Scott Watanabe is entering his third full season with the Whittier College Swimming & Diving program. He has been a part of competitive swimming for the past 40 years as a swimmer and coach. Watanabe has spent the last 23 years as a USA Swimming head coach, having coached a 2020 Olympic Trial swimmer, Top 30 world-ranked U18 swimmer, multiple nationally relevant swimmers, and multiple NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III swimmers.
The past eight years have seen Watanabe add collegiate coaching to his resume. He has coached on the JUCO level as well as at NCAA Division II and Division III programs.
