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Erika Hansen, a two-time Olympian who competed nationally and internationally for more than a decade, is in her fifth year as an assistant coach at USC.
Hansen, 31, was a graduate assistant coach at Florida in 1994-96, earning a degree in sports management while she was there.
One of the most successful and versatile swimmers in the nation from the mid-'80s to the early '90s, Hansen was a five-time U.S.S. National champion, winning 400m IM titles in 1984, 1985 and 1990 and posting wins in the 200m fly in 1984 and 1991.
Hansen competed in both the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the 400m free in Barcelona in 1992. That same year, she also took seventh in the 800m free and 10th in the 400m IM.
She was a member of the 1990-91 World Championship team in the 400m and 800m free but withdrew because of injuries.
Hansen was an 11-time All-American and two-time NCAA title winner in college. She earned nine All-American honors and one NCAA title while swimming for Texas in 1991 and 1992, competing for then-Longhorn Coach Mark Schubert.
As a junior at Texas, Hansen won the NCAA 500 free and took second in the 400 IM, 200 fly and 800 free relay. As a sophomore, she took second in the 200 fly, fourth in the 400 IM and fifth in the 1650 free, also swimming on the second-place 400 medley and third-place 800 free relay teams. She still owns the Texas records for the 500 free and 400 IM and was part of Schubert's 1991 national championship team. She swam for Georgia in 1989, winning the NCAA title in the 1650 free and taking second in the 400 IM.
Hansen prepped at Germantown Academy in King of Prussia, Penn., from 1985-87 before transferring in 1987-88 to St. Andrews Academy in Boca Raton, Fla., where she swam for Schubert.
In 1985, she had the best time in the world in the 400 IM and won that same event at the Pan-Pacifics that year.
At the 1984 U.S. outdoors, she won the 400 IM in a time that would have been a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics.
Her 13-14 age-group time in the 400 IM, set in 1984, still stands as a U.S. record and her time in the 200 IM is second-best all-time.
