Staff Directory

Pol Roch

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Phone:
561-410-9845

Pol Roch joined the Florida Atlantic swimming & diving coaching staff in January of 2025 as an assistant coach after two seasons with Wagner College’s swim & dive programs under the same position.

In his first full season with the Owls, Roch helped guide the men’s team to its first conference championship in program history. The Owls captured the ASUN Swimming & Diving conference championship. The Owls concluded the meet with 15 medals, nine gold. Daniel Laureyssens became the first Florida Atlantic men’s swimmer since 2006 to qualify for the NCAA Championship meet, swimming the 50 and 200 free events. He was also awarded the ASUN Most Outstanding Swimmer for his performances. Over the course of the season, the Owls broke 18 school records. On the women’s side, the squad had its best team finish at the championships since joining the American Conference. Megan Drover-Smith became FAU’s first conference champion in the American, winning the 200 back in a school record time of 1:55.24. Nula Gow took home silver for FAU in the 200 breast, while also breaking the program record. Seniors Ella Freeman and Maja Piotrowicz ended their FAU careers with bronze medals, each saving their best swims for last. Overall, the team broke five school records this season.

With Wagner, Roch guided the men’s team to winning the 2024 Northeast Conference Championship, their first title in program history. The women’s team had success as well with a third-place finish out of nine teams. Roch led training groups for mid-distance and distance swimmers as well as individual medleys.

As a student-athlete, Roch competed with the Keiser University swimming program for four years. The Barcelona, Spain native was the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) individual national champion in the 500 Yard Freestyle in 2019. Roch also won the NAIA individual championship for the 400 Yard Individual Medley in 2019 and 2020, the latter of which he set a national record.

While a student at Keiser, Roch also interned with strength & conditioning coaches as well as athletic training.

Roch earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology & Exercise Science degree in May of 2022 from Keiser and completed his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Management at Wagner in May of 2024.