Darla Long joins the UMBC swimming and diving team as a volunteer assistant coach in May of 2021. She comes to UMBC from Goucher College where she spent the last two years as a graduate assistant coach.
Long spent two seasons at Goucher where she helped oversee the training of 30 student-athletes for the Gophers. Long also helped maintain the schedule for lifeguards, swim instructors, and other swim programming for Goucher Aquatics.
Long was a four-year letter winner on the women's swimming team at St. Lawrence University in New York where she swam the backstroke, and the individual medley and served as team captain as a senior for the Saints while also excelling in the classroom. She was named to the Dean's List for the spring of 2017, the Psychology Honorary Society in 2018 and the National College Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma.
The Washington native earned the Presidential Diversity Scholarship at St. Lawrence. The scholarship was awarded for commitment to, and appreciation for racial and ethnic diversity.
During her summers in Washington, she worked as a head coach, lifeguard and instructor at the Lakeridge Swim Club and as a lifeguard at the Seattle YMCA.
"We are very excited to bring Coach Darla Long onto our UMBC staff. She comes to us from Goucher College where she was respected and well liked by the athletes and coaches. She will bring great insight as she works with our backstroke, IM and mid distance groups. We are very lucky to have her".
A 2019 graduate of St. Lawrence with a bachelor of science degree in psychology and philosophy, Long earned a Master's Degree Athletic Program Leadership and Administration at Goucher College in 2021.
