Michael Travers
Head Coach

Phone: 3371
Email: michael.travers@liu.edu

Michael Travers enters his second season as the head coach of the women's swimming team after his return to campus in 2015.

In 2015-16, Travers, who was recognized as the Metropolitan Conference Coach of the Year in his first year at the helm of the program, led the Pioneers to an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and their fourth-straight Metropolitan Championship in February. A total of 11 out of 15 swimmers earned All-Metropolitan Conference honors, while five swimmers attained All-America distinction.

In addition to the success in the pool, Travers' team boasted the top grade-point average in Division II for Fall 2015. It marked the third time in the previous four semesters that LIU Post had the top GPA in the country.

Travers is no stranger to Brookville, as he served as an assistant under his sister, Maureen, for 11 seasons (2002-13). He spent one year with the men's and women's swimming teams at the United States Military Academy in 2013-14, and then moved on to work with Team Suffolk, a local USA Swimming club.

In those capacities, Travers designed daily training for swimmers, used technology to enhance athletic performance, assisted in the development of the meet schedule and recruitment, and managed the team's budget spending.

His coaching accomplishments have included over 50 NCAA All-Americans and CSCAA Scholar All-Americans, 15 USA Swimming Senior National Qualifiers and numerous Metropolitan Conference champions and record-holders.

Most notably, in 2013, Travers, as a member of the Pioneers' coaching staff, assisted in guiding Joyce Kwok to an NCAA Division II National Championship in the 200-yard butterfly. His efforts also mentored the team's 400-yard medley relay squad to a national title that same season.

Travers, a four-time American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Coach of Excellence, collected his own personal achievements in the pool, as well. He was a USA Swimming Senior and Junior National Qualifier, and captured the Senior National Championship in the 4x100-meter relay in 1991.

Travers, a 13-year veteran of the Fire Department of New York, received his bachelor's degree from La Salle University in 1991. He currently resides in Rockville Centre, N.Y.



 

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