BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Two-time Augustana College men’s collegiate club All-America selection Ian Disteldorf was recently hired as the next women’s and men’s swimming coach at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. Disteldorf joins Lewis after spending two seasons as the assistant swim coach at the University at Buffalo.
A 2014 and 2015 Men’s Division III Collegiate Club All-America selection at Augustana, he also garnered 2014 and 2015 Heartland Division All-Conference First Team recognition. He helped the Vikings post a 24-8 division record during the 2013-to-2015 seasons as the squad claimed Third (2013, 8-3; 2015, 5-5) and First (2014, 11-0) during his three seasons of intercollegiate water polo competition. In addition, he helped Augustana claim Eight Place at the 2014 Men’s Division III Collegiate Club Championship hosted by Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Prior to taking over the Lewis swim program, Disteldorf helped lead the Buffalo Bulls to a fourth-place finish at the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships the last two seasons. During those two seasons, three athletes were named First Team All-MAC, five received Second Team All-MAC honors, there was one MAC Swimmer of the Year, three schools records were broken and 25 Top Ten Times were posted.
The team also achieved 13 College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) B Cuts, four CSCAA A Cuts and five CSCAA Relay A Cuts. The Bulls also had eight all-time top ten times and had an athlete break a school record.
Before his time at Buffalo, Disteldorf served as the assistant swim and dive coach and strength conditioning coordinator at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana for two seasons. During his tenure at Wabash, the team finished in third place at the 2022 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Championships and fourth place in 2023.
Disteldorf earned a Masters of Sports Science in coaching at the University of Akron in May, 2021 where he also served as a graduate assistant and director of operations for the swim team. During his time with the Zips, he helped lead the team to a second-place finish in the MAC Championships, broke two conference records, had four All-MAC First Team selections, a MAC Swimmer of the Year, a NCAA Qualifier and 16 Academic All-MAC selections. The Zips were Day One CSCAA National Invitational team champions as well.
Disteldorf graduated in May 2017 from Augustana with a Bachelor’s degree in finance and economics with a minor in accounting. He was a four-year letter swimming winner with the Vikings, serving as the team captain in 2016 and 2017. He was named All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) during the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
After graduation, he became an assistant coach at Augustana from 2017-2019, where he developed and implemented practices focusing on specific stroke techniques and designs for both teams. During his tenure as assistant coach, he helped lead the men’s team to their best CCIW finish in six seasons, had 21 Academic All-CCIW members, four individual CCIW champions, six All-CCIW conference members, the CCIW Swimmer of the Year and three CSCAA All-Academic Team honors.
Disteldorf is originally from Oak Forest, Illinois and swam and competed in water polo at Chicago’s Brother Rice High School.
