Bucknell University Athletics
Dan Schinnerer to Step Down as Bucknell Head Swimming and Diving Coach
5/19/2026 1:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Dan Schinnerer, the Bucknell men's and women's swimming and diving head coach for the last 20 seasons, has announced that he will be stepping down from his post in mid-July to transition to a senior coaching position at Nation's Capital Swim Club.
Schinnerer departs as Bucknell's longest-tenured women's swimming and diving coach and second-longest-tenured men's coach behind only Hall of Famer Dick Russell. Schinnerer's 121 women's dual-meet victories (121-58-1) are the most in program history, and his 100 men's wins (100-80) rank second behind only Russell's 154.
Under Schinnerer's leadership, every Bucknell men's and women's individual and relay record was broken, and of the 420 top-10 men's and women's swimming and diving event performances in team history, 409 came during his two-decade tenure. Schinnerer guided the men's team to four runner-up team finishes at the Patriot League Championships and spots in the top half of the field every year. His women's squads finished second seven times and in the top five every year.
Schinnerer captured five Patriot League Coach of the Year honors, three on the men's side (2008, 2010, 2022) and two on the women's side (2013, 2020).
"Twenty years goes by very quickly, and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to be part of Bucknell University and the Bucknell swimming and diving family," said Schinnerer. "It is a special place and a special program. Bucknell was very good to my family and me, but at this stage of our lives this new opportunity presented itself, and we believe it will be best for us moving forward. I am thankful for all the people I have had the chance to work with here. I hope I have made a positive difference in people's lives while helping them learn and grow through sport."
"I would like to thank and congratulate Coach Schinnerer on a tremendous 20-year run leading the Bison swimming and diving teams," said vice president for athletics and recreation Tim Pavlechko. "Dan has positively impacted countless student-athletes during his tenure at Bucknell, and while we are saddened to see him depart, we are grateful for everything he has given to Bison Athletics. I wish Dan and his family nothing but success in their next chapter."
Schinnerer swam collegiately at Yale and was an assistant coach with Michigan's nationally ranked men's team when he was hired as Bucknell's head men's and women's coach in 2006.
Schinnerer will be joining one of the nation's largest and most successful swim clubs, which serves the DMV area and has training sites in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. NCAP has developed dozens of Olympians, NCAA champions, and other world-class swimmers, most notably the legendary Katie Ledecky and Olympic gold medalists Tom Dolan and Ed Moses.
A national search will be conducted to identify Bucknell's next head swimming and diving coach.
Schinnerer departs as Bucknell's longest-tenured women's swimming and diving coach and second-longest-tenured men's coach behind only Hall of Famer Dick Russell. Schinnerer's 121 women's dual-meet victories (121-58-1) are the most in program history, and his 100 men's wins (100-80) rank second behind only Russell's 154.
Under Schinnerer's leadership, every Bucknell men's and women's individual and relay record was broken, and of the 420 top-10 men's and women's swimming and diving event performances in team history, 409 came during his two-decade tenure. Schinnerer guided the men's team to four runner-up team finishes at the Patriot League Championships and spots in the top half of the field every year. His women's squads finished second seven times and in the top five every year.
Schinnerer captured five Patriot League Coach of the Year honors, three on the men's side (2008, 2010, 2022) and two on the women's side (2013, 2020).
"Twenty years goes by very quickly, and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to be part of Bucknell University and the Bucknell swimming and diving family," said Schinnerer. "It is a special place and a special program. Bucknell was very good to my family and me, but at this stage of our lives this new opportunity presented itself, and we believe it will be best for us moving forward. I am thankful for all the people I have had the chance to work with here. I hope I have made a positive difference in people's lives while helping them learn and grow through sport."
"I would like to thank and congratulate Coach Schinnerer on a tremendous 20-year run leading the Bison swimming and diving teams," said vice president for athletics and recreation Tim Pavlechko. "Dan has positively impacted countless student-athletes during his tenure at Bucknell, and while we are saddened to see him depart, we are grateful for everything he has given to Bison Athletics. I wish Dan and his family nothing but success in their next chapter."
Schinnerer swam collegiately at Yale and was an assistant coach with Michigan's nationally ranked men's team when he was hired as Bucknell's head men's and women's coach in 2006.
Schinnerer will be joining one of the nation's largest and most successful swim clubs, which serves the DMV area and has training sites in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. NCAP has developed dozens of Olympians, NCAA champions, and other world-class swimmers, most notably the legendary Katie Ledecky and Olympic gold medalists Tom Dolan and Ed Moses.
A national search will be conducted to identify Bucknell's next head swimming and diving coach.
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