Stanford’s Greg Meehan and Cal’s Dave Durden were named USA Swimming’s Olympic head coaches on Monday.
Meehan will guide the women’s team in Tokyo. Durden coaches the men. Both are first-time Olympic head coaches and were assistants for David Marsh and Bob Bowman, respectively, for the 2016 Rio Games.
“[Meehan and Durden] have earned a great deal of respect among of our national team members and other coaches around the country,” USA Swimming National Team Managing Director Lindsay Mintenko said in a press release. “Our staff looks forward to collaborating with Dave and Greg over the next 18 months to put a plan in place to guide Team USA to continued success in Tokyo.