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Title:Head CoachEmail:wfarley@fairfield.eduPhone:ext. 3949Class:Eighth Season |
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As Bill Farley is entering his eighth season as the head coach of the swimming team at Fairfield University, he has quickly become the best in program history.
During the 2007-08 season, Farley became Fairfield's all-time winningest coach for both the men's and women's teams. Likewise, in seven seasons, 34-of-37 women's school records and 34-of-37 men's school records have fallen.
During the 2008-09 season, Farley led both the men's and women's teams to winning seasons and an improved finished at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships. He also coached freshman Michelle Yoshida to three MAAC titles in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle events. Yoshida, who is Fairfield's first-ever triple champion, set MAAC records in each event.
Farley set a new standard for the program with the recruitment
and development of Brittany Hunter, one of the most highly
decorated female swimmers in program history. Hunter graduated in
2007 as a part of 20 program records.
In 2006, Fairfield had its first female swimmer capture a MAAC
Championship as Jennifer Masi completed the task in the 50-yard
freestyle. Masi posted a time of 24.24 to not only shatter the
school record but eclipse the MAAC record as well. Additionally,
Farley guided the men's team to a fifth-place finish at the 2006
MAAC Championships, it remains the highest finish since the 1994-95
season. On the women's side, the Stags placed fourth for the second
straight year.
Farley came to Fairfield with a wealth of international and Olympic
experience, serving as head coach of Punahou Aquatics in Honolulu,
Hawaii, from 1999-2002.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Farley made a name for
himself as one of the Wolverine's most decorated swimmers. A
ten-time NCAA All-American, Farley competed on the 1964 U.S.
Olympic team in Japan, and was also on the U.S. National Teams that
competed in both Japan and Brazil in 1963. Academically, Farley
received an undergraduate degree in education at Michigan in 1967,
then moved over to Eastern Michigan where he earned a master's
degree in education in 1968.
Farley's coaching experience dates back to the 1971 season where he
began his career as the head coach of the men's swim team at
Princeton University. He coached the Tigers to six-straight Eastern
Seaboard Titles, as well as five Ivy League Titles. In 1972, he led
the team to their first undefeated season since 1924, and in 1973
was recognized as the NCAA District II Coach of the Year. He had an
overall record of 275-79, with a .776 winning percentage in his
nine years as head coach. He also coached eight NCAA finalists, one
NCAA Champion, and one Pan American Champion.
While at Princeton, Farley also started the women's program,
serving as the team's first head coach. It didn't take him long to
establish a winning tradition with his novice swimmers, as within
three years he led his squad to the Eastern Women's Championship in
1974, a feat he would repeat in 1975. During this time he had seven
All-American's, two National Champions, and one Olympic Team
Alternate.
In 1979, Farley returned to his alma mater, the University of
Michigan, where he served as head coach for two years. During that
time the Wolverines had two second-place Big Ten finishes. He had
an overall record of 23-5 and placed eight swimmers on the NCAA
All-American Team.
Farley's coaching experience also includes serving as the Aquatics
and Gymnastics Director in the International School of Manila, in
the Philippines. He received great international experience as he
administered the aquatics and gymnastics programs for more than
1,800 students as well as supervising 10 teachers and coaches. From
1984 to 1989, he acted as president of the Philippine International
Association.
Since 1989, Farley has also taken on many business ventures both
domestically and internationally. From 1989 to 1994 he was the
Recreation Director of the Tokyo American Club in Japan where he
oversaw the daily operation of all facets of the recreation
department. In 1994, he moved to Hawaii and continued to pursue his
business career. He was the owner and operator of Old Hanalei
Coffee Company as well as Shave Ice Paradise.
Farley and his wife, Andrea, reside in Fairfield, Conn.
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Title:Diving CoachEmail:dvener@hotmail.comPhone:ext. 3949Class:20th Season |
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Dan Vener begins his 20th season with the Stags, having been a member of the swimming and diving staff since the 1990-91 season. His instruction is primarily in the area of diving and he has consistently turned out strong divers.
In 2009, Vener coached Taylor Stecko to a pair of sixth place
finishes on the 1-meter and 3-meter at the ECAC Championships. It
was the best performance by a male diver at the event in program
history.
In his second season with the Stags he was named the MAAC Diving
Coach of the Year.
He was a four-year member of the Bucknell University swimming and
diving team. In his freshman season, Vener was a finalist in the
one and 3-meter diving events as he helped lead the Bison to the
East Coast Conference championship in 1987.
A native of Westport, Conn., he attended Staples High School where
he was a diver on the varsity team for four years. Vener graduated
from Bucknell in 1990 with a degree in business administration and
received his MBA from Fairfield in 2005.
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Title:Assistant CoachClass:Second Season |
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Kim Matarese joins the Stags for her second season an assistant coach for the men's and women's swimming and diving program. The former Kim Dolan, she swam for Fairfield for four seasons, serving as team captain her senior year.
Matarese brings experience coaching at both the youth and collegiate level. Matarese spent two seasons with the swimming program at Sacred Heart University, serving as the head coach during the 2004-05 campaign. She is currently an assistant coach for the Darien YMCA Piranha Swimming Club and also spent time as the coach for the Trumbull Pisces.
Matarese graduated from Fairfield in 2003 with a Bachelor of
Science degree in biology. She received her Masters in secondary
science education from Sacred Heart in 2005. She currently works as
a seventh grade science teacher at Bedford Middle School in
Westport, Conn.

