Maxvill Named Assistant Swimming Coach
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami swimming coach Andy Kershaw announced the hiring of Caroline Maxvill to the position of assistant swimming coach Tuesday.
“When I started the search for a new assistant, I knew I wanted someone that was loyal, sharp and who had great experience in swimming and recruiting,” Kershaw said. “Caroline fit that bill perfectly. There is no doubt in my mind that she is one of the top young coaches in this sport and has a career full of success ahead of her.”
Maxvill spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant coach on the TCU Horned Frogs swimming & diving staff. She joined the Horned Frogs after serving as head swimming & diving coach at Athens High School during the 2012-13 season.
“I am honored to be joining Coach Kershaw and the Hurricanes family,” Maxvill said. “From the minute I stepped on campus, I knew there was something special about The U! There is an excitement and a drive within the athletic department that is contagious.”
A four-year letterwinner at Texas A&M, Maxvill helped lead the Aggies to two Big 12 titles (2008, 2010) and was an Academic All-American in 2010.
“I am super excited to be adding Caroline to the Hurricane swimming & diving family,” Kershaw said. “Just as importantly, I know she is excited too.”
Kershaw said Maxvill will help Miami on its journey towards the top of the ACC and beyond.
“I believe our program is one that is on the rise, and I think Caroline is going to take us another step in that direction,” he said. “She is going to help Miami swimming & diving continue to work its way up the ACC and NCAA ladder, and I can’t wait to start working with her.
“The coaches that she has coached with and swam for had such great things to say about Caroline, I know this is the right fit for our team.”
A Dallas, Texas native, Maxvill attended J.J. Pearce High School where she captured the 2007 Texas 4A State title in the 100-yard breaststroke. She went on to a stellar career with the Aggies, including a time in the 200-yard breaststroke that ranks eighth-best in school history.
“It is definitely a program on the rise and I am ready to help Coach Kershaw and the Hurricanes women continue to improve and reach new heights in the ACC,” Maxvill said. “Coach Kershaw has seen much success in the two years he has been at Miami, and I am excited to be a part of continuing that momentum.”
