Emmett Walling

Emmett Walling, a former Head Coach of the Coronado Swim Association (CSA) and Assistant Coach at UC San Diego in La Jolla, CA, joined the Peddie Athletic Department in 2018. Following a competitive swimming career spanning eighteen years, Coach Emmett has decided to make a lifelong commitment to athletics and more specifically the sport of swimming in order to share his passion with today's athletes.

A student-athlete at USC in 2009-10 and team Captain for the 2010-11 season, Walling was a 7-time All-American, 2012 Olympic Trials Qualifier, and well-ranked among USC's Top Ten in multiple events. A native of Manasquan, New Jersey, Walling was a two-time NJ High School State Champion, and a member of the Manasquan High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Graduating from USC in 2011 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology - Human Performance Walling’s focus in on building an educational and transformative environment supported by physiology and biomechanics. In addition to his prior coaching with CSA, Coach Emmett was most recently an Assistant Coach for the UC San Diego Tritons under Head Coach and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Women’s Head Coach, David Marsh.