Swarthmore College Athletics

Susan Davis arrived at Swarthmore College in 1974 as the head women's coach and took the reigns of the men's program in 1983. 

After founding the women’s swimming program at Springfield College and enjoying her collegiate swimming career, she earned a Master of Science and founded the competitive swimming program at Smith College. For the past 30 years, Davis has been co-director of the two largest and most respected privately run clinics in the U.S. for coaches and swimmers.

While on sabbatical leave in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2006, and 2010, Davis had the opportunity to visit and study the swimming programs at Arizona, Michigan, Stanford, Berkeley, Univ. of Florida, Texas, USC, ASU, Auburn, Irvine Nova Aquatics and Tennessee, as well as the U.S. Olympic training site in Colorado Springs.  Her firsthand experience with the elite coaches and swimmers in the country enables her to provide a unique training and learning opportunity for Swarthmore’s student athletes. 

From 2000 to 2004, Davis was a member of the NCAA Division III National Swimming and Diving Rules and Championship Committee.

In addition to her involvement with swimming, Davis continues to compete successfully in the equestrian sport of three-day eventing, having twice trained with the U.S. Olympic Team in the 1970s.