Brian Ware was hired in July of 2018 to be the first Head Men's and Women's Swimming Coach at Millsaps College. He will oversee all facets of building the new program, including recruiting student-athletes for the team which will begin competition in the winter of 2019.Â
Coach Ware brings nearly 30 years of experience in the pool with him. He has led the decorated Mississippi Makos swim team since 1991. While there, Ware’s teams have won 13 state championships, produced qualifiers for Olympic Trials, Senior National, and Junior National, as well as numerous individual state record holders and state champions.
He started the swim team at Clinton High School and was named the MHSAA Boys High School Coach of the Year in 1999. In 2007, Ware took over the duties as coach at Madison Central High School. While leading the Jaguars he was named the Mississippi Association of Coaches Swim Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2017. He won the MHSAA Coach of the Year award in 2015. His women’s team won the Class 2 title for four consecutive seasons, and his men’s team finished runner up for the Class 2 title twice.Â
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