Mark Liscinsky begins his 12th season as an assistant coach with the Navy men’s swimming team in the fall of 2024.
The Mids have won both the Patriot League and ECAC championship meets during each of his 11 years on The Yard in which the meets were contested (10 years for each), while also compiling an 95-32 record during the regular season.
Prior to arriving in Annapolis for the 2013-14 season, Liscinsky spent the previous seven seasons as the head assistant coach for the American men’s and women’s teams. Serving as the sprint group coach for the overall program, his swimmers set seven school records –– men: 50 free, 100 back; women: 50 free, 100 free, 100 breast, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay –– and won four event titles at the Patriot League Championship.
In addition to his work at American, Liscinsky also served as the head coach of the Washington Golf and Country Club team for six summers (2007-12). His teams won a trio of (Washington, D.C.) Country Club Swim & Dive Association titles –– 2009 (undefeated record, first title in 50 years), 2010 (undefeated record) and 2012 –– and placed second once over his final four seasons.
A 2004 graduate of American himself, Liscinsky was a highly decorated swimmer in his own right. He set school records in five events –– four of which remain American records –– and was tabbed as the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year in 2000 and as the Patriot League Swimmer of the Year in 2002 and 2003. Liscinsky totaled 10 CAA Championship meet event titles (five individual event, five relay event) as a freshman and sophomore before adding 12 Patriot League Championship meet titles (six individual event, six relay event) as a junior and senior. A versatile swimmer, he won titles in five different individual events (100/200 back, 200/400 IM, 200 free) and in five different relay events (200/400/800 free, 200/400 medley). Additionally, despite competing in the Patriot League for only two seasons, his 12 combined titles at the meet ranked fourth in league history at the end of his career.
Liscinsky was named to the Patriot League Silver Anniversary Team in the summer of 2015. The squad recognized the top-25 athletes from the sport’s 25-year history of the league. He was also inducted into the American University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022.
On the national stage, Liscinsky competed in the NCAA Championship Meet as a senior, was a finalist in multiple events at the U.S. Senior Nationals, qualified for three U.S. Olympic Team Trials and was a member of the U.S. team that took part in the 2003 World University Games.
Liscinsky and wife, Kate, are the parents of son Sam and daughter Maggie.
