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Craig Nisgor joined Brown's swimming coaching staff in July of
2007 as an assistant coach. Nisgor comes to Brown after spending
the past four seasons at the University of Alabama, where he was an
assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. While at Alabama, the
Crimson Tide experienced a great deal of success as he helped coach
the 2005 and 2007 NCAA champion in the 200 breaststroke, the 2006
world champion in the 200 breaststroke and 22 All-Americans. During
his four-year tenure, Alabama also had three top-15 men's and two
top-25 women's finishes at the NCAA Championships. In addition to
his coaching responsibilities he was instrumental in securing
Alabama's largest recruiting classes the past two seasons. From
2000-2003 Nisgor was with Davidson College, where he was the head
assistant coach for the men's and women's programs. During his
tenure with Davidson, the Wildcats broke 19 school records and
posted 40% of the program's all-time top-10 performances. Prior to
Davidson, he served as head assistant coach at American University
for the 2000 season and as an assistant coach at Virginia in 1999.
While at Virginia he assisted in coaching both the men and women to
ACC titles that season and a pair of top-15 NCAA finishes. He also
helped coach Virginia's first-ever NCAA Champion in the 200
butterfly. In addition he worked with world record holder and
Olympic gold medalist Ed Moses, the 1999 NCAA Runner-up in the 100
and 200 breaststroke. Nisgor was a graduate assistant men's coach
at Ball State from 1996-98 and started his coaching career at his
alma mater, Buffalo, during the1995-96 season. In addition to
collegiate coaching, Nisgor was head coach of the Ken-Ton YMCA swim
team in Kenmore, NY (1995-96) and an assistant coach for the
Mecklenburg Aquatic Club. Nisgor earned a bachelor's degree in
exercise studies with a concentration in athletic training from the
University of Buffalo in 1996. He went on to earn a master's degree
in athletic administration from Ball State in 1998.
