HEALY TABBED ALFRED STATE HEAD MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING COACH

Alfred State College Director of Athletics Jason Doviak announced the hiring of Zach Healy as the new head coach of the Alfred State Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving program. Healy will be taking the reigns of two successful programs which are both coming off conference championship seasons.

Coach Zach Healy is an alumnus of Orchard Park High School, and SUNY Cortland, graduating with the class of 2018. In high school, he was a Section VI Champion, four-year Section VI State Team Member, and three-time State Conciliation Finalist. In college, swimming primarily as a sprint freestyler, he was a three year member of the SUNYAC Conference Team, and a Conciliation Finalist for the 200 Freestyle in 2016.

Since graduating, he has been coaching at the High School level in NYS Section VI where he helped turn around Maryvale High School's Men's program as an Assistant Coach, and spent the past three seasons as Lancaster High School's Head Men's and Women's Coach. In three seasons at the helm of Lancaster, he has had eight State Qualifiers, two being State Conciliation Finalists, two State Finalists, and one three-time State Champion and All-American. His men's teams of the past two seasons have both finished in the top twenty-five at the State Championship, and has had multiple graduates go on to swim at the collegiate level. Healy has obtained a New York Professional Coaching Certification and is a member of the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association.

Healy will officially begin his duties on August 1, 2023.