Colby Kubat spent three seasons as an assistant coach for Tribe Swimming.
Since Kubat joined the Tribe, the team has captured a CAA Championship; seen to three individual CAA postseason honors, including two CAA Swimmers of the Year; and sent a pair of swimmers to the NCAA Championships. In addition, both the men’s and women’s teams have each earned CSCAA Academic All-America Team Honors in every semester since Kubat’s arrival, continuing the W&M tradition of academic excellence.
In 2022-23, Tribe swimmers earned two conference year-end honors as Katie Stevenson was tabbed the CAA Swimmer of the Year and Sophia Heilen was named the CAA Rookie Swimmer of the Year. The Tribe women's team were runners-up in the 2023 CAA Championships, capturing victories in seven events (100 Free; 100, 200 Fly; 100, 200 Breast; 200, 400 Medley Relay). Tribe swimmers broke 13 program records and four CAA records in Kubat’s second season with the program.
In Kubat’s first year with the Tribe, the women’s team secured its first CAA Championship since 2017. The 2021-22 season was capped with a CAA title as the women’s team won six events (50, 100 Free; 200 Breast; 100 Back; 800 Free Relay; 200 Medley Relay) at the championship meet. Missy Cundiff was named the CAA Swimmer of the Year following the 2022 season, marking the first time since 2008 a Tribe swimmer earned the title.
Kubat joined the William & Mary swimming staff as an assistant coach in 2021-22 after a strong career in the club and collegiate coaching ranks.
Kubat comes to Williamsburg after spending the last year as a volunteer assistant on the staff at Division I powerhouse Tennessee. With the Vols, he assisted in all aspects of the program, including designing and running training plans for all of the collegiate and professional swim groups, recruiting, scouting opponents, and running the team's social media accounts. Prior to his time in Knoxville, Kubat spent six years as the head age group coach at Minnetonka Swim Club in Minnesota. While there, he developed, implemented, and led the training plans for the team that saw Minnetonka rise in the national club rankings from 182nd to 67th over the course of his tenure.
During his time at Minnetonka, Kubat also was the lead sprint coach at St. Olaf College from 2015-17. In the 2016-17 campaign, Kubat's athletes broke four school records and earned two NCAA qualifications. He also was an assistant coach at St. Thomas for the 2014-15 school year, helping the Tommies to the conference title on the men's side and a runner-up finish with the women. His athletes won 10 individual MIAC titles and four conference relay championships, and had multiple NCAA qualifiers and finalists. Kubat was an outstanding swimmer for St. Olaf during his undergrad career, winning 19 conference titles and earning nine All-American honors. Upon graduation, he held shares of the program records in both the 400 medley and 400 free relays, and helped St. Olaf to win three MIAC Championships. Kubat graduated from St. Olaf in 2014 with his degree in economics.
