Sean Peters enters his 13th season at the helm of the Wayne State swimming program in the fall of 2009.

Peters has led the Warriors to arguably their best seasons in school history, winning eight GLIAC Championships among the two squads and finishing in the top 10 nationally eight times. The 2009 campaign saw both the men's and women's teams achieve their highest national finishes - second place - in school history. The men's squad also won the conference championship, its fifth in the last seven years.

Wayne State has amassed nine individual swimming championships in the last two seasons, including seven in 2009, ending a drought which - but for Don Mason's 1982 three-meter diving title - dated back 68 years. Christer Tour became the first WSU national champion since Bill Prew in 1941 by winning the 100 breaststroke, setting school and national records. Duarte Mourao won three titles last season, Sean Smith - the 2009 GLIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Year - set a national record in the 100 back, and WSU has earned two men's relay championships over the last two years.

Ashley St. Andrew became the first NCAA champion in WSU women's swimming history in 2009, winning the 500 and 1000 freestyles. Freshman Courtney Roberts gave WSU another championship by winning the 100 breaststroke.

Wayne State claimed back-to-back GLIAC titles with both the men's and women's programs in 2006 and 2007, joining Oakland University - which did it seven times between 1989-97 - as the only schools in GLIAC history to win both titles in consecutive years. The 2008 women's squad went on to "three-peat" as champions and Elaina Hogle was named GLIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Year, a feat she would achieve again in 2009.

The men's team finished sixth at the 2008 NCAA Division II Championship, marking Wayne State's fourth straight top eight finish, one year removed from its third-place performance in 2007, which was its highest D-II finish ever prior to last season.

The women's team, meanwhile, finished 10th at nationals in 2007 and sixth a year later.

Peters added to his growing list of All-Americans, which now stands at 155, including 80 First Team All-Americans, 62 All-America Honorable Mention individual recipients, 20 First Team All-America relays and 39 All-America Honorable Mention relays.

A seven-time GLIAC Men's Swimming Coach of the Year (2002, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '09), Peters earned both the GLIAC Men's and Women's Coach of the Year award for the second consecutive season in 2007. He was presented with the women's award again in 2008.

In 2005, the two-time reigning GLIAC champs finished second to Grand Valley State, 689 to 671.5, yet swept the postseason awards as David Lutz was named GLIAC Athlete of the Year and A.J. Erard the league's top freshman.

Since Peters' arrived at Wayne State, every men's and women's varsity swimming record has been broken.

Peters came to WSU after serving as an assistant coach for the men's and women's teams at Oakland University, where the Pioneers were Division II national champions in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

Prior to his coaching career, Peters swam at Oakland from 1991 to 1994, where he was a four-time NCAA National Champion, earning his first titles as part of the 200 and 400 Free Relay teams in 1993. In 1994, Peters served as captain and led the Pioneers to the national title. He anchored the championship winning 200 Medley Relay with a split time of 19.87 and his 400 Free Relay team defended its title. Peters also finished as national runner-up in the 50 Freestyle to an OU teammate. In total, Peters earned 13 All-America honors during his collegiate career.

Peters received his bachelor of science degree in environmental health from Oakland University. He and his wife, Kelly, were married in August 2004 and reside in St. Clair Shores.

Sean Peters' WSU Coaching Record
	Men		Women
Year	GLIAC	NCAA	GLIAC	NCAA
1998	4th	---	4th	---
1999	4th	26th	6th	---
2000	4th	---	6th	17th
2001	2nd	14th	5th	---
2002	2nd	T-15th	4th	23rd
2003	1st	15th	4th	28th
2004	1st	T-12th	4th	---
2005	2nd	8th	3rd	T-22nd
2006	1st	6th	1st	24th
2007	1st	3rd	1st	10th
2008	2nd	6th	1st	6th
2009	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd