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Central’s Humpe Named Swim Coach at Bethany

WHEELING — In 2017, Jeani Humpe stood on the pool deck at Virginia Tech for the conference championships as a head coach of Wheeling Jesuit.

That experience was so unforgettable, she knew she wanted to continue coaching at the college level.

However, Jesuit dropped the swim program following that season but Humpe continued to coach the Wheeling Central swim team.

As of Wednesday, she will get to return to the college level once again as she has been named the head swim coach at Bethany College.

She will also remain the swim coach at Wheeling Central, where she has coached for 16 seasons.”

“When I interviewed with the athletic director I thought back to when I was standing on the pool deck at Virginia Tech for the conference meet when I was at Jesuit and knowing that I would do it again,” Humpe said. “It was so cool being on that pool deck with all of those talented athletes and college coaches. That atmosphere was a dream.”

Although coaching college and high school at the same time may be a difficult task, for Humpe, it’s all she wants to do.

“That was one thing the president and the athletic director liked at Bethany was that I have local connections,” Humpe said. “I still coached the Wheeling YMCA while at Wheeling Central and I’ve done that for 20 years. It may be a challenge but I just love swimming and teaching kids.”

Humpe already has the practice schedule mapped out so there will be no confusion or problems when the season arrives.

“Wheeling Central won’t practice until 7 p.m. and college is done at 5 p.m.,” Humpe said. “So I’ll have two hours in between practices. This is such a great opportunity for me.”

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