Chris Gibeau
Senior Gold & Assistant UMBC Swimming and Diving
Chris Gibeau returns for his 6th season and 9th overall as assistant coach for UMBC and senior coach of the Retriever Aquatic Club(RAC). Over the past 14 years, Chris has had swimmers achieve National Age Group Top 16 consideration, Junior National, US Open and USS National qualifiers as well as multiple NCAA “B” Qualifiers and America East Conference Champions. Additionally, Chris had 2 swimmers qualify and compete at the 2008 USA Swimming Olympic Trials and 1 qualifier for this past summers 2009 World Championship Trials.
Prior to his return to UMBC, Chris did a 6 year stint with the Monocacy Aquatic Club including 2 years as Head Age Group Coach and 4 as the teams Head Coach. Under his guidance, MAC placed third in the inaugural Maryland Swimming LSC Championships in March of 2003. In addition, Gibeau helped MAC double in size during his tenure.
Before his time with MAC, Gibeau spent three years as an assistant coach at UMBC and as Age Group Coach with the Retriever Aquatic Club, where he helped lay the foundation for the future success of the Men’s and Women’s swimming programs.
Gibeau spent 9 years as a member of the Maryland Swimming Board of Directors, holding multiple positions during that time. He was selected as a Maryland Swimming All-Star Coach by his peers five years in a row, and served as Head All-Star Coach for the team that competed in Buffalo, NY in the summer of 2004
As an age group swimmer, Gibeau spent 5 years with CAA and 3 years with the Retriever Aquatic Club as one of its first members in 1986. His collegiate years were spent as a four year letter winner at UMBC.
An American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Level 4 achievement Lifetime Member, Gibeau currently resides in Baltimore MD.