Stancil Names Kojima as Swimming and Diving Assistant Coach
Sep 28, 2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University swimming and diving head coach Leah Stancil announced today the addition of Dr. Kosuke Kojima (pronounced KOE-skay Co-gee-Mah) as the team's new assistant coach.
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"I am thrilled to be able to add Kosuke to our coaching staff," Stancil said. "Kosuke is the type of person that will push our young women to the next level both in competition and in the classroom. He has an extensive amount of experience, which will shape our team into a championship caliber program."
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Kojima comes to Tulane after he spent the past year as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Michigan men's and women's swimming and diving program.
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"This a tremendous opportunity for my family and I," Kojima said. "Tulane University is a world-class institution and I could not be more excited to be a part of it."
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Prior to this time at Michigan, Kojima spent eight years as the head coach of the Counsilman Center Swim Team in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Kojima recently received his Ph.D. in Human Performance from Indiana University, graduating in the summer of 2017, and has contributed to several research publications. He has two masters degrees -- one in exercise physiology from Indiana University and one in exercise and sports science from Tokyo Metropolitan University.
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Prior to becoming head coach of the Counsilman Center Swim Team Kojima spent three-and-a-half years as an assistant coach. In his tenure, the team had five national qualifiers (two finalists) and nine junior national qualifiers (four finalists). He was responsible for all team activities and programs, advising, directing and consulting between 100 and 120 post-college, college, high school and middle school swimmers.
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Kojima is an alum of Chuo University in Tokyo, where he earned a bachelor of laws in faculty of law. He swam four years, making three consecutive finals in the 200-meter IM at the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Japan National Long Course Championships. He reached as high as 29th in the FINA world rankings in the 200-meter IM in 1998. Kojima also served as volunteer assistant coach for three years.Â
Kojima and his wife, Takako, have one son, Sosuke.
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"I am thrilled to be able to add Kosuke to our coaching staff," Stancil said. "Kosuke is the type of person that will push our young women to the next level both in competition and in the classroom. He has an extensive amount of experience, which will shape our team into a championship caliber program."
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Kojima comes to Tulane after he spent the past year as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Michigan men's and women's swimming and diving program.
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"This a tremendous opportunity for my family and I," Kojima said. "Tulane University is a world-class institution and I could not be more excited to be a part of it."
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Prior to this time at Michigan, Kojima spent eight years as the head coach of the Counsilman Center Swim Team in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Kojima recently received his Ph.D. in Human Performance from Indiana University, graduating in the summer of 2017, and has contributed to several research publications. He has two masters degrees -- one in exercise physiology from Indiana University and one in exercise and sports science from Tokyo Metropolitan University.
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Prior to becoming head coach of the Counsilman Center Swim Team Kojima spent three-and-a-half years as an assistant coach. In his tenure, the team had five national qualifiers (two finalists) and nine junior national qualifiers (four finalists). He was responsible for all team activities and programs, advising, directing and consulting between 100 and 120 post-college, college, high school and middle school swimmers.
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Kojima is an alum of Chuo University in Tokyo, where he earned a bachelor of laws in faculty of law. He swam four years, making three consecutive finals in the 200-meter IM at the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Japan National Long Course Championships. He reached as high as 29th in the FINA world rankings in the 200-meter IM in 1998. Kojima also served as volunteer assistant coach for three years.Â
Kojima and his wife, Takako, have one son, Sosuke.
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