University of Sioux Falls Athletics

Coach Perkins was named the head coach of USF Swimming on May 2nd, 2024 and begins his second season at the helm of the program.

A five-time NCAA Division I Conference Coach of the Year, Perkins joins USF after serving as head coach of NCAA Division I program, Bowling Green. During his tenure, he coached multiple student-athletes that qualified for the DI NCAA Championships and 10 Mid-American Conference champions. Perkins produced seven All-MAC athletes along with the three-time MAC Diver of the Year. In the classroom, the Falcons had 107 MAC All-Academic honorees along with two scholar All-Americans and a CSCAA Scholar Team nod. 

Before Bowling Green, Perkins was head coach of the men's and women's swimming program at the University of Evansville for 16 years, an NCAA Division I institution in Evansville, Indiana. The five-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year coached 13 MVC individual champions along with 70 All-Conference nods. During his time with the Aces, he produced 16 All-Americans, four Academic All-Americans and 95 MVC All-Scholar athletes while also shattering over 30 school records. 

Perkins spent three years at the University of Washington prior to Evansville where he was the head assistant swimming coach, recruiting coordinator and academic coach for the Huskies.  

Before Washington, Perkins was the national coach for the Barracuda Swim Club in Nassau, Bahamas. He worked with competitive age groups as well as the senior program for the National Team while breaking seven meet records and recording the highest finish in program history during the top swim meet in the Caribbean's, the CARIFTA Swim Championships. 

Perkins started his college coaching career at the University of Alaska – Anchorage where he led the Seawolves from 1994-98. He helped lead his alma mater to a 13th place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships. 

The Midland, Texas native graduated from the University of Alaska – Anchorage with a degree in physical education in 1991 and currently resides in Sioux Falls with his wife Delores.
 

Perkins Year-by-Year
Year	School	Overall	Conf.	Finish
2023-24	Sioux Falls	8-2	8-2	NA
2024-25	Sioux Falls	2-5	2-3	NA
TOTAL		10-7	10-5