Kristy Jones is in her fourth season as the director of swimming and diving at the College of the Holy Cross in 2025-2026.
During the 2024-2025 campaign, Jones’ squads broke 19 school records at the Patriot League Championship, including 14 for the men and five for the women. The men’s squad finished the year with a 4-2 dual meet record, good for its first winning season in over 20 years, while the women went 3-3 overall.
In addition to their accomplishments in the pool, Jones’ teams have been extremely successful in the classroom over the last three seasons. Both programs have been honored as Scholar All-America Teams by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America during every semester of Jones’ tenure. In addition, she has coached 125 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selections (69 women and 56 men).
Prior to her time with the Crusaders, Jones spent six seasons as the head coach of the swimming and diving programs at Babson College. Jones’ team saw considerable success both in the pool and in the classroom, with her swimmers and divers breaking 43 school records and earning numerous Scholar All-America accolades each semester. Jones was instrumental in recruitment efforts for the Beavers, expanding the teams’ roster from 20 student-athletes to 53, with athletes hailing from 15 different states and eight different countries.
Jones guided the Babson men’s team to its most dual-meet wins since 2001-2002 in 2017-2018 and 2019-2020, while placing fourth at the NEWMAC Championships in 2018-2019. Coaching the women, Jones set a program record for dual-meet wins (10) in 2019-2020, while recording a program-best 343.5 points at the NEWMAC Championship. Outside of the pool, Jones managed the Athletic Tutoring Program by interviewing, hiring and managing 25 students to peer tutor Babson student-athletes.
Jones previously spent two years as an assistant coach at WPI from 2014-2016, and was responsible for day-to-day training sessions and strength and conditioning workouts while assisting with fundraising and recruiting efforts for teams that set 47 school records. Prior to WPI, Jones was an assistant at Brown for six years from 2007-2013, leading the planning and execution of workouts, fundraising and recruitment efforts, in addition to being involved in the institution’s faculty liaison program and the team’s mentoring initiative.
A Worcester resident, Jones was a standout four-year member of the swimming and diving squad at Indiana. A team captain for the Hoosiers during her senior season, Jones qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 200 and 400-yard individual medley in 2002 and 2003. She earned honorable mention All-America honors in 2002 and was an Olympic Trials qualifier.
