Peter Richardson

Peter Richardson is the Head Swim Coach at Fresno Pacific University

Peter Richardson started his swimming career at Buchanan High School and continued with Clovis Swim Club where he helped the Clovis Swim Club men’s team win Summer Junior Nationals in 1999.  

After high school, Richardson attended University of the Pacific where he earned his Bachelor's degree and teaching credential. While at Pacific, he was the team captain his junior and senior seasons.  During those two years, UOP won back-to-back Big West Conference Championships.  The UOP team broke a 23-year Big West Conference win streak when they defeated UCSB in 2002 and repeated in 2003. In his senior season, Richardson received the Pacific Leadership Award for all athletics. 

After college, Richardson was the assistant National Team Coach with Clovis Swim Club and the head men’s & women’s swim coach at Sanger High School where they won four league championships in three years.  Richardson earned his Master's degree in 2007. His degree is in teaching with an emphasis on multicultural education in the classroom.    

Richardson has been the head men's and women's swimming coach at FPU since the program's inception in 2007.  In those two years, FPU swimmers have set four national records and have been ranked as high as #2 in the country in both men's and women's swimming. His teams have produced 15 national champions and 21 First Team All-Americans. In 2009, the Fresno Pacific men's swim team finished 2nd in the nation, and the women finished 4th. For his efforts, Richardson was named the 2009 NAIA Men's Swimming National Coach of the Year.

UPDATE: 

Peter was just named the NAIA Women's National Coach of the Year!
His swimmers had an incredible season as well!

• NAIA Mens National Champions
• 8 Individual NAIA Championship Titles
• 7 Relay NAIA Championship Titles