Kevin Rapien was added to the North Dakota swimming and diving coaching staff on July 31, 2010.
Working mainly with the distance
swimmers, Rapien guided the Fighting Sioux to over 30 top five finishes
in the distance events, including nine first-place finishes.
Rapien spent the 2009-10 season as a
graduate assistant coach at Delta State in Cleveland, Miss. With the
Statesmen, he worked primarily with the sprinters, who set school
records in both the women's and men's 200 freestyle relays. The team
also produced 18 NCAA Division II national qualifiers and 11 were named
DII All-Americans.
Prior to his stint at Delta State,
Rapien spent two years at various positions in Hamilton, Ohio. He was an
assistant swim coach for the YMCA of Great Miami Valley swim team
(2007-08) and the head swim coach at Ross High School (2007-08). He also
spent time working as an assistant swim coach and substitute teacher at
Stephen T. Badin High School (2007-08) and was an assistant coach and
private swim instructor at New London Hills Swim Club (2004-06).
From July 2008 to August 2009, Rapien
served as the aquatics director at the Atrium Family YMCA. While at the
YMCA, he chaired and organized the Atrium YMCA Splash N' Dash, which
raised over $1,100 for the YMCA's Strong Kids Campaign.
A swimmer for four years (2003-07) at
Ashland University, Rapien served as team captain from 2005 to 2007 and
was awarded the Ashland University Eagle Award for Leadership during his
senior year.
Rapien received a bachelor's degree in business administration and
finance from Ashland in 2007 and is currently working toward a master's
degree in heath, physical education and recreation.
