Brent Noble completed his fourth season as the head coach of the Little Giants swimming and diving program in 2016-17. Noble spent the 2012-2013 season as the women’s head swimming coach at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
The Little Giant swimming and diving team placed fifth at the 2017 NCAC Championships. Wabash captured two All-NCAC honors in one- and three-meter diving. Aaron Embree qualified for the second consecutive year for the NCAA Diving Regional.
Wabash placed fourth at the 2016 NCAC Championships, missing the 1,000-point mark by by half a point with a score of 999.5. Zechariah Banks captured individual titles in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke and moved on the 2016 NCAA DIII Championship Meet. Banks captured fifth-place finishes in both events at nationals to earn All-America honors.
Wabash finished fourth at the 2015 North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships with a total of 1,041 points to earn Noble NCAC Men's Coach of the Year honors. The Little Giants topped the 1,000-point mark for the first time since 2008 and became the first team to finish fourth with more than 1,000 points. Wabash swimmers set 14 new school records at the 2015 championships and produced six All-NCAC performances, including an individual NCAC victory by Jack Belford in the's 500 freestyle. Six Wabash swimmers --- Carter Adams, Zechariah Banks, Jack Belford, Jake Childress, Elliot Johns, and Chris McGue --- qualified for the 2015 NCAA Division III National Championship meet in Texas, the most qualifiers since the Little Giants sent nine to the national meet in 1991. Wabash finished the 2014-15 season with a 5-2 dual-meet record, including a 162-129 home victory over arch-rival DePauw University.
Noble guided the Little Giants to a successful outing at the 2014 NCAC Swimming and Diving Championships, finishing fourth in the highly-competitive league. The Little Giants sent six swimmers to the "A" finals of the meet with a third-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay. Noble's squad posted 10 school records during the season and 11 NCAA provisional qualifying times.
Noble brought a record of success as an assistant and head swimming coach and as a student-athlete. The youngest head swimming coach in NCAA Division I, he tripled the size of the Sacred Heart roster. His swimmers set nine new school records and every member of the team turned in at least two lifetime-best results in their primary events. His team also excelled in the classroom, earning Scholar All-America team honors by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.
Noble earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Illinois University in 2009, where he competed for four years as a member of the Panthers’ swimming team. He earned academic all-conference honors all four years, and was part of the winning 800-meter relay team at the 2007 Mid-Continent Conference Championships, and made 15 finals appearances in conference championship events throughout his career. Noble is still listed on the top-ten list at Eastern Illinois in the 200- and 400-yard individual medley.
Noble graduated from Terre Haute South High School in Indiana. He earned varsity letters as a member of the swimming and cross country teams.
Noble is expected to earn a Masters of Science in Kinesiology from Indiana University in December. He has studied swim training and techniques at the Indiana University Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming in addition to his own research to help maximize potential in student-athletes.
Noble joined the DePauw University coaching staff in 2010 as an assistant for the men’s program. He designed season and weekly training and workout plans, which helped send five swimmers to the NCAA Division III National Championship meet.
Noble was hired as a sprint coach for the men’s and women’s teams at East Carolina University in 2011, where his athletes posted seven school records, three freshmen records, and 14 new individual times on the all-time top-10 list. His swimmers also earned five all-conference selections and produced four NCAA Division I “B” cuts.
2016-17: NCAC Championships (fifth place); two individual All-NCAC honors in one- and three-meter diving; Regional qualifier for the NCAA Diving Regional
2015-16: NCAC Championships (fourth place); two individual NCAC championships; two All-America performances (fifth-place finishes) at the NCAA DIII Championships; 12 school records set.
2014-15: NCAC Championships (fourth place); 14 school records set; Six All-NCAC performances; Six NCAA DIII National Qualifiers.
2013-14: NCAC Championships (fourth place); highest point total in six years; one All-NCAC performance.
