Tom Dodd

Head Coach

CLU Head Coach Tom Dodd has led the swimming and diving teams since its inception in 2003.

Starting the program from scratch he has taken multiple swimmers to
individual SCIAC crowns and several NCAA National Championship
appearances.

In 2008 Jared Vermillion and diver Eric Vaughn earned SCIAC titles in
individual events for the Kingsmen while Regals Jill Minehan traveled to
the NCAA National Championships.

During the 2007-08 season Kelsey Myers and Christa Ratcliff combined for
five SCIAC Championship individual titles in qualifying for NCAA's.

In 2002, he had his first national champion as Kevin Wang won the 400 Individual Medley.

During his first five years at the NCAA Division III level, Dodd led
nine student-athletes to All-American and Honorable Mention All-American
finishes at the National Championships.

An eight-time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, Dodd established
the Whitworth swim team into one of the pre-eminent programs on the West
coast and has gained national prominence for the Pirates.

Prior to joining the NCAA, Dodd coached five Whitworth swimmers to NAIA
individual national championships and won two relay titles as well. He
was tabbed the 1996 NAIA Men's Coach of the Year.

Dodd, who possesses over 30 years of coaching experience, came to CLU
from Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington where he served as the
Aquatic Center Director and head coach of the men's and women's swim
teams since 1987.

Before joining the Whitworth staff, Dodd was the head coach of the
120-member Spokane Area Swimming program. He has also served as an
assistant coach at UC Berkeley and with the San Ramon Swim Club.

Dodd has Division I coaching experience as well as an assistant coach with the staff at UC Berkeley during the 1981-82 seasons.

A 1979 graduate of CSU Hayward, Dodd earned a Bachelor's Degree in
Geography. He also studied Photogrammetry while at the University of
Idaho.

Tom and his wife Joan have two children and in their spare time enjoy swimming, reading and camping.