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Notre Dame adds new diving coach

Notre Dame diving has a new head coach.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have hired Josh Arndt as head diving coach.

Head swimming coach Chris Lindauer made the announcement.

“We are thrilled to add Josh to our staff!” Lindauer said in a statement. “He brings a wealth of experience in diving at the highest level. His commitment to the student-athlete experience was evident throughout the hiring process, and we are excited for him to bring a new perspective to our staff and team!”

Arndt has been the head diving coach at the University of Virginia and he was there while the Cavaliers won two national championships. Before that, Arndt worked at the University of Connecticut for three years as the head diving coach there.

For two of those three seasons, Arndt was the Big East Women’s Diving Coach of the Year. He began his coaching career at UMass.

Mar 23, 2012; Federal Way, WA, USA; A general view of the pool before the 2012 NCAA division I swimming championship at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports

“I am incredibly excited to join the Notre Dame family,” Ardnt said in a statement. “Growing up in the area, I have always held the University in high regard. I am honored and look forward to the opportunity to build alongside these phenomenal student-athletes and this staff.”

Arndt is a native of LaPorte, Ind. and he attended college at Indiana, where was an All-American in 2016. He also qualified for the Olympic Trials that year.

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Notre Dame loses diving coach Mark Bradshaw to Purdue

This is a tough loss.

Notre Dame already is feeling the effects of suspending its men’s swimming program for next season after a gambling culture revelation. Although the diving team still will be allowed to compete, it will have to do so with a new coach.

[autotag]Mark Bradshaw[/autotag] coached the Irish divers for the past three seasons. Previously, he spent 23 seasons in that role at Arizona State. Now, he’ll be taking his talents to West Lafayette and joining Purdue as its associate head coach under new coach David Boudia.

While it’s not known definitively whether the men’s swimming suspension played a role in Bradshaw leaving, the the Irish only have two men’s divers on their roster for the 2024-25 season whereas the Boilermakers have seven. That alone gives Bradshaw a challenge much more worth taking on.

The Irish are going to have to do quite a lot to rebuild their program once they’re able to compete again. This is only one sign of that.

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Notre Dame suspends men’s swimming program for at least one year

Tough day for the athletic department.

In late June, Notre Dame announced it was looking at issues within its men’s swimming and diving program. Fresh off [autotag]Chris Guiliano[/autotag] winning a gold medal and a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the investigation has been completed.

It was discovered that there was a rampant gambling culture within the men’s swimming program that did not abide by NCAA rules. Concluding that the culture did not reflect Notre Dame’s values and to prevent this from happening again, athletic director [autotag]Pete Bevacqua[/autotag] has announced that the men’s swimming program will be suspended for at least one academic year.

The coaches were exonerated after the investigation revealed that the team members concealed their activities from them. The decision also will not affect the women’s swimming team or either diving team.

The timing of this announcement gives team members wishing to transfer before the start of the school year the ability to do so. However, those who took part in the gambling would be subject to any eligibility penalties handed down to them regardless of whether they transfer.

This is a crushing blow for a program that just had a terrific season, placing in the top 10 at the national championships, not to mention Guiliano’s Olympic success. However, the law had to be laid down. Hopefully, a program with much higher integrity will emerge and ultimately be successful in the distant future.

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Photos of Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano winning first Olympic gold

Congrats, Chris and the rest of the team!

Through the first full day of competition at the 2024 Olympics, the U.S. won only one gold medal. Fortunately for Notre Dame fans, one of their own was involved with that.

[autotag]Chris Guiliano[/autotag], who still swims for the Irish, won his first Olympic gold medal and the first gold medal for the U.S. in Paris. He did with the help of teammates Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel. Together, they won the 4×100-meter freestyle relay in 3 minutes, 9.28 seconds, missing the world record by a measly 1.04 seconds. Australia won the silver, and Italy took the bronze.

Guiliano swam the second leg of the relay and had to battle from behind. However, it was he who gave his team the lead, one it would not relinquish and only continue to build. It was the fourth time in five Olympics the U.S. has won gold in this event.

Here are some images from a memorable day for Guiliano:

Notre Dame men’s athletics win third Capital One Cup

Congrats, Notre Dame!

The Capital One Cup demonstrates greatness of a university’s athletic department. Each year, it is given out on both the men’s and women’s side. Notre Dame has captured the men’s award for the second time in three years and third time overall. Former lacrosse player [autotag]Pat Kavanaugh[/autotag] was on hand at this year’s ESPYS to acknowledge the victory:

At 103 points, Notre Dame finished well ahead of second-place Michigan (90 points) in the men’s standings. The national-championship lacrosse team got the most points with 60. The soccer team, the College Cup runner-up, earned 30 points, and the fencing team, another national-championship runner-up, got six points. Rounding out the scoring was the swimming and diving team, which earned a single point for playing 10th at the national meet.

This should serve as a reminder that although football is Notre Dame’s biggest sport by far, the university strives for athletic success across the board. Congratulations to the programs that made this honor possible.

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