Gregg Parini Affiliation Faculty Title Head Men's & Women's Swimming Coach, Associate Professor Email parini@denison.edu Phone 740-587-6678 Fax 740-587-6362

The Denison Men and Women's Swimming program is a name that has become synonymous with success. Behind that success lays J. Gregg Parini who has been at the helm of both squads for 22 years. A seven-time NCAA national coach of the year, a respected educator and current chair of the university's Physical Education Department, Parini has laid the groundwork for what has become one of the nation's premiere swimming programs in a liberal arts setting.

Some of Parini's most outstanding accomplishments in coaching include:

• 2001 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Champions
• 44-straight top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships
• Coached over 200 All-Americans to over 1500 All-American performances
• Coached 21 swimmers who have gone on to earn NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships
• Coached two swimmers to US Olympic Trial Qualifying Performances in eight events
• Coached one athlete (Darius Grigaliunas) to the Olympic Games in Athens, 2004
• Coached 44 consecutive Denison teams that earned Team All-Academic honors
• Coached 150 plus individual All-Academic performers at Denison
• Led Denison's Men's Swimming to NCAC titles in 1997 and 2009.
  
• Led Denison's Women's Swimming to NCAC titles in 2004 and 2009.
  
• Ten-time North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming Coach of the Year
• Seven-time NCAA Division III Swimming Coach of the Year

• Associate Professor of physical education, teaching exercise physiology and sports psychology
• Chair of the Denison Physical Education department.
  
• Awarded the Charles A. Brickman Teaching Excellence Award at the 2007 Denison Academic Awards Convocation
• Facilitator in the University SWOT analysis "Think Tank" in 1999
• Athletic Department Representative for the Board of Trustees Recruiting Panel
• Faculty Representative for the Denison University Judicial Board
• Co-Coordinator of Administrative Policy Review Committee for the Substance Abuse Task Force
• National Coaching Advisor for the Isle of Mauritius
• 1987 National Meet Director of the Men's and Women's NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.
• Keynote Speaker at the College Swimming Coaches Association of American Annual Convention, Greater Columbus Swimming Team of Ohio College Night, Central Ohio Swimming Association Annual Awards Banquet, Virginia High School Swimming Coaches Convention, The Total Performance Swimming Camp, Ohio High School Swimming Coaches Convention

Parini began his coaching career in 1984 as a volunteer assistant women's coach at Michigan State University where he earned his masters in counseling psychology. Since then he has held coaching positions for the Upper Arlington Swim Club, Mount Union College and East Lansing High School.

A large wake was left by Parini during his college years as a swimmer at conference rival Kenyon College. A tri-captain for the 1981-82 season, he led the team to its third NCAA crown in as many years. He was an 18-time All-American as well as a seven-time Division III National Swimming Champion highlighted by five national records. Voted the most valuable swimmer in 1981 and Senior Athlete of the Year in 1982 by the Lords athletic department, such accolades led him to his induction into the Kenyon College Athletic Hall of Fame in May 2002.

In addition to his coaching efforts, Parini has also made an impact in the community of Granville. He is the founder, owner and director of The Swimming Clinic, a clinic for age-group swimmers. He is a volunteer Youth Baseball and Hockey coach for both the Granville Recreation Commission and the Newark Ice Hockey Association. He has served as a Youth Group Leader for the Trinity Episcopal Church. Also in Granville, he is the co-founder and co-director of the Red, White and Hoops Basketball Tournament for the Granville Recreation Commission.

Coach Parini is currently a member of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, the American Swimming Coaches Association, United States Swimming and the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association.

Parini currently resides in Granville with his wife, Alice, and six sons, Joseph, Solomon, Gabe, Andrew, Ted and Simon.