Transylvania Hires DePauw's Dunaway

Kyle Dunaway, who has served as an assistant at DePauw and Wabash, has been named head swimming and diving coach at Transylvania, athletics director Jack Ebel said Friday.

Dunaway replaces George Villarreal, who resigned recently to pursue other opportunities. Third-year Transy assistant Jill Southerlan will remain in her position on the Transy staff, Ebel said.

Dunaway helped DePauw to a sixth consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title last season. The Tigers set seven school records and qualified four swimmers for the NCAA Division III Championships, where the school finished 13th overall. DePauw’s men’s 200 relay team posted a second-place national finish.

Prior to last year, Dunaway spent three years as an assistant at Wabash, helping the school to a national ranking in 2008. He was also a two-year captain and four-time letterman at Wittenberg. Dunaway graduated from Wittenberg in 2004. He was a five-time North Coast Athletic Conference semifinalist and holds the school record in the 400 individual medley.

“Kyle has a very impressive background in swimming as both a coach and a student-athlete,” said Ebel. “He has been associated with three prestigious NCAA Division III programs that have established and very successful swim programs. I have no doubt that he will be a great success at Transylvania. We look forward to having him on our staff.”

Transylvania competes in the Bluegrass Mountain Conference in swimming after becoming a member of Division III in 2004. Previously, the school had a top 10 swim program in the NAIA.

Dunaway will take over the Transy swimming and diving program on Aug. 2.