2007-08 Swimming and Diving Media Guide - University of North ...

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HEAD COACH MAVIAEL SAMPAIO
MAVIAEL
Sampaio
Head Coach
Seventh Year at UND
M.S., kinesiology (UND, ‘07)
Maviael Sampaio is in his seventh
year as the head coach of the Fighting
Sioux, his eighth season as part of the
coaching staff.
In his tenure as head coach, Sampaio has produced 26
national champions, more than half of the school’s individual
national title total.
Last season he led UND to its 10th and 11th North Central
Conference team championships (six men’s and five women’s)
since he became head coach. He also led the UND men’s team
to a second-place national finish and the women’s team to a
fifth-place national finish while coaching Sioux swimmers to
four national titles in 2007.
In his first season, Sampaio earned NCAA Men’s Coach of
the Year honors, guiding the men to a second-place finish, just
22 points behind Cal State Bakersfield, which won its third
consecutive title. The 22-point margin was the closest margin
of victory since 1983. Under Sampaio’s tutelage, Rodrigo
Cintra also became the first Fighting Sioux individual champion,
winning the 1650 freestyle in an NCAA-record time of
15:07.80.
Since then, his athletes have accumulated six national
records. These records are held by Rodrigo Cintra (1650
freestyle), Janice Berry (200 breaststroke) and Rodrigo
Ferreira (100 backstroke). UND men’s swimmers also hold
records in the 200 Free Relay, the 200 Medley Relay, and 400
Medley Relay, all of which were broken at the 2007 NCAA
Divison II National Championship.
Sampaio first learned of the swimming program at UND
while serving as a coach for the Brazilian National Team in
the Pan-American games in 1999. After spending two weeks at
UND and having aspired to obtain a master’s degree in the
United States, Sampaio contacted UND and began work as an
assistant coach in the 2000-01 season.
Prior to coaching at UND, Sampaio spent three years as
head coach of the Flamengo Swim Team in Rio de Janeiro, the
winningest team in Brazil. During his tenure there, he coached
some of the best Brazilian swimmers and led his squad to
back-to-back national championships and eight South
American records.
Sampaio also coached the Brazilian National Team and
served as coach of the national team at the World Cup (1998,
1999, 2000), World Championships (1999, 2000), Pan-
American Games (1999) and South American Championships
(1998, 2000).
Sampaio’s career as a swimmer spanned 19 years and was
highlighted by first-place finishes at the 1982 and 1984 South
American Championships, a fifth-place finish at the 1983 Pan
American games and 10th-place finish at the 1983 World
University Games. All were in breaststroke events.
Sampaio, a native of Rio de Janeiro, received his bachelor’s
degree in physical education in 1986 from Tupa Physical
Education University in Sao Paul, Brazil. Sampaio also received
his master’s degree in kinesiology from UND in July 2007.
Sampaio and his wife, Ana, have two daughters, Manuela
and Mariana.
How they finished:
(2007 NCAA Division II Championships)
Women
1. Drury 646.5
2. Truman State 518
3. UC San Diego 318
4. West Chester 282
5. UND 265.5
Men
1. Drury 665.5
2. UND 485
2. Wayne State 360
4. Missorui Rolla 299
5. UC San Diego 287
Coach Maviael Sampaio is back for
his seventh year as head coach of the
UND swimming team.