Pfeiffer Athletics Mourns the Passing of Former Swimming Coach Brad Flood

Misenheimer, N.C. (Sept. 30, 2024) – Pfeiffer University Athletics mourns the passing of former swimming coach Brad Flood.

Flood was hired as the head coach of the Falcon swimming program in 2018 and served as the Aquatics Director. In addition to his coaching duties, he also taught coaching as an adjunct professor in the University's Division of Education.  He retired from Pfeiffer due to health concerns in 2020.
 
While in Misenheimer, he guided the Falcons to numerous individual top-3 podium finishes in the SunCoast Swimming Championships. During the 2019-20 season, he helped former
student-athlete Tiffany Bartholomew achieve the SunCoast 100m breaststroke championship and an all-conference award.

All told, Flood had nine swimmers earn all-conference honors over his tenure. His 2019-20 team also earned the Scholar All-America Team Award from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) by posting a GPA of 3.63, which ranked the Falcons ninth out of 187 NCAA Division III teams. The 3.63 GPA placed Pfeiffer second among teams from North Carolina, ahead of Duke, N.C. State, Davidson, and North Carolina, among others.
 
"I thoroughly enjoyed my time coaching at Pfeiffer. Working with my fellow coaches, administrators, and the student-athletes was such a joy for me," said Flood at the time of his retirement.
 
"Pfeiffer is a special place and has a tremendous family-like atmosphere. I'll miss that atmosphere and, most importantly, the student-athletes that brought so much happiness and joy to me."
  
Before Pfeiffer, Flood served as the head coach at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Conn. Flood started the women's program in 2003 and the men's program in 2009. While in charge of the Purple Knights, he coached Oscar Pereiro to four-consecutive NCAA Division II titles in the 100-yard backstroke. In total, he helped guide three swimmers to eight individual NCAA titles, three relay teams to NCAA titles, and had two athletes set NCAA records.
 
He also coached 14 different female athletes to 16 individual and eight relay All-America designations over his tenure.
 
All told, Bridgeport swimming captured 48 combined individual All-America honors and 20 relay All-America honors during Flood's helm.
 
During his collegiate career, Flood is the only coach in NCAA history to have coached a four-time NCAA men's Individual event champion at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels.
 
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Flood served as the head coach with the Polish National Swimming Federation from 1992-2005. Over that span, Flood coached Rafal Szukala to the silver medal in the 100m butterfly in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.