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Chris Maiello Hometown: Amsterdam, N.Y. Position: Assistant Coach (Second Season) Alma Mater: Hartwick '02

Chris Maiello enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Navy men's swimming program.

He arrived on The Yard during the summer of 2008 following a two-year stint as the head coach of the men's and women's team at Darton College (Albany, Ga.). While there, his swimmers combined to set 36 school records and, while competing primarily against four-year schools, the junior college team produced a 10-9 record during the regular season.

Maiello inherited a Darton program that saw its men's team place 12th and its women's team 15th at the 2006 NJCAA National Championship in the year prior to his arrival. His initial season at the school saw the women place seventh and the men place ninth at the 2007 national event, with both programs recording third-place showings at the 2008 championship meet.

Prior to accepting the position at Darton, Maiello was part of the coaching staff at Rochester for a little more than one year. He served as an assistant coach at the school for one season and as the program's interim head coach for six months. During his brief time at the school, the Rochester women's team placed second at the Liberty League Conference Championship, while the men's team placed third at the same 2006 meet.

Maiello himself earned NCAA Division III All-America accolades in the 100 and 200 freestyle events (2002 and `01, respectively) as a swimmer at Hartwick. After graduating from the school in 2002 with Hartwick records in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyle events, he began his coaching career by serving as the head coach at Amsterdam High School (Amsterdam, N.Y.) later that summer. He held that position until the summer of 2005 when he entered the collegiate ranks at Rochester.

He recently attained a Masters in Sport Science (M.S.S.) with a major in Sports Management from the United States Sports Academy located in Daphne, Ala.