The University of California women's swimming assistant coach, Adam Crossen, has accomplished a great deal with the Golden Bears' squad in the past two years.

Entering into his third season at Cal, Crossen has been instrumental in helping create one of the top women's swimming programs in the country. During his two season's at Cal, the Bears have notched consecutive Top 10 national finishes, placing seventh at the 2001 NCAA Championships and eighth at the 2002 NCAA Championships. Crossen is involved in all facets of the program, including recruiting, compliance, training design and dry land preparation for the student-athletes.

Under Crossen's guidance, 12 swimmers have qualified for the NCAA Championships, setting seven American records, six NCAA records and winning six individual NCAA titles. All 12 of those swimmers earned All-America honors and 11 different swimmers have earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors in the past two years.

Crossen, 27, came to Cal after serving as a graduate assistant for both the men's and women's swimming programs at Auburn from 1997-2000. After helping the Tiger men to a national runner-up finish at the 1998 NCAA Championships, he helped coach the Tigers to a National Championship in 1999. Crossen also was involved in helping the Tiger women to strong national performances, as the Tiger women notched a fifth-place national finish during the 1999-2000 season, placed sixth in the nation in 1998 and 11th in 1999. Crossen was the head coach of the Auburn Master Team and worked as a coach and head counselor at the Auburn Swim Camp as well.

A four-year letterwinner in swimming at USC, Crossen competed for the Trojans from 1993-97 and graduated with a degree in exercise science. While a student-athlete at USC, he was a member of the Pac-10 Conference Student Athlete Committee. Crossen earned a master's in exercise physiology from Auburn in the summer of 2000.

"Adam is a good people person with strong communication skills. He is enthusiastic, and is great for our program," said head coach Teri McKeever.

Adam Crossen Position: Assistant Coach, Third Year