘91).
	Cary Kolat / Wrestling Fifth year at Navy as head coach kolat@usna.edu 410-293-8961 Complete Bio	• Introduced as the program’s eighth head coach in its 100-plus year history on March 20, 2020. • In his first season, directed Navy to a second-place finish at the EIWA Championship where seven wrestlers automatically qualified for the NCAA Championship and another two received an at-large berth. • 2021 marked only the third time in program history that Navy has sent nine or more wrestlers to compete at the NCAA Championship and the first since 1969. • Has coached one All-American (David Key, 184) and three EIWA champions (Cody Trybus, 141; Grady Griess, 285; Josh Koderhandt, 141) during his tenure in Annapolis  • One of the most decorated athletes in the sport of wrestling, he was a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA Champion (1996, ’97). He amassed a 111-7 collegiate record // Fr: 22-5 and So: 39-1 at Penn State // Jr: 25-1 and Sr: 25-0 at Lock Haven.  A three-time World Cup gold medalist, he represented the United States at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.