Rob Harrington

Biography

A part of The College of Wooster's swimming program every season except for one since 1995 has been Rob Harrington, first as a student-athlete, then as an assistant coach, and currently in his 23rd year as head coach. Among the highlights since Harrington became head coach in August of 2003, the Fighting Scots women's team placed seventh at the 2004 NCAA Div. III Championships, followed the next year by the program's third individual national championship – Elizabeth Roesch in the 1650 freestyle. More recently, Wooster came in 18th-place at the 2012 NCAA meet and tied for 27th in 2013. In the North Coast Athletic Conference, widely regarded as the top swimming conference in Div. III, Wooster's women have six third-place finishes during his tenure, while the men's team logged its first top-three conference finish since 2003 at the 2003 conference meet. Harrington has compiled career dual-meet records of 175-34 (women) and 130-75 (men). In 2018, Wooster's women's team placed third at the NCAC Championships for the first time since 2012, while in 2017, the men's team's fourth-place showing marked the squad's highest finish in a decade. At the 2017 and 2022 NCAC meet, Harrington was chosen by his peers as the NCAC Women's Coach of the Year, and he was selected as the NCAC Men's Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2023. Other individual highlights include two NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients and 25 All-America honors. The only year since 1995 Harrington hasn't been part of the W