A part of the Lycoming College swimming community for nearly his whole life, Jeff Rauff has served as an assistant coach in 22 of the last 23 seasons.
A beloved part of the program, Rauff began his career with the Warriors in 1973, when he took the reins of the men's swimming team from his father, Mort, who posted an 81-69-2 record in 13 seasons as the head coach from 1960-73.
A 1972 graduate of Lycoming College, Rauff's first stay with the program lasted just one year, but he stayed connected with the athletic program during his professional career, where he worked as a partner with the Hartman Group for 28 years.
In 2003, 30 years after his first tenure with the program, Rauff returned to the Warriors and he has left the sidelines for just one season since. He even returned to the pool in 2012-13, just months after a bicycling accident left him in critical condition with a broken pelvis, tailbone and sacrum, 12 fractured ribs, two punctured lungs and bleeding in his brain.
Rauff's impact on the Warriors was increasingly evident during that trying time, as many current and former student-athletes reached out to him and helped during that period. Characteristically, Rauff made a quick recovery and the men's swimming team went on to have its best season, posting an 8-1 record, since Jeff's father was the head coach of an 11-1 team in 1964-65.
Rauff, who is a retired partner from The Hartman Group in Williamsport, resides in Montoursville with his wife, Christine. Their daughter, Erica, graduated from Susquehanna University and earned a Ph.D. in kiniseology from Penn State in 2013.
