Former Lady Monarch Jessica Miller Livsey was named the Old Dominion men's and women's swimming head coach in August of 2019 after previously serving as an assistant coach for nine seasons with the ODU Monarchs.
In her first season as Head Coach, she guided Filip Svedberg to his third conference championship in four years, and helped the Monarchs to a fourth place team finish at the CCSA Championships. Jacqueline Tinneny set a school record in the 1650 freestyle and finished second at the Conference USA Championships, while Jacklyn VandePoel took third in the 100 backstroke.
In 2015-16, she helped Reed Mathews set school records in the 100 and 200 fly, win the CCSA Championship in the 200 fly and take 17th at the NCAA Championships and U.S. Olympic Trials.
In 2014-15, ODU finished in second at the C-USA Championships, led again by Mathews who recorded an NCAA B-cut time.
The 2013-14 season Sidni Hoxha won three events at the Conference USA Championships to advance to the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career.
In 2012-13, Miller helped Sidni Hoxha qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 50 and 100 free en route to being named CAA Swimmer of the Year. Additionally, Miller guided Lady Monarch Kimberley Rashleigh to six gold medals at the CAA Championships, where the Monarchs set a remarkable fifteen school records and accumulated thirteen medals total. On land, Miller oversaw the women’s swimming and diving team that achieved Scholar All American status for the Fall 2012 semester.
Livsey returned to Old Dominion after spending three seasons as an assistant coach for the Davidson Wildcat swimming and diving program. While at Davidson, Livsey coached the distance swimmers, headed up recruiting efforts, and oversaw a majority of competition logistics.
Prior to Davidson, Livsey served a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa, where she was responsible primarily for recruiting and the training program, with a focus on distance swimmers.
A 2004 graduate of Old Dominion, Livsey was a four-year letterwinner in the breaststroke and distance freestyle events and a four-year CAA finalist in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke.
She resides in Norfolk with her family and has a daughter, Lorelei, and a son, Matthew.
