The College of Hawaii has introduced the hiring of Steve Allnutt as their new head coach of swimming and diving. Allnutt is a Hawaii swim and dive alum, who has spent the final 10 seasons teaching within the Mountain West Convention.
The top coach place at Hawaii opened up in July, when former head coach Mike Stephens accepted a job as Stanford’s new affiliate head coach for his or her swimming and diving program. After about 6 weeks of looking out, Hawaii has discovered their substitute in Allnutt.
Talking on the rent, Hawaii Athletic Director Craig Angelos stated partially, “We’re thrilled to welcome Steve again to the UH swimming and diving household,” including “We had an amazing pool of candidates to select from and he actually distinguished himself through the course of.” Angelos additionally referred to as Allnutt’s historical past swimming for the Hawaii swim and dive program as an “additional bonus”.
Allnutt swam for the Hawaii males’s group from 2007-2011, serving to Hawaii win the Convention USA males’s title in 2011. He primarily competed in distance occasions, corresponding to the five hundred free, 1650 free, and 400 IM, and competed at USA Swimming Open Water Nationals as effectively.
The previous 2 seasons, Allnutt served as assistant coach for San Jose State. Previous to his stint at SJSU, Allnutt coached for 8 seasons at San Diego State, the place he served as affiliate head coach for the final 4 of these years. Throughout his time at San Diego State, he helped the ladies’s group to 4 Mountain West titles. Whereas Allnutt was teaching the Aztecs, they’d a twin meet file of 85-2, and a complete of 30 athletes certified for NCAAs.
“It’s with gratefulness and pleasure that I start this journey main the UH Swimming & Diving program,” Allnutt stated about accepting the place. “This program has a particular place within the diving and swimming world, and with the good assist of the Hawai’i Athletics Division, we are going to proceed an exemplary effectively rounded student-athlete expertise for our divers and swimmers.”
Hawaii is coming off an distinctive 2023-2024 season, through which the boys’s group was traditionally nice for this system, successful the MPSF title. They certified for NCAAs within the males’s 200 free relay, the place they completed seventeenth, a powerful accomplishment for a mid main program. Additionally they had a diver qualify for NCAAs, displaying they aren’t simply getting it achieved within the pool, however on the boards as effectively.
As of now, the remainder of the Hawaii workers from final seasons seems to have remained principally intact. Former affiliate head coach Kevin Blum has accepted a job as the top coach of Higher Valley Aquatic Middle, a membership swim group in Vermont. Assistant coach Maria Abrams and diving coach Brandon Blaisdell seem like remaining on the Hawaii workers.