Todd Desorbo

College Swimming, 1995–1999 Beginning around the fall of 1995, he swam for University of Kentucky under Head Coach Gary Conelly where he continued to show stroke diversity placing second in a 400 Medley IM, and winning a 200 Butterfly event in a meet against Southern Illinois in October 1997. After around three years swimming for University of Kentucky, he transferred to the University of North Carolina Wilmington for the 1998–1999 season. At the University of North Carolina State, he continued to swim in his Senior Year for Head Coach Scott Hammond.

In 1999, DeSorbo was named Coastal Athletic Association's (CAA) Championship Swimmer of the Meet as a UNC Wilmington Senior after winning titles in the 200 backstroke, and in the 200 and 400 individual medley. DeSorbo would set UNCW school records in the 200 and 400 individual medleys as well. His UNCW degrees are in Accounting, earning his Bachelor's in 1999, and his Master's in 2000. He then served as an Assistant Swim Coach at his alma mater, UNC Wilmington, from around 2007 to 2011.

University of Virginia Head Swim Coach, 2017 to Present After DeSorbo took the reins as Head Coach in 2017, the University of Virginia Women's Swim Team won five straight NCAA Championships from 2021 to 2025. In DeSorbo's first year, the Women's team were Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Champions. The Women won again in 2020 and each year since. During the first four years of Desorbo's tenure, Virginia swimmers set 15 women’s swimming school records, and 15 men’s swimming school records. He has signed a contract extension to coach at least through the 2026–2027 season.

Coaching style In 2020, DeSorbo told an interviewer he is not an advocate of long warm up sets and does not believe in assigning extremely long yardage in practices as his primary goal for his Division 1 teams at Virginia. He assigns yardage according to how the team looks on a given day, and generally favors workout yardage within a threshold of 4000–5000 meters or around 2.8–3.0 miles, although the yardage is in reference to his Women's team. This estimate may not apply when he is ramping up his training or preparing for Olympic or World competition. Virginia practices are often preceded by weights or dryland training, which reduces the need for long warm-ups.

U.S. Olympic, International Coaching 2O21 Olympics Assistant Coach In 2021, DeSorbo served as an Assistant coach for the US Swimming team in the Tokyo Olympics held that summer. They had been cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2022 World Championships Women's Head Coach DeSorbo was named as Head Coach for the 2022 FINA World Championships Women's team held in Budapest, Hungary in June and July. At the World's, American swimmers earned 45 medals, the most ever given to any team at the International championship. It was an impressive record count that exceeded the previous American record of 38, and may have been a factor in his selection to be U.S. Olympic Women's swim coach for 2024.

Personal life

Todd lives in Charlottesville, VA with his wife, Lauren Suggs, and their two children. 2025