Craig Nisgor joined the Colby College Swimming and Diving coaching staff in the fall of 2023 as the Associate Head Coach for Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving.
Last season, Nisgor coached the Mercer Island Boys Swimming and Diving team winning the 3A Washington State Championships. The team had five Individual and three Relay All-Americans.
From 2011 to 2022 Nisgor was the Head Swimming Coach for Division I Seattle University (SU). During his time there, the team had their first ever Division I NCAA qualifier as well as two Olympic Trial qualifiers. Nisgor's teams achieved Academic All-American status every year and had one first team and nine second team Academic All-Americans.
Prior to SU, Nisgor coached at Brown University, the University of Alabama, Davidson College, American University, the University of Virginia, Ball State University and the University of Buffalo. During his time at Alabama they had a two-time NCAA champion and at Virginia he worked with their first ever NCAA Champion. In addition, he has coached numerous All-Americans and an Olympic gold medalist.
Nisgor graduated from the University of Buffalo with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Studies and got his Master of Science degree from Ball State University in Athletic Administration.
"I am really excited to have this opportunity with Colby College Swimming and Diving. My wife and I have been looking to come back to the east coast for the right coaching job and from the first conversation I had with Tom (Burton) it has felt like this is what I have been looking for. Colby is an amazing institution, with outstanding education, staff, students and facilities, and I am really looking forward to working with our team here and helping them to achieve their goals."
