William and Mary Director of Swimming Matt Crispino '02 announced the hiring of Joshua Huger to the post of assistant coach today, completing the Tribe coaching staff for the 2013-14 season.  Huger's duties will include assisting with all coaching, administrative, and recruiting functions associated with running the W&M program, with a special emphasis on coaching the team's sprinters.

"Josh is a welcome addition to Tribe Swimming," Crispino said. "I've known him for over a year, and in that time I have found him to be a proven coach, a remarkable recruiter, and an innovative and entrepreneurial website designer. The opportunity to have him on our staff is one we could not pass up. His enthusiasm for William & Mary was evident in the interview process, and I am excited to see his contributions to our team both on and off the pool deck."

Huger comes to W&M after spending the past two years as an assistant coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  During his tenure with the Crimson Hawks, Huger helped coach four athletes to achieve nine All-American performances, including Division II national champion and record-holder Jackie Hynson (2012).  In the PSAC, athletes won 11 conference titles, and also won IUP's first relay gold in 13 years.  In total through his two years with the program, Huger's athletes collected 31 school records, 58 NCAA consideration performances, two automatic-qualifying efforts.

Huger also started up IUP's first-ever swim club team, growing the club to more than 30 members and qualifying athletes to YMCA Master Nationals and USMS Nationals.  During the last three summers, he was a coach and counselor at Texas' Longhorn Swim Camp (2011) and at the Naval Academy Swim Camp (2012 & 2013), working with hundreds of youth and high school swimmers with a wide variety of expertise.  Huger also spent two years as an assistant coach with two Virginia club teams, Virginia Swimming and the Rappahanock Area YMCA.  He created and implemented workouts for some of the fastest age-group level boys in the state of Virginia, and gained valuable on-deck coaching experience during championship-level events.

Huger earned his bachelor's degree in sports management from IUP in 2011, and completed a Master's degree in the field the following year.  While still an undergraduate in 2010, he founded SwimUtopia.com, a website devoted to covering swimming at all levels.  Through his website, he has worked closely with several mid-major and Division II conferences, as well provided videos, results, and news to thousands of visitors each month.

Huger and his wife, Katie, were married in July of 2012, and reside in Williamsburg.