Bio

Bonnie Dix, Wellesley College Head Swimming & Diving Coach and Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics (PERA) Associate Professor of the Practice is in her 36th season as the Head Swimming and Diving Coach at Wellesley College and her 37th year at Wellesley College in 2023-24. Dix has announced her plans to retire at the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year.

The longest tenured head coach in Wellesley College athletics history, Dix is a teacher, a friend and a motivator who has inspired student-athletes to be more than they could have dreamed possible for nearly four decades. Dix guided the Blue to 33 winning seasons in 37 years as head coach, including four undefeated dual meet seasons (1993-94, 1999-00, 2000-01, and 2019-20). During those seasons, Dix produced three NCAA Division III National Champions and two New England Champions. In NCAA Championship competition, 56 student-athletes competed in 99 events, with 25 student-athletes earning 33 All-American honors. Her teams won an unparalleled 28 Seven Sisters Championships, including 22 in-a-row from 1998-2019.

Since the inception of the NEWMAC in 1998, the Blue have won two conference championships under Dix's leadership, in 1997-98 and 1998-99. Prior to the formation of the NEWMAC, Wellesley won the only swimming and diving championship ever sponsored by the New England Women's 8 (NEW 8), claiming the title in 1997-98. For her efforts, Dix has been honored by her coaching peers as the NEW 8 Coach of the Year in 1997-98 and NEWMAC Coach of the Year in 1998-99, 2003-04 and 2011-12.

Dix holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Vermont, where she was a Division I swimmer. In addition, she holds a master's degree from the University of Tennessee, where she was assistant coach and interim head coach. During her tenure with the Volunteers, Dix coached Tennessee's first Southeastern Conference Individual Champion. During the summer, Dix serves as a guest speaker at various camps and clinics around the nation and abroad.