Alfred State College Director of Athletics Jason Doviak has named Michael Smiechowski the new swimming & diving coach. Smiechowski has already started his duties.

Smiechowski comes to Alfred State after most recently serving as the head swim coach of the Sint Maarten-Saint Martin National Swim Team. During the 2018-19 season he trained the first Sint Maarten athlete to participate in the World Championship. As the director of operations of the Carib Swim Club (the largest swim club on the island) he had athletes break 25 club records.

Previously he coached the Hickam Hurrricanes (Honolulu, HI) and the the Coral Springs Club (Coral Springs, FL) teams.

After a successful swimming career at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he a team captain and a member of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship team from 2009-2012, Smiechowski started his coaching career at Villanova University as an assistant coach and men's recruiting coordinator. At Villanova, he was part of the coaching staff that led the women's team to the 2014 Big East Championship. He spent the next season (2014-15) at Towson University as an assistant coach and men's recruiting coordinator.

Smiechowski has a bachelor's degree in criminology from UNC Wilmington and a master's degree in higher education from Iowa State University.