William & Mary Hires Moody

The William and Mary athletics department announced the hiring of McGee Moody today as the College’s Director of Swimming and Diving, subject to final approval from W&M’s Board of Visitors. In this position, Moody will oversea both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs as director.

"I feel that McGee's success as a collegiate swimmer, his educational background and his coaching achievements at a strong academic institution make him a great fit to lead the William and Mary swimming and diving programs," W&M Director of Athletics Terry Driscoll said.

Moody comes to the Tribe after four seasons as an assistant coach to Navy's men's swimming team. During his tenure, Moody coached the midshipmen's first NCAA automatic qualifier since 1996 in addition to guiding numerous NCAA, Senior National and Olympic Trial qualifiers. His 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams finished the season ranked in the world top-25, and Moody also made an impact in the Navy record books, with his athletes setting all of the top-ten fastest times in school history in both the 50 and 100 freestyles. Building his athletes into academic success stories as well, Navy's men's swimming team was awarded Academic All-America honors the past three seasons under Moody's direction.

A 1997 graduate from East Carolina, Moody swam on the Pirates' varsity squad for four seasons, setting several freshman records and captaining the team his junior and senior years. Moody was also an Olympic Trial qualifier in the 200 freestyle in 1992.

Moody, who earned both a bachelor's degree in Psychology and masters in Sports Administration from East Carolina, is an active professional in the swimming community. A member of both the American Swimming Coaches Association and the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, he has served as the chair of latter's Media Relations Committee since 2001.

He will take over a Tribe squad whose men's team finished with a dual meet record of 3-8-1 (2-4-1 CAA) and whose women ended the year with a 3-9 (3-4 CAA) dual meet record.