CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Stephanie Wriede Morawski '92, The Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving, The Ragatz Family Harvard Women's Coach of Excellence, has decided to leave coaching and a post she has held for 26 years. Longtime Associate Head Coach Amanda Kulik, meanwhile, has been named the new The Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming & Diving effective Aug. 1.
 
"Coaching Harvard student-athletes has been an incredibly rewarding experience," Morawski said. "Their passion and motivation to excel at the highest level in both the classroom and the pool is awe-inspiring. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time on pool deck which makes the decision to leave coaching extremely difficult. However, I have accepted a position within the Harvard Admissions Office and am excited to spend more time with my family and cheer on the Crimson from the sideline!
 
"It has been an honor working alongside my fellow coaches, staff and administrative colleagues and I want to thank Erin McDermott for her support and leadership," Morawski added. "I am also incredibly excited for the future of Harvard Swimming and Diving with Coach Amanda Kulik at the helm! Her energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to the student-athletes ensures the success of the program through a culture of hard work, support, and positivity."
 
"Stephanie has been a model of integrity and sustained success for Harvard," Erin McDermott, The John D. Nichols '53 Family Director of Athletics, said. "She is one of the most accomplished coaches in the department, a dedicated alumna and professional, and a true 'educator-coach.' We wish her well in her next endeavor and we are also excited to elevate Amanda – a perfect successor who has made her own stellar impact on this program."
 
One of the most decorated swimmers in Harvard history, Morawski continued the Crimson's winning tradition when she took the reins of the program ahead of the 1997-98 campaign. Since then, Harvard has captured eight conference crowns, all of which have occurred in the last 18 years in which the Ivy meet was held. In fact, the Crimson has finished first or second at the conference championship in 21 straight seasons.
 
Under the four-time Ivy League Coach of the Year's (2018-20, 2022) watch, Harvard has collected 112 All-Ivy League First-Team accolades and 11 Academic All-Ivy honors, with six athletes earning All-America recognition and one being crowned a national champion. At the conference level, Morawski tutored five Ivy High Point Swimmers of the Meet, four Career High Point Swimmers and six Career High Point Divers. At the dual-meet level, Morawski posted an overall mark of 165-40-1 (.803) and a 141-32-1 record (.813) against Ivy League foes, with both of her win totals ranking first in program history. 
 
Perhaps more impressive than its achievements in the pool is Harvard's overall performance in the classroom as Morawski's teams have earned College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Team plaudits for 28 consecutive semesters in which the organization has released team GPAs, including in the Spring of 2021 when the Crimson posted the top GPA in the country (3.90). The following season, Felicia Pasadyn '22 earned the NCAA Elite 90 Award, given annually to the athlete with the top GPA among competitors at the NCAA finals site, and was named a CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American, one of only two Ivy League student-athletes to be recognized (1988 - Sheila Findley '90).
 
Morawski compiled a long list of accolades as a student-athlete before entering the coaching ranks. The 1991-92 team co-captain was a two-time All-America selection, a three-time NCAA Championships qualifier and two-time Olympic Trials participant. Morawski was the 1992 Eastern Women's Swimming League Swimmer of the Year after she accounted for 57 points in Harvard's championship effort. She later shared the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association Award as Harvard's top female student-athlete to cap her illustrious collegiate career and was inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 2007.
 
Morawski earned her undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard in 1992 and added a master's degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Education in 1999.