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Eddie Sinnott is in his 31st season (2019-20) as head coach of the SMU men's swimming and diving team. The 16-time conference Coach of the Year has led the Mustangs to 16 league crowns in the past 23 seasons. Under Sinnott, SMU has recorded 11 NCAA top-15 finishes, 80 individual All-America honors and 59 relay honors and 288Â conference championships.
In 2019, Sinnott was selected by his peers for the 2019 National Collegiate Scholastic Trophy. The trophy is presented annually by both the CSCAA and the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) to the coach who, in the estimation of the recipient's peers, has made the greatest contribution to swimming as a competitive sport, and as a healthful, recreational activity in the province of undergraduate and scholastic education.
An accomplished coach on the international level, Sinnott has coached 11 student-athletes since 1992 who have competed in seven different Olympic games. In 1996, former Mustang great Ryan Berube won a gold medal as a team member of the U.S.A. 4x200Â free relay team. In the summer of 2000, Lars Frolander became the fourth Mustang to win a gold medal at the Olympics games, taking first in the 100 butterfly in Sydney, Australia. Under Sinnott, both Berube and Frolander were named NCAA Swimmers of the Year within two years of each other (Berube-1996, Frolander-1998).
Sinnott has also served United States Swimming in various capacities. He was the team leader and the men's head coach of the U.S. squad at the World University Games in 1993, and a head coach and assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Festival team in 1987 and 1993, respectively. Sinnott also served as the head coach of the U.S. National Team on its European Tour in 1987. In the 2008 Olympics, Sinnott was the U.S. Olympic Team assistant manager.
In addition to coaching for the United States, Sinnott served on the Olympic International Organizing Committee from 1984-92. He was the head coach for Haiti in the 1996 Olympic Games. He also served as the assistant coach for Colombia, Denmark and South Africa in the World Short Course Championships.
A four-year letterwinner at SMU from 1973-76, Sinnott was the SWC champion in the 400 IM in 1973 and earned All-America honors in both 1973 and 1974. Born in Greenwich, Conn., Sinnott and his wife, Sioux, have two daughters K.C. and Silver Ann.
16 Conference Team Championships
WAC (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
NIC (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
C-USA (7): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
16 Coach of the Year Honors
SWC (3), WAC (3), NIC (3), C-USA (6)
