OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
Named the 2020/21 USA men’s swimming Olympic head coach in December 2018
Served as an assistant coach with the men’s swimming Olympic team in 2016
Durden has coached athletes who have competed at the last four Olympic Games
AT UCI
Durden swam for the Anteaters from 1995-97
He was the Big West Champion in the 200 butterfly (1.50.71) in 1997
Durden ranks fifth all-time at UCI in the 100 fly (49.56) and sixth in the 200 fly (1.50.65)
He helped UCI finish second at the 1997 Big West Championships
EXTRAS
Durden is the men’s swimming head coach at California, entering his 15th season in 2021-22
Four of his Bears will join him in Tokyo, including Ryan Murphy. In 2016, he had six Cal athletes on the USA Olympic roster, bringing home eleven medals, eight of which were gold
