Women's Swimming and Diving
Tanica Jamison
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- E-Mail:
- tjamison@athletics.tamu.edu
A key figure in Texas A&M’s rise into one of the nation’s elite swimming and diving programs, Tanica Jamison was elevated to associate head coach in 2016 by head coach Steve Bultman after five seasons as his top assistant.
Jamison, who was originally hired on July 7, 2011, has been instrumental in the development of multiple Olympians while at Texas A&M, including Olympic finalists Cammile Adams, Breeja Larson and Sydney Pickrem. Shehas also helped guide the team to seven top 10 finishes at the NCAA Championships seven times since she arrived in Aggieland.
Jamison helped lead the Aggies to the Big 12 Conference team title in 2012 and SEC team crowns in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. After four-straight fourth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships from 2013-16, the Aggies tallied their highest NCAA finish ever in 2017 with a third-place effort at the NCAA Championships and tacked on another third-place finish at the national meet in 2018. All of Texas A&M’s swimming school records have been bettered since Jamison’s arrival in College Station.
Prior to coming to A&M, Jamison worked closely with the sprinter and middle distance groups for the University of Pittburgh’s swimming and diving teams and also served as the head senior coach of Team Pittsburgh. In 2010-11, Panther swimmers earned five All-Big East awards and broke four school records.
An 11-time All-American and two-time NCAA Champion at the University of Texas under then-head coach Jill Sterkel, Jamison was the 2000 Big 12 Freshman and Newcomer of the Year, earned the Leadership Award in 2001 and 2002, was a two-time team captain and was selected as the team’s MVP in 2003.
Jamison has a long-time association with the National Diversity Select Camp, which began when she was a three-time participant in the mid-1990s and continued when she was invited to serve as a National Team athletic representative in 2007 and head coach 2011.
Born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, Jamison graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree in applied learning and development in 2003.
Jamison, who was originally hired on July 7, 2011, has been instrumental in the development of multiple Olympians while at Texas A&M, including Olympic finalists Cammile Adams, Breeja Larson and Sydney Pickrem. Shehas also helped guide the team to seven top 10 finishes at the NCAA Championships seven times since she arrived in Aggieland.
Jamison helped lead the Aggies to the Big 12 Conference team title in 2012 and SEC team crowns in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. After four-straight fourth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships from 2013-16, the Aggies tallied their highest NCAA finish ever in 2017 with a third-place effort at the NCAA Championships and tacked on another third-place finish at the national meet in 2018. All of Texas A&M’s swimming school records have been bettered since Jamison’s arrival in College Station.
Prior to coming to A&M, Jamison worked closely with the sprinter and middle distance groups for the University of Pittburgh’s swimming and diving teams and also served as the head senior coach of Team Pittsburgh. In 2010-11, Panther swimmers earned five All-Big East awards and broke four school records.
An 11-time All-American and two-time NCAA Champion at the University of Texas under then-head coach Jill Sterkel, Jamison was the 2000 Big 12 Freshman and Newcomer of the Year, earned the Leadership Award in 2001 and 2002, was a two-time team captain and was selected as the team’s MVP in 2003.
Jamison has a long-time association with the National Diversity Select Camp, which began when she was a three-time participant in the mid-1990s and continued when she was invited to serve as a National Team athletic representative in 2007 and head coach 2011.
Born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, Jamison graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree in applied learning and development in 2003.
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