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Jeremy Kipp, with close to 15 years of collegiate swimming coach experience, is in his fourth season as an assistant swimming coach at USC.
In addition to his work with USC's sprinters, Kipp has also directed USC's recruiting efforts for the men's teams and played a major role on the women's side as well, helping to the Trojan staff secure classes ranked among the top in the nation the past few years.
During the start of his fourth year at USC in the fall of 2010, Kipp's USC sprinters clobbered the Trojan sprinting records. Freshman Vladimir Morozov broke both the 50y and 100y free marks while the men's squad knocked down the 200y and 400y free relay records, the latter the oldest standing Trojan record. USC's women's sprinters have also broken the 200y free three consecutive seasons.
In his third year with the Trojan program in 2010, Kipp helped 10 Trojan men's swimmers qualify for the NCAA Championships, where Troy finished 11th with four All-Americans. USC's women's team finished seventh in 2010 and featured an NCAA squad that posted seven top 4 finishes.
In 2009, Kipp played a big part in USC's improving sprint free corps, which included helping two swimmers break into Troy's all-time top 10 in the 50y free. He also helped guide a six-man squad at the NCAA Championships. On the women's side, USC featured four All-American swimmers, including two-time NCAA title winner Rebecca Soni and four-time All-American Katinka Hosszu.
In 2008, Kipp was part of a staff that helped Vanni Mangoni win the Pac-10 title in the 400y IM and that guided Richard Gosper to break the school record in the 50y free and score in the event at the NCAA Championships. He also worked with a women's squad that had five All-Americans, including two-time NCAA champion Rebecca Soni.
In addition to his work with the Trojans, Kipp has been instrumental in the success of some of USC's top former swimmers and members of the Trojan Swim Club. Kipp coached former Trojan great Ous Mellouli as part of the Tunisian national team coaching staff at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and helped Mellouli prepare for the 2009 World Championships. Mellouli won five golds at the Mediterranean Games and one gold and two silvers at the World Championships. Kipp also served as the national team coach for Austria at the 2009 European Championships and was the personal coach for Olympian Markus Rogan, who won the 200m IM at the meet. Kipp was also a member of Austria's national team at the 2010 Short Course World Championships, where Markus won silver in the 200m IM and bronze in the 200m back.
He came to USC after serving eight years as an assistant coach for UC Santa Barbara men's and women's swimming teams. He was named associate head coach in his final quarter at UCSB before joining USC.
His focus was on the middle distance and stroke groups, where he produced numerous NCAA qualifiers. Kipp's responsibilities also included the coordinating of recruiting as well as strength and dryland training.
Kipp sent one swimmer to the Pan Am Games, produced one All-American at UCSB and guided more than 20 swimmers to U.S. Nationals.
Kipp came to UCSB from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania where he received his bachelor's degree in English. While at Bloomsburg, Kipp served as team captain of the swimming team and later assumed the role of assistant coach during his final year.
A club coach for eight years with Santa Barbara Swim Club, Kipp also coached and served as general manager for the Masters Swim Team there as well. Kipp also was a faculty member at UCSB in the exercise and sports science department.
Kipp received a master's of science degree in physical education from Azusa Pacific University.
Kipp, an avid surfer, is married to the former Suzanne Bagg. They had their first child, Jonathan, in 2010.
