Arthur Wang was hired as the head coach of the Blue Devils in the summer of 2003.
The 2013-14 season saw the men's team overcome adversity on its way to a second-place finish at the SUNYAC Championship meet, the highest placement in Wang's 11 tenure. The women finished fifth. Both teams were well represented at NCAA Division III meet with seniors Ashley Keller, Katelyn Haley, and freshmen Arron Carlson achieving Honorable Mention All-American status as springboard divers.
In the 2012-2013 season, Wang guided the women's team to a third-place finish at the SUNYAC Meet -- just 15 points shy of second place. The men finished fourth overall.
Wang coached the program's first-ever national champion, diver Kelly Sponholz, during the 2008-2009 season. During the 2012-13 season, the Blue Devils sent two women to the NCAA meet for the first time -- divers Sarah Ficarro and Ashley Keller. In addition, Ryan Fuller represented the Fredonia men in the diving competition. Ficarro finished her career as a seven-time All American. Sponholz earned eight All-American citations.
There have been two other NCAA divers during Wang's tenure: Scott Horsington and Christian Torres.
Outside the pool, the Devils have excelled in the classroom. Ficarro was named a SUNY Chancellor's Award winner following the 2012-13 season, and in December of 2012 received the Dr. Delores Bogard Award from the membership of the SUNYAC as the junior or senior female athlete with the best combination of academic and athletic ability.
John Estanislau was named the 2014 James Fulton Award winner, given to the best academic and athletic achievement to a swimming and diving athlete. In addition, Adrian Van Hall was the most recent winner of the Chancellor's Award. Heather Robin was a 2010 recipient of the Chancellor's Award, given to the all-conference competitor with the highest GPA in his or her sport. Alex Palmquist earned a SUNYAC Chancellor's Award in 2009, while Horsington won it twice.
Wang has also been responsible for organizing team January training trips to unique locales such as San Juan, Puerto Rico; Honolulu, Hawaii; and several Florida venues.
A native of Ithaca, N.Y., Wang spent one season (1999-2000) as interim head coach at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in Claremont, Calif. He guided the Sagehens to a 29th place finish at the 2000 NCAA Division III championship meet. He also served as assistant women's polo coach at Pomona-Pitzer.
Wang spent three seasons as assistant men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Washington University, a nationally prominent NCAA Division III program in St. Louis, Mo. The Washington men’s and women’s teams both finished 10th at the 2002-03 NCAA Division III. The coaching staff was named UAA Coaching Staff of the Year. Wang earned the added distinction of AFLAC National Assistant of the Year for 2003.
His first swim coaching job came at his collegiate alma mater, Ithaca College, as a women's assistant coach from 1994-1999. During his final season at Ithaca (1998-99), he also worked as assistant men's and women's coach at Cornell University. His resume includes eight summers as a coach at the Stanford National Swim Camp, where he has worked alongside U.S. Olympic head swim coaches Richard Quick and Skip Kenney, and one season as head swim coach at the Ithaca YMCA.
Wang spends his summers at the University Texas swim camp as the head counselor and assistant swim coach. At Texas, he continues to work alongside several Olympic swimmers and head U.S. Men's Olympic coach Eddie Reese.
