Sue Nutty, Head Coach

Sue Nutty begins her 17th year as head coach for the Carthage women's swimming team in 2008-09 (111-57-1 dual-meet record, 16 years).  She coached the Carthage men's team for 10 years, from 1992-2001, with Greg Earhart taking over men's coaching duties in 2002. 

A native of Omaha, Neb., Nutty was a backstroker at the University of Wyoming and graduated in 1977 with a bachelor's in physical education and music.  She received her master's in sports administration from Eastern Kentucky University in 1980.  Before taking over a dormant Carthage swimming program in 1992, Nutty spent eight years as head coach at Centre College and three years as an assistant coach at Bowling Green State University. 

At Carthage, Nutty has coached six individual CCIW champions, in either men’s or women’s swimming, along with 22 All-CCIW honorees.  The all-time winningest coach in Carthage history, she was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin's "Women's Swimming Coach of the Year" in 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Success for Carthage swimming has extended well beyond the pool deck.  Under Nutty's direction, nine swimmers have been named to the CCIW All-Academic team.  More impressively, the women's team has earned College Swimming Coaches Association Academic All-American honors every semester since the fall of 1993.   “I believe very strongly in the NCAA Division III athletic philosophy and the small college environment,” says Nutty.  “Carthage offers outstanding academics and a high-quality athletic program.” 

Telephone: 262-551-6631

E-Mail: smn@carthage.edu

Betsy Drzal, Student Assistant Coach

Betsy Drzal begins her first year as a student assistant women’s coach in 2007-08 after a four-year career with the Lady Reds.  A native of West Chicago, Ill., Drzal was named All-CCIW three times between 2004 and 2007.  She finished second in the 500 freestyle at the 2004 CCIW Women’s Swimming Championship, second in both the 400 individual medley and the 1,650 freestyle at the 2006 championship, and she was named an at-large all-conference member in 2007.  Drzal graduated in 2007 with a double major in elementary education and special education, and she is completing work on her teaching certificate.

Helen Sapieka, Student Assistant Coach

Helen Sapieka begins her first year as a student assistant women’s coach in 2007-08 after lettering on the 2006 Carthage team.  A native of Park Ridge, Ill., Sapieka will graduate in 2009 with a bachelor’s in English.

Dani Korman, Part-Time Assistant Coach

Dani Korman begins her third year as a graduate assistant coach for both men’s and women’s swimming in 2008-09.  Hailing from the storied swimming program at Kenyon College, Korman brings the Lady Reds and Red Men national-championship experience.  In her four years at Kenyon, Korman earned seven College Swimming Coaches Association of America All-America awards and broke the North Coast Athletic Conference record in the 200 yard butterfly.  She helped the Ladies win the 2003 and 2004 NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming Championships, the 19th and 20th such titles in school history.  A native Niskayuna, N.Y., Korman graduated from Kenyon in 2006 with a bachelor’s in economics. Though new to the Red Men and Lady Reds, Korman is no stranger to Carthage, having spent four years as an assistant to Carthage head coach Greg Earhart at the Total Performance Swim Camps in Kenosha, Wis.