by Dave Lohse, Associate Sports Information Director, Retired
The University of North Carolina's women's swimming and diving program has had a multitude of successes over its 50-year history: 16 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, 40 national Top 30 finishes, and a flurry of individual national champions and Olympians.
But it was in the earliest years of the program that Carolina experienced its true golden era – and set the standard for what the program has achieved.
The program has had only four head coaches since 1975 and each has produced championship level teams, including the recent 12th-place national finish in 2021 under current head coach Mark Gangloff.