August 2010, Personnel Moves
Colgate Names Swimming & Diving Coach
Hamilton, NY - Colgate University director of athletics Dave Roach has announced the hiring of Fernando Canales as the head men's and women's swimming and diving coach.
Canales comes to Colgate from the University of Michigan where he served two stints as an assistant coach from 1982-87 and 2006-08, before serving as the Development Officer for Athletics.
From 2006-08, Canales served as the head assistant coach at Michigan under assistant Olympic coach Bob Bowman. During that time Canales helped three swimmers capture back-to-back NCAA national championships along with guiding the team to the 2008 Big Ten title. To read more, click here.



