ROCHESTER, NY – The Nazareth athletics department is adding another alum to the head coaching tree, as
R.C. Weston '10 has been tabbed to guide the swimming and diving programs as announced on Tuesday by Athletics Director Pete Bothner.
Weston brings over 15 years of competitive swimming and coaching experience to the position, most recently serving as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for the men's and women's swimming and diving programs at the University of Massachusetts.
While there, he helped the program finish sixth in the Atlantic 10 Conference with over 40 percent of the team being made up of freshman. Academically, the teams were each in the top-25 of the country in GPA at 3.57 and 3.52, respectively.
Prior to his stint at UMASS, Weston served as the head coach of the Hobart and William Smith Colleges teams from 2019-2024. As the head coach, Weston was in charge of practice planning, training, recruiting, academic advisement, along with athlete and personnel development. In four seasons, Weston compiled a 22-13 record in dual meets, while increasing the level of competition, including growing a women's team of eight to a competitive team of 24. Weston has also guided both Hobart and William Smith swimming and diving teams to 12 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors, being awarded with the accolade every single semester he was in charge.
Before his time at Hobart and William Smith, Weston spent five years as the head swimming coach at Alfred State SUNY College of Technology. During the 2018-19 season, he led the Pioneers to their best finish at the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championships with both the women's and men's teams finishing in second place. He saw 18 swimmers and divers receive individual AMCC titles since 2017 and broke over 100 school records in his first three seasons at Alfred State. Weston also mentored six AMCC Divers of the Year, while his teams earned nine CSCAA Scholar All-America Team awards.
Before his time at Alfred State, Weston was an assistant coach at Binghamton for a year, overseeing the men's and women's distance training group and the mid-distance/stroke group.
Weston also served as the head coach and aquatics director at Milligan College (Tenn.), where he guided swimmers to set 31 new school records. He also helped the team to 12
th at the 2013 NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championships.
A native of Phelps, N.Y., Weston graduated from Nazareth in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Upon graduation, Weston was a part of 1 individual and three relay school/pool records. In 2010, he finished 3
rd in the 200 backstroke and sixth in the 100 backstroke at the Empire 8 Championships.
He held the Niagara District Record in the 18-24 age group in the 400-yard individual medley for nine years. Also, an avid golfer, Weston was a member of the varsity golf team at Nazareth.