2013-14 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI SWIMMING & DIVING
2013 COACHING STAFF
ASSISTANT COACH MANDY DISALLE
Former NCAA all-America swimmer Mandy Commons DiSalle is in her fourth year as an assistant swimming coach at the University of Cincinnati. Throughout her successful swimming career, she was an NCAA All-American, team
captain, school record holder and competed at Olympic Trials. Commons DiSalle, a Cincinnati native, came to UC after a year of running her own consulting business. Prior to going in to business, she spent three years as an assistant coach at the University of Toledo. While at Toledo, Commons DiSalle helped the Rockets break several school records, and assisted in leading the team to six individual MAC Champions and the team’s highest place finish. She worked mainly with the stroke/ IM swimmers, who all achieved multiple individual personal best times during her tenure. While at Clemson, Commons DiSalle set four school records, competed in the NCAA Championship meet four years in a row, was named on the All-
Atlantic Coast Conference Team three times, and was named to the ACC Honor Roll. She was also an NCAA Strength and Conditioning All-American in 2000. Commons DiSalle also competed in the United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Ind. Prior to and upon graduation from Clemson, she returned to Cincinnati to assist coaching the Sycamore Flying Fish USS team. Commons competed for Sycamore High School where she was a three-time Ohio High School State Champion, and was recently inducted into Sycamore’s Hall of Fame. She earned a BS in economics from Clemson in 2003 and went on to get her MBA at Toledo in 2007. Commons DiSalle and her husband Eric live in Cincinnati.
DIVING COACH TORY MCKENNA
Tory McKenna joined the University of Cincinnati swimming and diving program in August 2012 after coaching for three season at University of New Hampshire. A two-time All-American and East National Championship qualifier in high school, McKenna earned
her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University. While diving for the Orange, she was a Big East finalist in the 3-meter dive and a Zone A Qualifier from 2005-2007. Additionally, she set the Syracuse 1-meter record and the Villanova pool record in 2005. McKenna double majored to receive a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, while graduating summa cum laud. Upon graduation from Syracuse University, McKenna came to New Hampshire and used her remaining year of eligibility to compete for the Wildcats as a graduate student. At the 2009 America East Championships, she placed third in the 1-meter dive and as a result was awarded the UNH swim team’s Coaches Award for her dedication, maturity and
leadership qualities. McKenna earned her Master of Science in Speech Pathology from UNH in 2010, while conducting research for acquired brain injury patients. McKenna began her coaching career at the Westford Swim and Tennis Club in 2001 and currently works with the New Hampshire based U.S.A. Diving Club and Charles River Diving North, where two of her divers won state titles in Division I and II in 2009. McKenna is also currently working for Peoplefirst Rehab in Maine. She is working toward her PhD in Speech & Hearing Pathology while coaching at Cincinnati.
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