Phil Moriarty


Phil Moriarty was a swimming and diving coach from the United States. He notably coached at Yale University for 37 years, from 1939-1976. He also served as a diving coach for the USA team to the 1960 Summer Olympics.
While at Yale, Moriarty served as an assistant coach to Robert Kiphuth up-to Kiphuth's retirement in 1959, at which point Moriarty replaced Kiphuth as Yale's head coach. Among the athletes he coached were swimmers Don Schollander, Mike Austin, Steve Clark, John Nelson and Jeff Farrell; and divers Bob Clotworthy and David Browning.
Among the honors he received, Moriarty was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1980, and was inducted in the American Swimming Coaches Association's hall of fame in 2009. He was named the NCAA's Swimming Coach of the Year in 1971.