Dawn Dill
	Experience: Eight years Head Coach dgerken@mit.edu 617-253-4490 Alma Mater: Smith College '96

The 2009 and 2010 NEWMAC Men's Swimming Coach of the Year, Dawn Dill enters her eighth season as the head coach of MIT's men's and women's swimming and diving programs. She has guided the men's program to four top-15 NCAA finishes in the last five years, over 50 All-America performances, and NEWMAC team championships in 2009 and 2010.

Since Dill's arrival in 2003, the men's team has recorded a 46-12 dual meet record and broken 22 of 25 MIT team records. Each season, multiple swimmers and divers have earned NEWMAC Academic All-Conference and CSCAA Scholar-Athlete awards. Dill was also named the NEWMAC Women's Swimming Coach of the Year in 2006. She has been awarded the Certificate of Excellence by the American Swimming Coaches Association for the past seven years and was also recently promoted to Associate Professor in MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation.

Before her arrival at MIT, Dill coached at Vassar College from 2001-03, one season as an assistant coach and one season as the interim head coach. Under her tutelage, the Brewers broke 23 school records during the 2002-03 campaign. Prior to Vassar, Dill served as a graduate assistant coach for the Smith College swimming and diving program from 1999 to 2001. She was also an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts women's swimming and water polo teams in 1998-99.

Dill received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1996 and also earned a Master's of Science in Exercise and Sport Studies from her alma mater in 2001. A seven-time All-American in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, she was named the New England Swimmer of the Year in 1996. Dill was a seven-time New England champion in the 50, 100, and 200 breaststroke and an eight-time Seven Sisters champion. She was also honored as both an Academic All-America and ECAC Scholar Athlete.

Brad Snodgrass
	Diving Coach snodgras@mit.edu 617-253-4490

Brad Snodgrass is a two-time NCAA Diving Coach of the Year, honored in 2005 and 2008. Coach Snodgrass was also awarded NEWMAC Diving Coach of the Year accolades in 2005, 2007 and 2008. He coached MIT diver Doria Holbrook '08 to NCAA championships titles in 2005 and 2007 on the three-meter springboard. Coach Snodgrass is also employed at Novartis as a chemist.

Samantha Pitter
	Experience: Three years Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Hamilton College '07

Samantha Pitter is beginning her third season with the MIT swimming and diving program. She earned a bachelor's degree in Economics and Communication from Hamilton College in 2007. Pitter was an All-American sprinter, school record holder, and NESCAC All-Academic recipient during her four years with the Continentals. She currently works for a company that provides new sporting equipment to underprivileged children but hopes to break into college athletics in her future.

Lauren Erb
	Experience: Six years Assistant Coach Alma Mater: MIT '01

Lauren Erb begins her sixth season as an assistant coach for MIT's swimming and diving program. She graduated from MIT in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics and served as team captain for both the swimming and water polo teams. Erb was a member of the 200 freestyle relay record-setting team and placed in the top eight at the New England and NEWMAC Championships multiple times.

Currently, Erb works as the Executive Director of the Caring for Carcinoma Foundation and she is also the head coach of a summer recreation swimming team in the Boston area.

Paul Fields
	Experience: Two years Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Pomona College '09

Paul Fields is entering his second season coaching at MIT. A 2009 graduate from Pomona College, he earned a degree in Biology. As a four-year member of the Pomona-Pitzer swim team, Fields specialized in sprint freestyle. Fields served as a team captain his senior year and he represented the team on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for two years, co-chairing the committee his senior year. His intercollegiate athletic pursuits extended beyond swimming, as he also a member of the Pomona-Claremont ultimate frisbee team.

Currently, Paul is a PhD student in the Department of Biology at MIT.

Nicole O'Keeffe
	Experience: Two years Assistant Coach Alma Mater: MIT '09

Nicole O'Keeffe is beginning her second season as an assistant coach for the MIT swimming and diving team and is thrilled to be back at the Z-Center. She graduated from MIT in June 2009 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. A four-year letterwinner and team captain, O'Keeffe was a two-time Honorable Mention All-America (400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay), and a two-time individual NCAA Qualifier (400 IM, 1650 Free). She also holds three school records (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Breast), and owns the NEWMAC Championship and Open records in the 400 IM.

Kevin O'Rourke
	Experience: Two years Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Middlebury College '09

Kevin O'Rourke begins his second season as an assistant swim coach for the Engineers. He graduated from Middlebury College in 2009 with a degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and currently conducts cancer biology research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in collaboration with Harvard Medical School.

O'Rourke played water polo and swam for four years at Middebury College. He was voted the team's Most Valuable Swimmer in his junior and senior years and served as a captain his senior season. A freestyle and sprint butterfly specialist, O'Rourke swam primarily middle distance freestyle and sprinted on the team's relays. He was invited to the NCAA Division III National Championship his sophomore, junior and senior years and earned a total of five All-America honors. He currently holds Middlebury varsity and natatorium records, as well as a NESCAC Conference Meet record.

Jon Varsanik
	Experience: Five years Assistant Coach Alma Mater: MIT '04

Jon Varsanik begins his fifth season as a member of MIT's Swimming and Diving coaching staff. His primary duties include developing and overseeing the team's strength training program as well as helping out on deck.

No stranger to the MIT men's swimming program, Varsanik joined the team as a freshman in the fall of 2000. In his four years, he was elected team captain and garnered All-America, Academic All-America, and NEWMAC All-Conference honors. Varsanik currently holds four Institute records (50 butterfly, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay) and two NEWMAC conference records (200 and 400 Medley Relays).

Varsanik is currently a PhD student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.