Tom Carroll begins his first year as head coach in 2009. A native of Elmhurst, Ill., Carroll was the head water polo coach for the Blue Devil Swim Club in Gurnee, Ill., from 2006 to 2007, as well as a part-time assistant swimming coach at Carthage for the 2006-07 season. He has also coached high school swimming in Germantown, Wis., and Appleton, Wis., along with stints at the Nike Swim Camps and the Germantown Seahawks club swimming team. Carroll attended Lawrence University, where he won 2002 and 2003 Midwest Conference titles in the 1,650 freestyle, along with a 2003 title in the 500 freestyle. He graduated from Lawrence in 2003 with a bachelor’s in history.