SUNY New Paltz Athletics

Tom Eickelberg, who most recently served as an assistant coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., finished his third season as the head men's and women's swimming coach at the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2018-19.

During the 2018-19 season, Eickelberg coached seven swimmers to All-SUNYAC honors, including first-team selections in junior Chelsea Angulas and senior Barrett Celecki. 

Under Eickelberg’s direction in 2017-18, both the men’s and women’s teams finished second at the SUNYAC Championships for the second-straight year.

On the men’s side, freshman Cooper Knapp was named the Rookie of the Year and individually, four program records were set and three NCAA B-cuts were recorded as two swimmers broke conference records. In addition, three program records in the relay events were set as well.

On the women’s side, Eickelberg helped guide two relay champions in the 200 medley and 400 medley.

Following the successful 2016-17 season, Eickelberg and the Hawks backed it up with a strong showing in the 2017-18 season. The women finished second again, while the men dropped to fourth. However, in his second season. Knapp took home a national championship in the 200-yard butterfly.

Eickelberg spent the 2015-16 campaign as an assistant coach at Franklin & Marshall, where he helped coach three conference champions and one All-American in addition to helping the Diplomats set three program records. Serving as the program's sprint group coach, he led the sprinters to 42 lifetime-best swims. In addition to his coaching duties, Eickelberg served as the College's aquatics director, overseeing the day-to-day operation of the state-of-the-art Kunkel Aquatics Center. In that role, he was responsible for the operation of several USA Swimming meets, featuring nearly 1,000 athletes, and he coordinated the pool schedule between various user groups.
 
Prior to Franklin & Marshall, Eickelberg spent three seasons as a graduate assistant coach at SUNY Cortland from 2012-15. During his tenure with the Red Dragons, swimmers within his training groups established 14 program records while winning six individual conference titles and five relay conference championships. In 2013, he was a part of the coaching staff that helped lead Cortland's men to their first State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) team title since 1998, breaking SUNY Geneseo's 14-year streak of conference championships.
 
Eickelberg began his collegiate coaching career in 2011-12, working as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Adelphi University. During that season, the Panthers combined for 36 lifetime bests and six program records, and he helped lead one individual to a Northeast-10 Conference championship.
 
An accomplished triathlete, Eickelberg holds the course record at the TOBAY and Montauk Lighthouse triathlons. He placed 16th at the 2012 US Open, posting the 12th-fastest swim time in the field, and has notched 31 professional victories.
 
As a varsity swimmer at Adelphi from 2008-11, Eickelberg earned 14 All-Metropolitan Conference First-Team honors, set six program records and won four individual Northeast-10 titles. He also competed on Adelphi's cross country team for four seasons from 2007-10, earning two All-East Coast Conference (ECC) laurels.
 
Eickelberg earned his Bachelor of Science in exercise science from Adelphi in 2011 and his Master of Science in outdoor and environmental education from Cortland in 2015.

Eickelberg currently resides in Newburgh, NY with his fiance Anna and his cat Lana.