Head coach Helaina Sacco enters her third season in New London, as the head coach of the men's and women's swimming & diving programs. Hired in August of 2020, Sacco and her team were not able to compete in the 2020-21 season due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. For the 2021-22 swimming & diving season, the team finished in sixth place during the Great Northeast Athletic Conference with an individual conference victory in the 50 yard backstroke.
In addition to the head coaching position, Sacco is also the Aquatics Coordinator for the Knight Natatorium.
Sacco came to New London after spending two seasons as an assistant coach for the Dartmouth College swimming & diving program.
While in Hanover, a short drive up I-89 from Colby-Sawyer, Sacco wrote and ran practices, managed home meets, coordinated team travel and equipment, led recruiting efforts and worked with many areas on campus to enhance the student-athlete experience.
Prior to Dartmouth, Sacco was an assistant at Ohio Northern for three seasons. She also had stints as an assistant coach at the University of Mary Washington (Sept. 2014 – April 2015) and a student-athlete support services intern at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Aug. 2013 – June 2014).
Sacco earned a Master of Science in Sociology of Sport with Merit from Loughborough University in England in 2013. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with High Honors and Summa Cum Laude from the University of Maine in 2012.
