Since coming to Emory prior to the 1999-2000 season, Cindy
Fontana has helped to lead the Eagles to unprecedented levels of
success.
With Fontana as part of the coaching staff, the Emory Swimming and
Diving men's and women's teams have finished no worse than seventh
in the nation, including National Championships for the
Women's team in 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2011, and 11-consecutive
top-four finishes. The men's team has finished the season as
one of the top-four teams in the nation in each of her 12
seasons (the Eagles had never finished better than sixth nationally
before her arrival), including second-place finishes in 2001, 2004,
2005 and 2009. Emory has had 20 swimmers crowned
National Champions and nine national champion relay teams, and
the Eagles have had a combined 682 All-America certificates
awarded to their athletes since 2000.
Fontana has helped the Eagles become the premier swimming team in
the University Athletic Association (UAA), leading the Eagles to
12-consecutive conference titles, and coaching ten conference
swimmers of the year, and ten conference rookies of the
year. She was honored as part of the conference Coaching Staff
of the Year five times, most recently for the women's team in
2011.
Prior to her arrival at Emory in the fall of 1999, Fontana spent
three years as head coach for women's swimming and diving at
Southern Connecticut State University. During the 1995-96
season, Fontana was the assistant coach for Kenyon College, which
won both men's and women's NCAA team titles.
Fontana is a 1992 graduate of Kenyon (Ohio) where she was team
captain and an NCAA competitor in the distance freestyle events and
the 400 IM. Fontana received her master's degree in exercise
science from Southern Connecticut in 2004. She also has coached
Hopkins Mariners in New Haven, Conn.
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