Dani Korman Promoted to Cal Women’s Swimming Associate Head Coach

Dani Korman has been elevated to associate head coach for the Cal women’s swimming & diving team, head coach Teri McKeever announced on Friday.

Korman, a former head coach of the men’s and women’s teams at MIT with more than 13 years in collegiate coaching, is completing her first full year with the Golden Bears and has already made a deep impact on the program. In addition to her on-deck duties, she serves as Cal’s recruiting coordinator and works closely on budgeting, while also helping improve the Bears’ social media presence and enrich alumnae relations. Recently, she shared her insights through a CSCAA webinar titled “Embracing the Unknown – My Leap to Push My Learning.”

“Dani has only been with us at Cal a short while, but we have developed a real partnership and she has been invaluable with her contributions to our team,” McKeever said. “She is a strong role model not only for our swimmers, but also for women in our profession. I look forward to having Dani continue being a big part of our program.”

Korman came to Cal in the summer of 2019 after four years at MIT, where she led the women’s team to top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships each season, including a program-best fifth in 2017. On the men’s side, MIT captured four conference titles and was sixth at the 2019 NCAA meet. Combined, her teams broke 27 school records and earned 71 All-America awards.

Among honors received outside of the pool, 10 of Korman’s student-athletes collected CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition, both the men’s and women’s teams earned CSCAA Scholar All-America awards each year, and Margaret Guo was named the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year.

Prior to her work at MIT, Korman spent three seasons as an assistant coach with the Yale women’s swimming & diving program and was an assistant men’s and women’s coach at Johns Hopkins from 2008-12. She began her career as a graduate assistant and interim women’s head coach during a stint at Carthage College from 2006-08.

Korman is a 2006 graduate of Kenyon College, where she graduated with honors as an economics major and was part of two Division III national championship teams. She was a seven-time All-American at Kenyon, set the conference record in the 200-yard butterfly and served as team captain as a senior. Korman earned a master of education degree with a concentration in guidance and counseling from Carthage College in 2008.

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