Joel White Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2002

Joel White is in his third season as an assistant coach with the Notre Dame women's swimming and diving team.

After one successful season at Notre Dame as an assistant, White worked closely with the team as it clinched its 11th consecutive BIG EAST Championship in 2007, setting a new BIG EAST record for the longest string in conference history in any sport. He assisted in the grooming of senior Katie Carroll as she earned her second All-America honor in the 400-yard individual medley with a seventh-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Championship.

Also at the 2007 national meet, White helped guide the team to a 27th-place finish. The Irish sent eight individuals to the competition, the second largest in school history. In his first season with the Irish, White aided Notre Dame in winning its 10th consecutive BIG EAST Championship. He helped coach two BIG EAST champions (Katie Carroll-400 IM and Julia Quinn-200 breaststroke) and 12 Irish swimmers and divers that were all-BIG EAST in 37 events.

Previous to the working with Notre Dame, White worked as an assistant at Utah. The women's team enjoyed a banner year at Utah in 2004-05, finishing the dual meet season 9-0 and 7-0 in Mountain West Conference competition. The team also claimed its first MWC regular-season title and finished third at the conference championship meet, setting nine school records at the conference competition. Combined, the Utah men's and women's team earned 39 all-conference individual honors and six relays also earned all-conference accolades from the Mountain West. Utah also was solid outside of the pool, earning 26 academic all-conference certificates in 2004-05.

A native of Austin, Texas, White has been highly active in the University of Texas swimming program, working the program's summer camp from 2000-2005. White also was the head swimming coach at Homestead High School in Mequon, Wis., from 2001-03, leading the team to nine All-America honors, five individual state championships and two relay state titles.

White graduated from Wisconsin-Milwaukee in December of 2002 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He swam all four years at UWM and was a nine-time conference finalist and team co-captain in 1999-200 and 2000-01. He specialized in the 400 individual medley, 500 freestyle and 200 backstroke during his collegiate career. White finished eighth at the 2001 Horizon League Championship in the 200 backstroke and ninth in both the 500 freestyle and 400 individual medley.

In 1998-99, White finished fifth in the 400 IM at the Horizon League (then called the MCC) and also competed in the 500 freestyle (ninth) and 1,650 freestyle (12th). He earned the team's Captain's Award at the conclusion of both his freshman and sophomore seasons.

White also added a master's degree from the University of Utah in exercise and sport science with an emphasis in psychosocial aspects of sport in May of 2005.

Assistant Coach Joel White
(574) 631-8359
jwhite17@nd.edu

Notre Dame Women's Swimming and Diving
125 Joyce Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556