Greg Wriede

Director of Competitive Swimming and Head Coach of the Peddie Varsity Swim Team since 2001, Greg Wriede ’95 has led the Falcons to 11 Eastern Interscholastic Conference titles, a 106-23 dual meet record and 13 MAPL titles. He has developed over 120 High School All Americans and coached 7 National Prep School Record swims.

Coach Wriede has been the Head Coach of the Peddie Varsity Swim Team and the Peddie Aquatic Association since 2001. He was named as a USA National Junior Team Coach for the 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2014-2015 seasons. In 2011, Wriede served as the Head Coach of USA Swimming’s Western Zone Select Camp and in 2009 served as an assistant coach for USA Swimming’s National Select Camp. In the summer of 2010, Wriede headed the Jamaican National Youth Team to the first–ever Youth Olympic Games and served as an assistant coach for the USA National Youth Team at the Mare Nostrum Series.

His swimmers as both students and alumni, have competed in international competitions including the Olympic Games, World Championships, Pan Pacific Games, Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games. In addition, his swimmers have placed in the Top 16 National Age Group rankings over 100 times while setting 60 New Jersey State records. An NCAA All–American and team captain, Wriede was named to the USA National Team and competed at the FISU World University Games in 1999, receiving Harvard's Eugene B. Wyman trophy four consecutive times as the top scorer in dual meets. He lives on campus with his wife and three children.