HEAD COACH 19th year at ODU
CAROL WITHUS
Entering her 19th season at the helm of the Old Dominion men's and women's swimming and diving programs, head coach Carol Withus continues to establish herself as one of the top coaches in the Colonial Athletic Association. She remains one of a very small handful of women in the nation who coach both the men's and women's programs on the Division I level.
Withus has earned the CAA Coach of the Year honor four times, including garnering the award in 2006 season on the men's side. She also guided the 1997-98 men's team to a perfect 12-0 record and it's first ever CAA Championship. The men's squad in 2008 also capped off a perfect season with a 10-0 record.
Withus has also coached the most prolific swimmer in CAA history, Mary Kay Bolduc, who became the first athlete (male or female) to win four CAA Swimmer of the Year honors (1995- 99). Former Monarch Kara Fichtorn won the same title during her tenure (1999-03) with the team, giving Old Dominion and Withus the honor of having the CAA's best female swimmer in five of the last ten years. Most recently, Withus has coached the 2011 CAA Men's Swimmer of the Year and 2008 Icelandic Olympian in Arni Arnason.
Before beginning her Old Dominion career, Withus was the head women's coach at New York University, where she compiled a 55-12 record. She coached eight NCAA All- Americans, was named Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Conference in 1992 and took second in the Metropolitan Conference Championships with a 10-1 record during her final year at NYU.
A native of White Plains, NY, Withus graduated from Adelphi University in 1985 with a degree in physical education. She received her master's degree in physical education from Ohio University in 1986.
Carol and her husband John currently reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia with their daughters Caroline (9) and Catherine (6).
