Georgetown University Athletics

On June 23, 2016, Georgetown University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed named Jack Leavitt as the head coach for the men's and women's swimming & diving programs on the Hilltop.

Leavitt guided the men's squad to the program's first BIG EAST Championship in 2022. Georgetown rallied from 9.5 points down on the final day of competition to prevent Xavier from a three-peat and finishing with 794 points. Leavitt and his staff earned BIG EAST Male Swimming & Diving Coaching Staff of the Year while earning Georgetown Athletics' Outstanding Coaching Achievement Award.

In his first four seasons with the Blue & Gray, the Hoyas have enjoyed immense success in the pool. On the men’s side, Georgetown placed second in three BIG EAST Championships, while the women's squad has also recorded three runner-up finishes, including setting a program record in 2019 with 749 points. 

The Hoyas have taken home plenty of hardware in Leavitt's tenure, with 105 student-athletes earning All-BIG EAST honors and 258 have been named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team. Drew Carbone has been named the BIG EAST Championships' Male Most Outstanding Swimmer four times, qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke and was named the Robert A. Duffey Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2022. Three Hoyas - Margaret Barnhorst (2017), Elizabeth Miller (2018) and Riley Fujioka (2020) - have all earned BIG EAST Championship's Most Outstanding Women's Diver. Additionally, Leavitt and his staff were named the BIG EAST Men's Coaching Staff of the Year in 2019.

Prior to Georgetown, Leavitt spent three years as the head coach at the California Institute of Technology. While in Pasadena, Leavitt's program increased win totals and points earned in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships (SCIAC), in each of his three seasons, while breaking 31 school records, guiding the first female conference champion in school history and having two student-athletes post NCAA "B" cut standards.
 
Prior to his appointment with the Caltech program, Leavitt served as the assistant coach at the United States Military Academy. While with the Black Knights, he was primarily in charge of training the distance swimmers as well as all aspects of recruitment for the men's team. In 2013, the Patriot League honored the men's team with the coaching staff of the year award.
 
Leavitt began his coaching career as an assistant for the women's program at New York University. During his two-year stint at NYU, Leavitt helped coordinate the team's recruiting efforts, designed training plans for the swimmers, arranged travel and implemented a strength and conditioning program. He also helped develop several NCAA Division III All-Americans, and was a member of the 2009 University Athletic Association (UAA) Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
After his time at NYU, Leavitt moved to Boston to work with the Harvard University men's program. During his time with the Crimson, he worked with all of the groups on deck, learning under United States Olympic Coach Tim Murphy.
 
While in Boston, Leavitt also served as the head coach for the Bay and Ocean State Squids/Crimson Aquatics. With the club team, Leavitt was responsible for the training and competitive development of more than 100 swimmers in the Gold Medal Swim Club. He expanded the team from 60 swimmers to more than 100 in his first season, and mentored three Junior National qualifiers and one Senior National qualifier.
 
A four-year standout in the pool at Seton Hall University, Leavitt broke three school records and won the BIG EAST title in the 100-yard backstroke in 2005. Leavitt, who served as a two-year team captain, was selected MVP of the Seton Hall men's swimming team as a junior. Leavitt graduated from Seton Hall in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in communications. A four-year member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team, Leavitt was also Dean's List student.
 
A native of the Boston area, Leavitt and his wife, Meghan, were married in 2014. They welcomed their first child, Max, in June 2017.