| Title: | Head Coach/Aquatics Center Director |
| Phone: | 240-895-4798 |
| Email: | arbarbins@smcm.edu |
| Year: | 15th Season |
| College: | Ohio Wesleyan '93 |
Andre Barbins is halfway through his second decade as Barbins commences his 15th season at the helm of the Seahawk men's and women's swimming programs in 2012-13. In his 14 years, he has amassed a combined record of 137-124-1 (88-89-1 CAC).
Barbins enjoyed his most successful season as the head women's swimming coach in 2011-12. The Seahawk women posted program-bests of 14 dual-meet victories and six conference wins as St. Mary's finished the season with a 14-1 (6-0 CAC) record. The women's undefeated mark in conference action granted St. Mary's first CAC regular-season title and included the Seahawks' first-ever win over the University of Mary Washington to snap a 21-meet losing streak.
He was tapped as the 2012 Capital Athletic Conference Women's Swimming Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his career, having also received the honor in 2004, 2008 and 2009. The Seahawks finished second at the CAC Championships for the fifth consecutive season while Barbins coached his fourth CAC Women's Rookie of the Year in Brooke Raab '15.
He also serves as the aquatics director for the Michael P. O'Brien ARC Aquatics Center.
The women have set 55 school records since his arrival in 1998, including establishing 16 of 19 possible team records during the 2008-09 season, while seven Seahawk women have qualified for 10 NCAA Division III Championships, starting in 1992 with Paula Stamnos Goodwin '94.
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BARBINS' YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD (W. SWIMMING) |
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Year |
Overall |
Conference |
CAC Championship |
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1998-99 |
9-2 |
5-2 |
3rd of 8 |
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1999-00 |
6-5 |
3-4 |
4th of 8 |
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2000-01 |
6-4 |
4-3 |
4th of 8 |
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2001-02 |
5-4 |
4-3 |
3rd of 8 |
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2002-03 |
3-5 |
3-4 |
3rd of 8 |
|
2003-04 |
4-3 |
4-3 |
2nd of 7 |
|
2004-05 |
2-4-1 |
2-4-1 |
4th of 8 |
|
2005-06 |
4-6 |
3-4 |
4th of 8 |
|
2006-07 |
6-4 |
6-2 |
3rd of 9 |
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2007-08 |
5-3 |
3-2 |
2nd of 7 |
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2008-09 |
6-3 |
5-1 |
2nd of 7 |
|
2009-10 |
7-3 |
4-1 |
2nd of 7 |
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2010-11 |
10-3 |
4-1 |
2nd of 7 |
| 2011-12 | 14-1 | 6-0 | 2nd of 7 |
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Totals |
87-50-1 |
56-34-1 |
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The Seahawk women have also excelled out of the pool as they have been tabbed as a College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-Academic Team during all 15 years of Barbins' tenure.
A 1993 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, he was a four-year letterwinner and team captain for the Battling Bishops. After leaving OWU, Barbins spent one season as the head coach at Regina H.S. in Euclid, Ohio, and one season as an assistant coach at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
He left Ohio for Washington (Md.) College in Chestertown where he earned a master's degree in psychology while serving as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons. After his stint at Washington, Barbins spent a year and a half as an assistant coach at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
A Cleveland native, he currently makes his home in Solomons with his wife, Sharon Eliassen, and their daughter, Anya.
