Steven Bostick Named Florida Southern Men's and Women's Swimming Head Coach

LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida Southern College men's and women's swimming has a new leader as Steven Bostick is announced as the head coach by Director of Athletics and Dean of Wellness Drew Howard. Bostick takes over as the sixth head coach of both programs after the retirement of Andy Robins.
 
"We are thrilled to welcome Steven Bostick as our next head swimming coach," said Howard. "Steven stood out in his experience and success to emerge as the next leader of our men's and women's swimming programs. We are excited for the future of Florida Southern swimming here in Lakeland."
 
"I would like to thank President Martin and Athletic Director Drew Howard for this opportunity," said Bostick. "Florida Southern College is an amazing school academically and athletically. My family and I are grateful to be back home in Florida, close to family. I look forward to working with the student-athletes and joining the campus community."
 
Bostick makes the move to Lakeland after spending nine seasons at Ouachita Baptist University as the head swimming coach. In his near decade leading both the men's and women's swim team at Ouachita, Bostick recruited and coached more than a dozen All-Americans and even more Academic All-Americans and was named the New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Coach of the Year three times, including back-to-back honors in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. This past year, Bostick led the men's team to the NSISC championship and an unblemished 10-0 record in dual meets. The NSISC championship was the first conference title for the men's team since 2000. Bostick has helped provide major facility upgrades to Waggoner Pool, such as new diving boards, starting blocks, and locker rooms, during his nine seasons leading the Tigersharks.
 
Prior to his time at OBU, Bostick was the Buchholz High School Swimming Coach from 2010-2014. He was a four-year letterman for Ouachita's swimming and diving team, graduating in 2008 with a BA in accounting.
 
About Florida Southern Swimming
Both the men's and women's swimming teams at FSC have a storied history at the conference and national level. The Mocs have been National Runner-Up as a team two times in 2013 and 2014 under the SSC Coach of the Decade, Duncan Sherrard. The women's team has one SSC title with its best NCAA finish seventh on two different occasions under Sherrard. The men's team has been SSC's best on five different occasions, the last being 2021-22 with Robins and previously four years from 2013-2016.
 
The FSC swimming teams combined for 12 NCAA Individual National Championships (28 total for FSC) with two women's swimmers, Mary O'Sullivan and SSC Female Swimmer of the Decade Allie Crenshaw national champions. The men have SSC Male Swimmer of the Decade winner Jeb Halfacre with Matthew Holmes, Ludovico Viberti, and Kyle Micallef (the program's first winner in the 50 free at the 2024 finals). The men's team also holds six NCAA Relay National Championships, the last of which was in 2016, with the 200 and 400 medley relays. Florida Southern has also been represented on the world stage with three Olympians, two at the most recent 2024 Paris Olympics with Viberti (Italy) and Micallef (Malta), FSC's last two individual national champions.