Jake Lichter has served as Fairfield University's head men's and women's swimming and diving coach in Fairfield, Connecticut, since June 2024. In his first season, both teams finished 5-3, with the women placing second and the men taking third at the 2025 MAAC Championships. Fairfield then swept the 2026 MAAC championships under his direction, as the women won their fifth conference title and the men captured the program's first MAAC championship. He was recognized as the MAAC Swimming Coach of the Year for both the men's and women's programs after the 2026 season.
Before arriving at Fairfield, Lichter spent six seasons at Cornell University. He joined the Big Red as an assistant men's swimming coach for the 2018-19 season, remained in that position for four years, and was promoted to assistant head coach of men's swimming in spring 2022. At Cornell, he coached two Ivy League champions, saw student-athletes set 10 school records and record more than 100 top-10 performances, and was part of a program that posted a 3.6 average GPA in 2023-24.
