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The Yale women's swimming and diving team won the 2017 Ivy League championship after posting an undefeated dual meet record. (John Lapides)

Yale womens swimming and diving head coach Jim Henry has been named the new head coach of the mens program, replacing former mens head coach Tim Wise following his resignation.

Next season will mark the first time that the Yale mens and womens programs have been united under a single head coach in seven years. Frank Keefe, the namesake of the Ivy League womens swimming championship trophy, led both teams from the 198081 until the 200910 seasons.

Wise resigned as head coach of the mens program on April 18 after seven seasons at the helm. He left the program after a season that saw the Bulldogs earn a 102 dual meet record but a disappointing fourth-place finish at the Ivy League championships. Neither Wise nor Director of Athletics Tom Beckett provided a reason for his departure.

Henry has served as the head coach of the womens program for five years, replacing Cristina Teuscher before the 201213 season. During his tenure in New Haven, he has turned the Eli squad into an Ivy League powerhouse, taking the team from a 34 Ivy record in 201112 to an undefeated record and conference title this past year, the teams first since 1997. For his efforts, Henry earned Ivy League Coach of the Year honors in 2017.

Prior to joining the Bulldogs, Henry was an assistant at the University of Texas for five seasons and the associate head coach there for one heswam for the Longhorns from 1987 to 1990, winning three national championships in that span. At Texas, Henry helped the womens team to three Big 12 titles. Before that, heheaded both the mens and womens programs at the University of Denver, where he was named Sun Belt Female Head Coach of the Year and Male Head Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

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