Men's Swimming and Diving
Long, Jr., John
John Long, Jr.
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach (Swimming)
- Email:
- longjoh@iu.edu
- Phone:
- (812) 855-7726
John Long, Jr., enters his fifth season on Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze’s staff in 2023-24. Long currently serves as associate head coach.
During his time at IU, the men’s team has won two Big Ten Championships, while the women have finished top-three all four seasons. At eight conference meets, Indiana has produced the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships in five of those – including all four of the men’s championships. IU swimmers have combined for 42 conference titles over the last four seasons.
Long has helped the program maintain its powerhouse status – Over the last five years, only four men’s programs have consistently finished top six nationally: Cal, Texas, Florida and the Indiana Hoosiers. The women’s program has surged into national prominence as well, capturing program record seventh place finishes in 2016 and 2023.
In 2023, Brendan Burns won his second NCAA Championship in as many years, this time in the 100-yard backstroke with a program record 43.61 time. The year before, Burns became the first Hoosier to win the 200-yard butterfly since Gary Hall in 1973, setting another program best 1:38.71.
Fifth-year senior Van Mathias garnered attention for his final-season transformation in 2023. Prior to 2023, Mathias had never finished higher than 26th individually at the national meet. Mathias posted dramatic drops in the 50 free (20.05 to 18.89), 100 free (43.70 to 41.33) and 100 breast (54.74 to 50.57) over the year and ended his season as IU’s No. 2 swimming scorer behind Burns with 35 points, collecting a team-best seven All-America finishes at the national meet.
Long joined the Indiana swimming and diving staff in October of 2019 after seven highly successful seasons as an associate head coach at Queens University of Charlotte, a Division-II program. Both the men's and women's teams have won the NCAA Division II National Championships in each of the five seasons.
While at Queens, Long helped mentor 86 NCAA event winners, 45 NCAA record setters, nine NCAA Swimmers of the Meet, and three Olympians at the 2016 Rio Games. The women's program posted a cumulative GPA of 3.7, while the men's team added a 3.3 cumulative GPA.
Prior to his time at Queens, Long served as an assistant coach for the Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg, a year-round swim program located in Charlotte, N.C., and saw tremendous success at the club level.
Before starting into coaching, John swam at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials, competed for Queens at the Division II Nationals, and was also a part of a Division I National Championship Team at Auburn University.
Long graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2011. While at Auburn, Long studied under Dr David Pascoe on High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for triathletes. He culminated with a senior paper there with a study on taper for swimming.
During his time at IU, the men’s team has won two Big Ten Championships, while the women have finished top-three all four seasons. At eight conference meets, Indiana has produced the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships in five of those – including all four of the men’s championships. IU swimmers have combined for 42 conference titles over the last four seasons.
Long has helped the program maintain its powerhouse status – Over the last five years, only four men’s programs have consistently finished top six nationally: Cal, Texas, Florida and the Indiana Hoosiers. The women’s program has surged into national prominence as well, capturing program record seventh place finishes in 2016 and 2023.
In 2023, Brendan Burns won his second NCAA Championship in as many years, this time in the 100-yard backstroke with a program record 43.61 time. The year before, Burns became the first Hoosier to win the 200-yard butterfly since Gary Hall in 1973, setting another program best 1:38.71.
Fifth-year senior Van Mathias garnered attention for his final-season transformation in 2023. Prior to 2023, Mathias had never finished higher than 26th individually at the national meet. Mathias posted dramatic drops in the 50 free (20.05 to 18.89), 100 free (43.70 to 41.33) and 100 breast (54.74 to 50.57) over the year and ended his season as IU’s No. 2 swimming scorer behind Burns with 35 points, collecting a team-best seven All-America finishes at the national meet.
Long joined the Indiana swimming and diving staff in October of 2019 after seven highly successful seasons as an associate head coach at Queens University of Charlotte, a Division-II program. Both the men's and women's teams have won the NCAA Division II National Championships in each of the five seasons.
While at Queens, Long helped mentor 86 NCAA event winners, 45 NCAA record setters, nine NCAA Swimmers of the Meet, and three Olympians at the 2016 Rio Games. The women's program posted a cumulative GPA of 3.7, while the men's team added a 3.3 cumulative GPA.
Prior to his time at Queens, Long served as an assistant coach for the Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg, a year-round swim program located in Charlotte, N.C., and saw tremendous success at the club level.
Before starting into coaching, John swam at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials, competed for Queens at the Division II Nationals, and was also a part of a Division I National Championship Team at Auburn University.
Long graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2011. While at Auburn, Long studied under Dr David Pascoe on High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for triathletes. He culminated with a senior paper there with a study on taper for swimming.
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