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Rick Hayes

Rick Hayes

Head Coach

9th year as UNE Head Coach (2022-23), 40-19 after 7 seasons 15th season as NCAA head coach Rick Hayes has led the women's swimming team at UNE to a 40-19 record through seven seasons as head coach. In 2022-23, the Nor'easters went 6-2 in head-to-head competition and placed 5th out of 10 institutions at their first-ever Little East Conference (LEC) Championships meet. UNE's first campaign with a primary conference was in 2021-22 under the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), and the squad finished 3rd out of 10 programs. Hayes was named GNAC Coach of the Year for his efforts, and followed it up New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association (NEISDA) Coach of the Year at the ensuing regional event. Prior to four unofficial virtual meets during an abbreviated 2020-21 season, the Nor'easters were a regular top-third finisher at the New England Championships. In Hayes' second season (2016-17), UNE matched the program best with 5th place out of 21 teams. He also coaches the club men's swimming team. Check out this July 2020 Spotlight on Hayes https://athletics.une.edu/news/2020/7/13/wswim-spotlight-on-womens-swimming-coach-rick-hayes.aspx Hayes came to Biddeford after seven years leading the men's and women's programs at Saint Joseph's College of Maine [NCAA III]. During his time with the Monks, he was named as the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Coach of the Year in the 2011-12 campaign. He coached 13 All-New England honorees over the years at the regional meet. Before joining on at Saint Joseph's, Hayes served as assistant coach at UNE (2005-07) under the program's first head coach, Kate Roy. Prior to entering the collegiate ranks, Hayes was head boys swimming coach at Deering High School (1998-05), where his teams posted a collective record of 44-8-1 and captured three consecutive Class A state championships (2003, 2004, 2005). The Portland native and resident was a 2002 graduate of the University of Southern Maine. GNAC Coach of the Year (2021-22) New England (NEISDA) Coach of the Year (2021-22)
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Hannah Gajewski

Assistant Coach

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Elissa Kane

Assistant Coach