David Marsh

Internationally renowned swimming coach David Marsh is an associate head coach of both the men's and women's programs at Cal.

Marsh initially joined Cal's men's program on a interim basis in early February 2022 while then-assistant coach Chase Kreitler was away from the program on paternity leave.

Marsh's arrival in Bear Territory produced instant results, as Cal went on to win its fifth consecutive Pac-12 team championship on March 2-5 before ultimately reaching the collegiate pinnacle with its seventh all-time NCAA championship on March 23-26.

A 2021 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee, Marsh is the founder and director of Team Elite Aquatics, considered to be one of the top professional swimming training groups in the United States. Marsh served as the U.S. Olympic Women's Head Coach in 2016 and was a three-time U.S. Olympic Men's Assistant Coach in 1996, 2000 and 2012.

Marsh was the head coach at Auburn from 1990-2007, leading the Tigers to an unparalleled run of success with seven men's NCAA team championships (1997, '99, 2003, '04, '05, '06, '07) and five women's NCAA team championships (2002, '03, '04, '06, '07). He amassed 17 SEC titles (13 men's, four women's) while at Auburn. Durden was an assistant coach on Marsh's Auburn staff from 2000-05, helping the Tiger men's and women's teams to six national championships during that span.

A native of Miami, Florida, Marsh has coached more than 60 Olympians from 20-plus countries. His swimmers have combined to win 89 individual NCAA titles and 277 individual SEC titles. He was also the head coach at UC San Diego from 2017-19, and most recently led the LA Current of the International Swimming League (ISL) during the 2021 season.

Marsh earned his degree in business administration in 1981 from Auburn, where he was a five-time All-American backstroker.