University of Tampa

Jimi Kiner was named the head men's and women's swimming coach prior to the 2017-18 season after serving 15 years as an assistant coach with the UT swimming program following a storied career in the pool for the Spartans. Kiner was previously promoted to associate head coach in 2016. Kiner has coached several swimmers to national recognition, as he has coached a total of 15 national championship finishers and 127 All-Americans. Among those who he coached to national championships were seven men's individuals and relay teams and eight from the women's side. As an assistant at UT, Kiner helped lead the Spartans to the NCAA Division II Championships in each of his 12 years. Among those appearances, he placed five men's teams and four women's teams in the national top-10. He was also instrumental in the women's fourth-place finish in 2012, marking the program's best finish in 24 years. Kiner was a national champion in the 100 breaststroke for Tampa in 2001 and holds the school record in that event. During his career with the Spartans, he was a four-time All-American in 18 total events, a two-time national runner-up, and a four-year letterwinner. In 2000, Kiner was an Olympic Trials Qualifier. He was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Fame on October 16, 2014 as one of greatest swimmers in program history.

Quentin Bishop joined the University of Tampa swimming coach as its top assistant coach in May of 2021. In this position, he helps oversee both men's and women's teams, along with daily operations of the program. Bishop was previously the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Michigan State University from 2019-21. He served as the lead coach for the stroke/IM group. Working under head coach Matt Gianiodis, his responsibilities as recruiting coordinator were scouting and contacting recruits, and creating our programs recruiting strategy. He was also the main point of contact for official visits. During this time Michigan State, he adopted a more modern approach to recruiting for the current generation. As coach of the stroke/IM group, it was his responsibility to create an atmosphere in which total growth of the student-athlete was the main goal. Among the accomplishments during his time with the Spartans were nine school records, 41 top-10 times in school history and 143 lifetime bests. The team also achieved the program's highest men's point total ever at the 2020 Big Ten Championships and the second-highest women's point total in 2020. During his time at MSU, he also coached five United States Olympic Trials Qualifiers, 12 Scholar All-Americans, 30 4.0 GPAs and men's and women's teams both selected as Scholar All-American Teams. Bishop spent the 2018-19 season at Florida State University as a volunteer assistant coach. The Seminole men finished with a winning conference record, finished fifth at the ACC Championships, and 14th at the NCAA Championship meet, while breaking seven school records nine times. On the women's side, FSU finished sixth at ACC's and sent four individuals and two relay teams to the NCAA Championships. With his time between positions, Bishop worked at Stanford University as a Summer Swim Camp Coach. He also worked with Club Seminole as their kids' assistant coach. Bishop, a 2017 graduate of Truman State University and a four-year letterwinner for the swimming and diving program, spent one season (2017-18) as an assistant coach for his alma mater, where the Bulldogs took a program-best fourth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.