CURRENT HEAD COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY • WON SIX NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS AS AN ASSISTANT AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY FROM 2002-2005 • HEAD COACH OF BOTH THE MENS AND WOMENS PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FROM 2005-2007 • 2010 PAC-10 COACH OF THE YEAR • 2010 NCAA SWIMMING COACH OF THE YEAR • 1997 BIG WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPION IN THE 200 BUTTERFLY

"David is a perfect fit to carry on the legacy of athletic and academic excellence that has been so prevalent in the program built by Nort Thornton over the past three-plus decades. Not only do I believe David will be a fabulous success, but I am thrilled that a person of such character and integrity will be providing leadership for the young men in our program. He has extensive experience coaching some of the nation's elite collegiate and international swimmers."

-- Sandy Barbour - Cal Director of Athletics

"He's very, very organized. He can handle a million different things at once and make you feel like he spends an hour on you even though it may not have been."

-- Nathan Adrian - Cal Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist

Current Head Coach at the University of California - Berkeley

Won six NCAA Championships as an assistant at Auburn University from 2002-2005

Head Coach of both the Mens and Womens programs at the University of Maryland from 2005-2007

2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year

2010 NCAA Swimming Coach of the Year

1997 Big West Conference Champion in the 200 Butterfly

David Durden

I've been on championship teams ... and it has just been a labor. You sit back and at the end of that championship and there's no joy in winning, performing, or swimming fast. I think that's where we turn our focus, just on the joy of swimming fast and the joy of being teammates. There's plenty of coaches out there in our sport that will tell them what to do, and I think I've become very comfortable in the fact that I don't need to do that - besides where I need to do that. But I just don't need to fit a square peg in a round hole. I need them to understand that they're round."

Resides: Pleasant Hills, California
Education: University of California - Irvine

After starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Auburn University, David Durden won six NCAA Championships with the Tigers, and spent his final season with the team as Assistant Head Coach before taking the head coaching position at the University of Maryland.

He was named Head Coach at the University of California - Berkeley in 2007 after three years at the helm for the Terrapins, taking over for legendary coach Nort Thornton, who retired after 33 years on the job.

By the end of the 2009 World University Games and World Championships, 13 of the world's Top 50 swimmers had trained under Durden and his staff.

In 2010, he lead the Golden Bears to a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships, narrowly missing out on the national title that went to the University of Texas. However, he was named the 2010 Pac-10 and NCAA Coach of the Year, and Cal has become one of the top swimming programs in the country under his leadership.

An incredibly organized coach, Durden has whiteboards in his office featuring every workout planned for every member of his team through 2012. This allows him to plan for his athletes' futures, helping them make the best gains for their swimming styles.