Michael Prout Jr. was named the Head Swimming & Diving Coach and Aquatics Director in October 2021.
Program honors
28 All-Conference awardees in 2025
20 All-Conference selections in 2024
12 Gold medals at GNAC Championships in 2023
4 GNAC Championship Runner Ups (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
4 first place honors at GNAC Championships in 2022
2 GNAC Rookie of the Year Awards, Ella Harmon (2022), Carli Quinlan (2023)
2 Swimmer of the Year, Carli Quinlan (2024, 2025)
1 GNAC Coach of the Year Award (2025)
Previous Coaching Experience
Prout comes to Simmons with a plethora of experience coaching swimming in the Greater Boston area. He spent the last 10 years as the Head Swim Coach and Program Coordinator with Adaptive Sports New England, as well as an assistant coach for the premier Commonwealth Swim Club from 2016-2021.
Swimming Career and Coaching
A former Division I swimmer at the University of Massachusetts, Prout also competed on the national and international stage. In 2004, he won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle and a bronze medal in the 100-meter freestyle race at the Paralympic Games in Athens at the age of 18. He also competed in Beijing in 2008 and was a team captain in the London Games in 2012. In addition, he coached the USA Team in the 2019 Parapan American Games and 2019 Para Swimming World Championships and most recently in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Team USA Swimming Highlights
Phillips 66 Swimmer of the Meet, US Nationals-Seattle, WA, 2002
Para World Championships-Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2002
Paralympic Games-Athens, Greece, 2004
-Gold Medal, 400m freestyle
-Bronze Medal, 100m freestyle
Para World Championships-Durban, South Africa, 2006
Para-Pan Am Games-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007
-5 Gold Medals
-3 Silver Medals
-1 Bronze Medal
Paralympic Games-Beijing, China, 2008
Paralympic Games-London, England, 2012
Team Captain
Currently holds 8 (S9) American Records
Individual: 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, 1500 free, 400 IM
Relay: 4x50 Free 34pt., 4x50 Medley 34pt., 4x100 Free 34pt.
Team USA Coaching Highlights
Para-Pan American Games-Lima, Peru, 2019
Para World Championships-London, England, 2019
Paralympic Games-Toyko, Japan, 2020
Para World Championships-Madeira, Portugal, 2021
Education
UMass Amherst 2009, degree in social thought and political economy. MBA from Keller University in 2019.
Updated November 2025
