January 17, 2026
Swimming Long Distance Program for age group and elite
Chris Wolford, USA
Chris Wolford is in his 4th year as head coach and CEO at New Trier Aquatics in Illinois, USA.
Prior to that he was Head Coach and CEO at Carolina Aquatics and three years with South Carolina Swimming as Sports Performance Director. In his time with South Carolina Swimming, Wolford advised clubs on training and administrative issues, designed and ran the state’s select camps and consulted with the LSC on policies and programs to improve competitiveness.
Prior to moving to South Carolina, Wolford was CEO & Head Coach for the Cincinnati Marlins from 2000-2017 where he grew the club from 170 to more than 500 members and added water polo to the suite of programming.
From 1996-2000, Wolford was Head Coach for the Greater Toledo Aquatic Club and St. Francis de Sales High School where he grew the club from 60 to 170 swimmers.
Wolford successfully grew these clubs while maintaining the highest levels of performance.
Throughout his coaching career:
- Certified Level 5 (of 5) Coach with the American Swim Coaches Association
- Coached 1999 Colombian National Champion
- Coached Dan Ketchum to the 2003 Pan American Games Team
- Coached David Mosko to the 2011 World University Games
- Coached 2 Swimmers to the 2015 NCSA National Team competing in Ireland
- Five athletes named to the US Junior National Team
- Guided Greater Toledo Aquatic Club to the 2000 Women’s Junior National Team Title
- Guided Cincinnati Marlins to the 2006 Men’s Junior National Team Title
- Coached more than 20 Junior National Champions
- Coached more than 20 Olympic Trials Qualifiers with two semi-finalists and one finalist
- Named Ohio Swimming Coach of the year 1999 & 2015
- Collected 7 National Age-Group Records from 2013-2017
