Manny Noguchi - Swimming & Diving Coach - Florida Atlantic University Athletics

Manny Noguchi

Title:
Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator

Manny Noguchi joined Florida Atlantic University as an assistant swim coach and recruiting coordinator in August 2014. Noguchi came to FAU from the University of Wyoming, where he was responsible for recruiting and coaching both the men's and women's teams from 2010-14. In his four seasons at UW, Noguchi helped coach multiple female athletes to All Mountain West honors and numerous men to All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and WAC honors; both academically and athletically. During the last four years, Noguchi has helped the UW swim program set more than 30 school records, in both individual and relay events, as well as led his group to thrive in various events such as NCAA championships, Conference Championships, USA summer nationals, WAC conference title and national titles as well as Phillips 66 National Championships, World Championship Trials and U.S. Olympic Trials.

Prior to coaching at UW, Noguchi was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Michigan State University. While at MSU from 2004-09, he taught kinesiology courses and became highly involved with stroke analysis using Dartfish technology. At the start of his professional career, from 2002-04, Noguchi was a graduate assistant for the University of Georgia where he earned a master's degree in education with an emphasis in exercise science and physiology. He was a leading coach for Damian Alleyne, who represented Barbados at the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece where he competed in both the 100 and the 200 Freestyle.

Noguchi brings tremendous knowledge and experience in all aspects of coaching and brings a successful Division I coaching background to FAU. His enthusiasm and energy for coaching, and more specifically stroke analysis and technique, will be a great addition to the program. In the past 12 years, Noguchi has earned valuable experience coaching summer swim camps (including being a camp director at MSU). His vast coaching experience includes serving as the head swim coach for Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan from 2001 to 2002.

Noguchi, a native of Fukuoka, Japan, swam at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, Calif., where he was a member of the California Junior College Championship swim team from 1994 to 1996. Noguchi earned an Academic All-American Award while at Cuesta.