USC didn’t have to look far to find a new men’s and women’s swimming head coach.
Former Trojans assistant Jeremy Kipp will take over the program, replacing Dave Salo, who announced earlier this year he would step down at the end of the 2020 season. USC announced the addition of Kipp, 42, on Tuesday.
“My family and I would like to thank Mike Bohn and USC’s senior staff for this opportunity of a lifetime,” Kipp said in a statement. “We are very excited to reconnect with the Trojan Family and share our vision for ensuring the program’s future success. There is no tradition like that of the USC swimming and diving program, one that is near and dear to my heart.”
Kipp spent eight years at USC as an assistant under Salo, playing a hand in 38 individual NCAA champions in that time, before being hired as Boise State’s women’s swimming and diving head coach in 2016. He spent three years in Boise, winning Mountain West Women’s Coach of the Year each season while winning conference titles in 2017 and 2018.
He converted that success to a job at Northwestern as director of men’s and women’s swimming and diving the past two years. Both men’s and women’s programs finished the shortened 2020 season in the top 25.
“We are delighted to welcome Jeremy Kipp back to the Trojan Family,” stated Bohn. “Jeremy is the right person to elevate our historically successful men’s and women’s swimming programs, and we are thrilled that he is our new head coach.”
