Contact Coach Sheets: sheets@duq.edu

David Sheets returns for his eighth season at the helm of Duquesne women's swimming program and his sixth as the head coach of the men's team. In his tenure at Duquesne, Sheets has revitalized both programs and made them competitive in the Atlantic 10 Conference for the first time in school history. In fact, over the past three seasons he has led both teams to their highest ever finishes at the A-10 Championships, including a third place showing for the women in 2008 and a third place finish for the men in 2007. In addition, his swimmers have broken nearly every school record in both the men's and women's record books.

A 1994 graduate of Clarion University with a degree in biology, Sheets went on to earn a bachelor's degree in secondary education from Clarion in 1995. A four-year member of the swim team, he reigned as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) champion in the 100 and 200 backstroke in 1992 and the 200 back and the 200 individual medley in 1993 as well as earning five relay championships.

A 20-time Division II All-American, Sheets set school records in the 100 and 200 backstroke. Over his collegiate career, he led Clarion to the 1992 PSAC championship and to second place showings in 1990, 91 and 93. Additionally, Clarion's men's program finished second at the NCAA Division II meet in 1992, third in 1991 and was in the top 10 each of his other two seasons. A school rich in tradition, Clarion has posted 16 PSAC swimming titles since the 1979 campaign.

Sheets began his coaching career in 1993 as a student-assistant swimming coach at Clarion. In 1995, he served as the head boys'and girls' swimming coach at Burbank High School where he was named District 27 Coach of the Year and as the assistant swimming coach for the Alamo Area Aquatics Club, both in San Antonio, Texas. In 1996, Sheets was the head coach of the Brookville (Pa.) High School boys' and girls' swimming teams where he led both teams to the District 6/9 titles and a top 10 finish at the PIAA state meet for the girls squad.

From there, Sheets served as the head boys' and girls' coach at Butler (Pa.) High School from 1997 to 2000 where he produced 40 Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) AAA qualifiers and one PIAA state qualifier. He then went on to become the assistant women's swimming and diving coach at Cornell, before accepting the position at Duquesne.

Sheets holds memberships in the American Swim Coaches Association, the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association, College Swim Coaches Association of America and United States Master Swimming. He and his wife Christina reside in Clarion with their three-year old son Benjamin and their one-year old twin daughters Elizabeth and Alaina.