Hello Orcas,

I am pleased to introduce the impressive Mike Hulme to the Orcas! Mike will be coaching alongside Ruth with our Blue Group.

We are excited to have him join the Orcas family and look forward to the experience and knowledge he will bring to our swimmers.

Please see Mike’s bio below to learn a little more about him!

I grew up in Bozeman, Montana, and began swimming at 10 years old. In high school I attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, and was part of their 18th and 19th consecutive FHSAA State Champion Teams. Collegiately I followed in my Dad’s footsteps (OSU Swimming ‘68-’72) and swam at The Ohio State University from 2007-11, finishing 27th at the 2008 Olympic Trials in the 400 IM. In 2010 our team won OSU’s first Big Ten Team title in 56 years. In my collegiate coaching career, I had stops as a volunteer assistant at Purdue University, and was an assistant at Michigan State University, the University of Denver (twice), and spent 9 years at my alma mater, Ohio State - six as an assistant coach and three as Associate Head Coach. At Ohio State I coached five Big Ten Champion teams, dozens of individual Big Ten Champions, All-Americans, and Olympians, and was part of the staff that coached multiple time Olympic Gold Medalist Hunter Armstrong to a World Record in 2022. I also coached age-group swimming early in my career, both in Indiana and Colorado. My wife Ariel was also a swimmer, competing at Purdue from 2007-11. She was an All-American, Olympic Trials qualifier, and has been inducted into the Indiana High School Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame. We have two children, Bridger and Cora, and moved to Kentucky in 2025 to spend more time with and be closer to family. Our daughter Cora is starting on the Orcas this season.