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Andy Bashor Head Coach Second season E-mail: ajbashor@buffalo.edu Phone: 716-645-3145 Office: 92 Alumni Arena

After one year as the head coach of the women’s swimming and diving program, Andy Bashor was given the reins of the combined men’s and women’s teams in the summer of 2007. With more than a decade of coaching experience under his belt, Bashor oversees a program that he hopes will establish a firm foothold within the Mid-American Conference.

Bashor comes to Buffalo from Rutgers University where he spent four seasons as the head assistant swim coach for both the men’s and women’s programs. Bashor, who coached the sprinters and was the recruiting coordinator, helped lead the Scarlet Knights’ women’s swim team to one of its most successful campaigns in 2006 as the team finished second in the Big East Conference and qualified seven swimmers for the Women’s NCAA Championships. Rutgers was ranked 13th in the final CSCAA women’s swimming rankings and finished in 18th place at the 2006 NCAA Championships. While at Rutgers, Bashor was also part of a three-time women’s swimming and diving coaching staff of the year in the Big East.

Prior to being hired at Rutgers, Bashor spent four seasons as the head assistant swim coach at University of California at Santa Barbara. He coached sprinters and breaststrokers in addition to serving as the team’s recruiting coordinator and the team’s strength coach. During his four seasons at UC-Santa Barbara, the men’s team won three Big West Conference titles, while the women won one Big West title.

Bashor is no stranger to the Mid-American Conference as he spent two seasons as a graduate assistant swim coach at Ohio University where he received his master’s degree in Athletic Administration in 1998.

Bashor had a successful career as a collegiate swimmer as a four-year letterwinner at North Carolina State University. Specializing in sprint free and butterfly, Bashor was a team captain during his senior season and received a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1996.

Bashor currently resides in Lancaster, NY with his wife Brandi and their three children, Allie (4), Bobby (3) and Colby (1).