Jim Reitz Position: Head Coach Experience: 28th Season

Jim Reitz enters his 27th season as UNLV head coach and is coming off two outstanding years at the helm of the Rebel swimming and diving program. One year after guiding both the men's and women's swimming and diving programs to their first-ever Mountain West Conference Championships in 2005, the Rebel men followed that up with a repeat title performance this past season. The two MWC championships were the first for the men's program after several close calls in its 26-year history, while the 2005 crown was the fourth all-time conference championship for the women (they won the Big West in 1984, 1991 and 1992).

The past two years have also seen the Rebels have succeed on the national level as well, including last year when the UNLV men finished 28th at the NCAAs, thanks to a ninth-place finish in the 200 free relay, the highest in school history. In 2005, Reitz saw the Rebel men earn three relay All-American honorable mentions to finish 24th at the NCAAs, - the second-highest finish in school history.

The five-time Big West Conference Coach of the Year (1984, 1991 and 1994 women's, 1987 and 1996 men's) and five-time MWC Coach of the Year (2000, 2001, 2005, and 2006 men, 2005 women) has taken programs that were non-existent and built them into consistent winners.

Both the men's and women's programs have produced numerous All-Americans while rising to national prominence and consistently scoring at the NCAA Championships. In addition, Reitz has sent several swimmers to represent the U.S. National Team.

Surrounded by talented assistant coaches, Reitz and his staff are devoted to the goal of becoming a program that battles for a place in the top 25 on a yearly basis. He emphasizes consistency and intensity during training.

Reitz also expects the same consistency and intensity from his students-athletes in the classroom. Year-in and year-out, the Rebels have consistently had the majority of it's swimmers named to the All-Academic Mountain West Conference Team.

A native of Seattle, Wash., Reitz coached 15 years before coming to UNLV. He coached at both Cascade and Seattle Swim clubs and was head of the physical education departments at Shorewood High School in Seattle.

Reitz moved to Las Vegas in 1976 and began coaching the Sandpiper Swim Team before taking over the reigns of the Rebel programs in 1980.

Reitz earned bachelor's degrees in physical education and psychology from the University of Washington in 1975. He and his wife, Nina, have two children, Emily (25) and Ben (22).

REITZ' DUAL MEET
RECORD AT UNLV
Year	Men	Women
1980-81	n/a	n/a
1981-82    2-4-1	6-4
1982-83    	9-5	4-7
1983-84    	5-5	5-4
1984-85    	3-4	4-3
1985-86    	2-7	7-3
1986-87    	3-5	8-3
1987-88    	3-2	2-3
1988-89    	2-4	4-2
1989-90	3-5	9-1
1990-91	4-4	8-0
1991-92	7-3	9-1
1992-93	3-5	6-2
1993-94	4-4	7-2
1994-95	6-4	9-5
1995-96	7-3	7-5
1996-97	10-3	10-6
1997-98	7-2	6-6
1998-99	9-2	8-3
1999-00	6-4	9-3
2000-01	7-4	7-4
2001-02	4-6	6-2
2002-03	4-7	9-5
2003-04	4-5	9-3
2004-05	6-4	8-4
2005-06	7-1	7-4
Totals	106-91-1	153-68