Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Swimming & Diving Adds Eddie Larios as Assistant Coach
5/21/2024 12:29:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern University's Swimming and Diving program is excited to announce the addition of new assistant coach Eddie Larios.
Larios joins Northwestern following a successful tenure as associate head swim coach at Duquesne University, where he was part of a staff that helped produce a second-place finish at the A-10 Championships and six NCAA "B" standard times. As a team, the Dukes broke seven school records, including one A-10 Championship record.
Larios, who specializes in working with sprint swimmers, joined the Duquesne swimming and diving coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach in August 2021. He was promoted to a full-time assistant in June 2022.
"We are excited to announce the hiring of Eddie Larios as our new assistant swim coach," said head coach Rachel Stratton-Mills. "Eddie's extensive background in competitive swimming and his commitment to athlete development make him a valuable addition to our coaching staff. We look forward to the positive impact he will have on our program and our swimmers. Welcome aboard, Eddie!"
Larios brings more than a decade of coaching experience at the collegiate, high school and club levels. Prior to Duquesne, he served as an assistant coach at Moon Area High School and worked as an assistant coach with Steel City Aquatics.
At the collegiate level, Larios served as an assistant coach at Boise State from 2012-15 as well as a camp coach and counselor at both Stanford University and the University of Georgia in 2014-15.
He helped the Boise State women to a Mountain West Conference championship in 2014 as well as a pair of runner-up finishes in 2013 and 2015. All told, nine Bronco swimmers qualified for the NCAA Division I Championship during those seasons.
Larios graduated from Boise State in 2014 with a degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis on exercise science.
