Brendan Heller has been named the coach of the Greenwich swimming and diving program, Greenwich athletic director Gus Lindine introduced Friday.
Heller, who coached the Woodland boys group final season, is taking on for Lorrie Hokayem, who stepped down following the 2020 marketing campaign.
Hokayem had coached the Cardinals for seven years, profitable FCIAC championships in 2017 and 2018, and Class LL championships for 5 consecutive seasons from 2014 to 2018. Greenwich additionally had a run of 4 straight State Open titles from 2015 to 2018.
In 2019, the Cardinals had been runners-up to Cheshire on the Class LL and State Open meets, and completed second behind Darien on the FCIAC championship. The State and FCIAC championship meets weren’t held in 2020 because of the pandemic, however Greenwich received the FCIAC West title.
In 2016, Hokayem earned CHSCA Coach of the 12 months honors.
Heller was the top coach for Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich ladies swimming and diving previous to taking on the Woodland Excessive boys program for final season.
At Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich his groups had a 36-16-1 twin meet document throughout 4 seasons.
Whereas with Woodland, Heller guided the Hawks to a number of faculty data and the perfect mark at school historical past.
He coached boys swimming and diving at Iona Prep in 2016, incomes New York CHSAA Div. II Coach of the 12 months honors after an undefeated twin meet season.
Heller was additionally an assistant swim coach for each the boys’s and ladies’s applications at Carnegie Mellon College, the place he helped lead 24 student-athletes to attain CSCAA Div. III all-America standing throughout the 2019-20 season.
For the previous 4 years, Heller has been the Riverside Yacht Membership’s head swim coach and aquatics director for the summer time program.
Heller is a graduate of Bryant College, the place he was a captain of the swim group. He additionally accomplished a Grasp’s in Training from Xavier College.
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