05-16-2025, 12:23 PM
(05-16-2025, 12:09 PM)Sakibomb25 Wrote:(05-16-2025, 01:26 AM)fullmetal Wrote: Chris Lindauer, former head coach of Notre Dame men's and women's swimming, has been named the Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming at Stanford. The links below give great background. I will say it's interesting that he goes from coaching men and women to just coaching the Stanford women's team. This is also on the heels of the Notre Dame's men's team suspension this season for gambling and culture problems. Luckily for Lindauer, none of the Stanford women's team entered the transfer portal after the announcement of Meehan's departure. (Stanford probably would have won the championship this year if not for outbound transfers, no?)
https://gostanford.com/news/2025/05/15/c...s-swimming
https://swimswam.com/stanford-hires-chri...ing-coach/
(His title seems to be Director of Women's Swimming, but he'll oversee diving via the head diving coach, right?)
Not sure how I feel about this hire. Part of me feels he should have known about the gambling scandal and the culture. There are some reports that he knew about it and turned a blind eye... then threw the team under the bus. But of course, those are just rurmors. The biggest concern is the women's team did not improve at all under his tutelage.
The biggest indicator for me this upcoming season is will our swimmers improve and also how well can he recruit? We'll see how this one pans out...
Question: who exactly approved offering this guy? Was it Andrew Luck? Alden Mitchell? Muir going out the door? Someone else?