Chris Fantz has been selected to be the next Swimming Coach and Aquatics Director at Lewis & Clark College. Most Recently Chris has served as the assistant coach at the University of Puget Sound where their women won the past eleven Northwest Conference titles and their men place consistently in the top two. In his time coaching the Loggers, they sent four swimmers to the Division III National Championships. Chris has been an integral part of the Loggers' success, success that spans several coaches and many decades in Tacoma. Chris was several time All-American and school record holder while participating at UPS from 1995 to 1999.

"There was an incredibly successful pool of applicants for this position, many of whom were successful head coaches and who have coached in Division I, II and III. Those we interviewed in person or by phone were all very impressive and possessed many skills and characteristics we desire. Chris emerged from this group as the one we want to lead our men's and women's teams toward success in the Northwest Conference and on to National competition, all within the parameters of very rigorous academic demands and expectations."

Fantz began his duties by welcoming freshmen the first day of school and will be preparing the teams for their first competition in October.

“I’m ecstatic to be on the pool deck for the Pioneers. With the talented student-athletes we have now and the upward trajectory of this program, I know we are headed toward great heights.”