Bio

Tyler Donges was named the Anderson University head swimming and diving coach in October 2020.

Donges currently serves as the coach and aquatics director at The Bridgewater Club. He oversees all maintenance of the aquatic centers and is in charge of hiring and training the aquatic center staff. In 2019, Donges filled the role of head coach at the EXOS/Bryan Glazer Jewish Community Center. He developed the swimming fitness program for the team and was in charge of recruiting for the club.

Donges spent the previous seven years with Yorktown Swim Club, beginning in 2012, taking over as their head coach in 2015. During his time as head coach, Donges oversaw the direction of swimming for all athletes at the Yorktown Swim Club. He also took the lead in marketing and recruitment associated with Yorktown Swim Club.

Donges owned and operated a diving club based out of Yorktown High School that is a member of USA Diving from 2011-2017. The team primarily consisted of athletes out of the East Central region of Indiana. Donges also served as an assistant coach at Yorktown High School and Yorktown Middle School from 2011-2019. During his time as assistant coach, the Tigers combined for four state champions, six medalists and 37 state qualifiers. Donges is also certified as a Swim America Program Director and a Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor.

In the area of academics, Donges served two years as an academic advisor at Ball State University. During that time, Donges oversaw 450 undergraduate Psychological Science students. He instructed in the Psychology department for two years at Ivy Tech Community College and spent six months as a Math teacher at Southside Middle School in Muncie.

Donges graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He then earned a Master of Arts degree at Ball State in Physical Education.