Logan Andrews Named Diving Coach
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Logan Andrews, most recently the diving coach at Ouachita Baptist University, has been named as diving coach by UNM’s new head swimming and diving coach Naya Higashijima, joining Phoebe Campbell, who was named assistant swimming coach earlier in the week.
Andrews served as a diving coach for both the men’s and women’s programs at OBU, where he helped a pair of freshmen in Samuel Wood and Bryce Benson to second and third place finishes in the 1-meter at the New South Intercollegiate Swimming Conference Championships.
“We are very excited to welcome Coach Logan Andrews to the University of New Mexico. I am confident that Logan’s ability to motivate and inspire others will not only help our divers to continue their progress but also positively impact the whole swimming & diving program,” said Higashijima. “Logan has high goals as a Division I coach and understands the demand of student-athletes. He is enthusiastic about the opportunity we have at UNM and we are eager to start our new season. We are glad that Logan joined our Lobo Family.”
Andrews competed at Auburn from 2017-21, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. He was a four-year letterman for the Tigers, a four-time NCAA zone qualifier, a two-time SEC finalist, a CSCAA Scholar All-America honoree in 2020, and a member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. He was also a part of numerous community service trips in Auburn, Alabama area during his collegiate career.
He is originally from Lafayette, Indiana, where he dove for Greater Lafayette Area Diving until his freshman year of high school. For the remainder of his prep career, he dove for Carolina Diving Academy in Huntersville, North Carolina.
Concurrently during his collegiate career, he also served as an assistant diving coach at Foxcroft East Racquet & Swim Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. After graduating from Auburn, he was an assistant coach at the Carolina Diving Academy.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT LOGAN ANDREWS
“The entire Ouachita Swimming & Diving Program is excited for Coach Logan’s new opportunity. Logan is an amazing coach and an even better person. I’m grateful to him for jump starting the Diving program and look forward to seeing his further development as a coach. In time he will become one of the greats and New Mexico is blessed to have him. At the professional level the team will miss the skill, enthusiasm, and passion he brought to the pool each day. Personally, I’ve made a lifelong friend and I look forward to our paths crossing again” — OBU Head Coach Steve Bostick