UNC associate head swim and dive coach Kirk Kumbier is leaving college coaching and returning home to southeast Michigan. Stock photo via UNC Athletics
The college coaching carousel keeps on turning. UNC associate head swim and dive coach Kirk Kumbier is leaving college coaching and returning home to southeast Michigan. Kumbier has been hired as the associate head coach at Club Wolverine, an Ann Arbor based club swim team. This move leaves UNC with two open staff positions, as assistant coach Kayla Kumbier, Kirk’s wife, is also leaving.
This move marks a return home for Kumbier, who grew up in the area and is a CW alum. He’ll be joining CW head coach Dr. Josh White, who coached at the University of Michigan for 14 years, serving as the associate head coach for the majority of that time. White took over as the head coach of CW late last summer. This feels like a fairly natural pairing, as White is well known for his distance background, having coached NCAA 1650 champions Connor Jaeger and Felix Auboeck, while Kumbier has primarily served as a sprint coach…