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Cal assistant Yuri Suguiyama to be named Wisconsin Badgers swimming and diving coach

Yuri Suguiyama, a highly decorated associate head coach at Cal and former mentor of Olympian Katie Ledecky, will be the next University of Wisconsin swimming and diving coach.

A UW spokesperson confirmed a report Tuesday by swimming site SwimSwam.com that Suguiyama will be named head coach at UW following six seasons assisting with the men's team at Cal.

The Bears won the 2014 NCAA title with Suguiyama on staff and finished as runner-up the other five years he was with the team.

Suguiyama will take over the Badgers programs from Whitney Hite, who was fired in March after seven seasons as head coach.