Alex Henderson - Assistant Coach - Swimming & Diving Coaches

Alex Henderson

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
alex.henderson@duke.edu

Alex Henderson enters his first season as an assistant coach with the Duke swimming and diving program in 2017-18.

A program record 12 women's swimmers and divers represented Duke at the 2018 NCAA Championships, with seniors Leah Goldman (100-yard butterfly) and MaryEllen Targonski (platform diving) capturing honorable mention All-America honors. An outstanding senior campaign also saw Goldman claim the first individual ACC title for the women's program since 2012, as she brought home the hardware in the 200 individual medley. The Blue Devil women rounded out the season ranked among the top 25 in the final TYR/CSCAA Division I poll of the season, while on the men's side, divers Nathaniel Hernandez (platform) and Evan Moretti (one-meter springboard) added two more honorable mention All-America accolades at the NCAA Championship meet.

Henderson comes to Durham after completing his collegiate swimming career at William & Mary. While in Williamsburg, he guided the Tribe to three straight CAA championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and also captured All-CAA honors individually in each of those seasons as a backstroke and freestyle specialist. Henderson’s career highlights also include a 12th-place finish in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2016 AT&T Winter National Championships.

Henderson’s previous coaching experience includes time coaching a USA Swimming club team, 757swim, as well as three summer league swim teams in the Virginia area. He currently serves as a coach for the Club Kick Start Swimming School in Chapel Hill, N.C.

A native of Hopewell, Va., Henderson graduated from William & Mary in 2017 with a degree in kinesiology and health sciences.