Manabu (Manny) Noguchi
	Hometown: Fukuoka, Japan Position: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Experience: 2nd year College Degree: Cal Poly '98

Manabu (Manny) Noguchi will be entering his second season at University of Wyoming as distanceswim coach and recruiting coordinator. Noguchi comes to the UW from Michigan State University where he was also distance swim coach and recruiting coordinator since 2004 for 5 years.

Prior to Michigan State, Noguchi spent two years as a volunteer assistant swim coach at the University of Georgia (UGA). During his time with the Bulldogs, he taught stroke techniques, directed dryland exercise and created workout routines. Noguchi served as head coach for the University of Georgia Masters, coaching swimmers, ages 21-72, and was the National/Senior assistant coach for the Athens Bulldog Swim Club as well as an assistant for the Bulldog Swim Camp. During this time, he also gained valuable experience as a summer swim camp coach, teaching stroke technique, giving private lessons, serving as a residential advisor in the dorms, and organizing workouts.

From December 2001-May 2002 before his stint at Georgia, Noguchi served as a temporary contract as the head swim coach at Kyushu University in Fukoka, Japan. In July 2001, Noguchi was a member of the U.S. Swimming National Team Staff as an interpreter and media coordinator between U.S. National Team Director Dennis Pursley and various Japanese organizations.

Prior to coaching at UGA, Noguchi was head swim coach for a club team in Fukoka for nearly three years. While there, he coached four women swimmers to the National Level and helped a male swimmer (Yuki Fujimoto) to become the summer junior national champion in the backstroke events (both 50 and 100M) in 2000 and 2001.

Also adding to Noguchi's excellent coaching experience he was the pre-senior head coach for Nitro Swimming Club in Austin, Texas leading them to their first ever Texas state title.

Manny was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. Upon his high school graduation (age of 18), he went to California to pursue in both academic and athletic excellence in the US. Noguchi received his associate of science degree from Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in 1996, where he also was a member of the swimming team that won the California Junior College Championship. He also earned Academic and Athletic Scholar honors from the Western State Conference in 1996.

Upon graduation from Cuesta, Noguchi went on to attend California Polytechnic State University, where in December 1998 he earned his B.S. in kinesiology. In December 2003, he earned his master's in education in exercise science from University of Georgia.