Rod Hansen, a native Californian, started his coaching career with Rancho San Dieguito Swim Team in Solana Beach, CA in 1990 as an age group coach.
He started with Irvine Novaquatics as the 8 & Under coach in 1994. He has been the Novaquatics Associate Head Age Group Coach, training their 9-14 year old swimmers since 1999. During this time, Nova has captured numerous Junior Olympic titles with their age group program and several of his swimmers have set National Age Group Records. Hansen has also been the head coach for Northwood High School (Irvine, Ca). In 2004 the Northwood’s boys won the CIF title and the girls finished second.
Hansen was named Southern California Swimming’s Age Group Coach of the Year in 2007. Coach Rod graduated from San Diego State University in 1990 with his B.S. degree in Public Administration.