Scot Budde Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 2nd Year

Scot Budde enters his third season as an assistant with George Mason's swimming & diving programs.

Budde came to Mason after serving as the Aquatics Director at the Gilman School in Baltimore from 2000-04. While at the Gilman School, Budde was a physical education teacher, pool operator and also handled several coaching responsibilities at all levels for both swimming and water polo.

Budde was also an assistant swim coach for the Mariners Swim Club (2000-04), where he designed workouts for ages 6-18 and also helped to organize several Mariner Invitationals.

In addition, Budde brings with him some collegiate coaching experience as he was the varsity head water polo coach at the University of Maryland (2003-04) where he coached both beginning and experienced athletes in the program's first year of existence.

Budde was a member of Maryland's varsity swim team from 1995-99 and served as team captain in both 1997 and '99. Budde was a Presidential scholar at Maryland (1995-99) and was also named to the athletic honor roll on four occasions.

A native of Columbia, Md., Budde graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Maryland in 1999.