Jerry Foley, Head Coach of the 2009-10 Landmark Conference women's Coaching Staff of the Year, became the leader of Susquehanna University's men's and women's swimming & diving teams, and Director of Aquatics, on June 1, 2009. He is the third person to hold the coaching position in Susquehanna's history.

"Jerry comes to us with a wealth of education and experience," says the university's Director of Athletics Pam Samuelson. "We think he's going to be a perfect fit at Susquehanna, and we know that the swimming & diving programs are in good hands."

Coach Foley comes to Susquehanna from Lewisburg (Pa.) Area High School and NCAA Division I Bucknell University. He was Lewisburg's head boys' and girls' swimming coach since November 2007, and he coached Bucknell's swimmers and divers from 1998 to 2006, earning Patriot League Coach of the Year honors five times.

He also has been the head associate swimming coach of the Sunbury branch of the Greater Susquehanna Valley (Pa.) YMCA since October 2006. In 2009, his boys' team placed eighth at the National YMCA short-course championships, while his combined boys' and girls' squad placed 11th.

Since August 2006, he has worked as a staff recruiter for the Geisinger Center for Health Research in Danville, Pa.

Foley was an assistant swimming coach and physical education instructor for the Division I United States Military Academy from 1994 to 1998 and the head coach of Division II Adelphi University from 1989 to 1994. He also served as a physical education instructor and the aquatic director while at Adelphi.

During his tenure at Adelphi, he was the co-head coach of the nationally oriented Long Island Aquatic Club in Merrick, N.Y.

From 1986 to 1989, he worked as the aquatic director and assistant swimming coach at Deer Park (N.Y.) High School and the head coach of Deer Park Aquatics, a community-based program.

Foley graduated with honors from the United States Merchant Marine Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering in June 1984. He received his Master of Arts degree in physical education from Adelphi in January 1990.

Foley's college teams have been consistently successful. He led the Bucknell men to a Patriot championship in 2003 and the women to league championships in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. He helped the U.S. Military Academy win men's Patriot titles in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

He replaces Dan Phillips, who led the SU swimming & diving teams for one season during the 2008-09 academic year. Phillips replaced the late G. Edward "Ged" Schweikert III, who died June 15, 2008, after succumbing to cancer.

Katie Robbins '96 finished her 13th season as an assistant men's and women's swimming & diving coach in 2008-09. Robbins is one of the women's program's best success stories.

Coming from a high school that had no swimming team, she became one of Susquehanna's top distance swimmers and a team captain by her senior season.

Robbins graduated from SU with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and earned a master's degree in education from Bucknell in 1998. She has been teaching science at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Area High School since 1998.

In the summer, Robbins is a very successful age-group coach. She took her former hometown team from the bottom of the Susquehanna Valley Swimming and Diving League to being a top contender within five years.