Jacey Dyer enters her fifth season as an associate women's swimming coach at James Madison. James Madison named Dyer an associate women's swimming coach on July 16, 2014.
Since joining the program, Dyer has helped the Dukes to a 31-6 record in dual meets while guiding the Dukes to a Colonial Athletics Association Championship win, three consecutive second-place finishes at the CAA Championships, the fifth, sixth, and seventh consecutive top-two finish for the program.
In 2018, Dyer lifted the Dukes to an undefeated conference slate and a perfect record at Savage Natatorium. In post season, the Dukes took home their first CAA Championship title since 2012.
At the 2017 CAA Championships, JMU earned 17 podium finishes and notched a top-two finish as a team for the seventh straight season. She also helped lead the Dukes to four new Savage Natatorium pool records this season.
During 2016 CAA Championships, Dyer coached the squad to 14 podium finishes, nine NCAA B Cut times and six new school records.
Dyer comes to JMU after three years as the assistant swimming coach with Toledo women's swimming and diving program. In her three seasons, Dyer managed much of the operations for the Rockets while also handling her day-to-day coaching and recruiting duties. She has also served as head coach at Toledo Country Club and an assistant coach at Hardin Valley High School and Robindale Woods Swim Club.
"We're thrilled to have Jacy be a member of our swimming and diving team here at JMU," Pedersen said. "She's bringing a great balance of energy, new ideas, work ethic and passion for the sport to contribute to our staff and to our athletes. She's already here working extremely hard for the team and for the program and we're excited to move forward with this season."
Prior to coaching at Toledo, Dyer was a standout performer in the pool for the Rockets, setting school records in the 200, 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle and swimming for a pair of relay teams, the 400 freestyle and 800 freestyle, that also set school marks. Her times in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle were also conference records. After being named to the All-MAC Second Team as a freshman, she earned First Team All-MAC honors in each of her remaining three seasons at Toledo.
"I'm so excited to join the team here at JMU and be a part of what Coach Pedersen and the staff have already built here," Dyer said. "I'm very thankful for this opportunity and I'm looking forward to this season."
Dyer graduated from Toledo in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She joins a JMU program that has finished in the top two each of the last four years at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships and took home the team title in 2012.
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