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JOEL SHINOFIELD, HEAD COACH
Joel Shinofield is in his fouth season as
head men’s swimming coach and first season
as interim head women's coach at W&L.
In his first three seasons, Shinofield has
guided the Generals to a 19-3 overall mark and
three-straight Bluegrass Mountain Conference
Championships. Additionally, he has guided W&L
to a pair of Top 20 finishes at the NCAA Division
III Swimming & Diving Championships, while also
coaching 19 Generals to multiple All-Bluegrass
Mountain Conference honors and eight W&L
swimmers to multiple All-America accolades.
In addition, W&L set three new school
records during the 2003-04 campaign, five
records during the 2004-05 campaign and five
more in 2005-06.
Shinofield came to W&L from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., where he served
as the head women's water polo coach. He also served as the executive director/head
coach of the Richfield Swim Club/Minnesota Federated Swimming since 1996. In addition,
he also held the post of volunteer assistant women's swimming coach at the University
of Minnesota.
In one season at Macalester, Shinofield earned region coach of the year honors while
leading the Scots' women's water polo team to a sixth place finish at the Collegiate III
National Championships.
At the Richfield Swim Club, Shinofield was responsible for developing a competitive
USA swimming team for youth from the novice to national level. He helped direct
15 swimmers to national-level competitions and increased club membership from 35 to
over 150 members.
A volunteer assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Minnesota, Shinofield
aided the Gophers' breaststrokers and butterflyers to the 2002 and 2003 NCAA Division
I finals.
Active in the sport, Shinofield has also held head-coaching positions with Team Minnesota
and Minneapolis Washburn High School. He currently serves as Secretary of the
College Swimming Coaches Association of America's Executive Board. Prior to moving
to Lexington, he was the President of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Swimming
Coaches Association and was a member of the board for Minnesota Swimming, Inc. In
the summer of 2003, Shinofield was presented with the Conoco/Phillips USA Swimming
Service Award for his volunteer work in the sport.
Shinofield is a 1994 graduate of Washington and Lee with a bachelor of arts in
biology. He lettered for the Generals' swimming team as a freshman before his career
ended prematurely due to injury.
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