North Carolina State University Athletics
Swimming
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- mapucci@ncsu.edu
- Phone:
- (919) 515-0148
Mallory Houchin joined the NC State coaching staff as an assistant coach in August of 2011. Houchin works with men's and women's middle distance and stroke training. She also focuses on women's recruiting and provides a mentoring role for the women's squad.
In her fifth season with the Pack, Houchin played an instrumental role in the women's program's historical season at the conference and national championships. The Wolfpack women placed second at ACCs and ninth at NCAAs, marking the highest finish at both events since 1982. She helped to guide the women to a 9-2 season record, earning three wins over top 25 programs. The program proceeded to claim event titles in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays, earn a combined 15 event medals and break 17 school reocrds at the ACC Championship. At the NCAA Championship the program saw its second-highest finish at the national level and 31 All-America performances. Under Houchin's guidance the men's program also had a historic season as the men won its 26th ACC Championship title and second during her tenure, earned a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championship, claim the program's first NCAA relay title in the 400 free relay and collect 37 All-America honors.
In the 2014-15 season, Houchin helped guide the women’s team to a 6-4 season record, as well as a fifth-place finish at the ACC Championships where the 200 and 400 freestyle relays and Riki Bonnema’s 50 free performance earned gold medals. She also helped lead the men's squad to its perfect season record and 25th ACC Championship title, where the squad won 10 of the 21 events contested, including four of the five relays and 22 medals. At the NCAA Championships, the women’s squad finished 17th and the men's team finished eighth in the team standings, which marked the first time in history both programs have earned back-to-back top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships. She also saw eight women collect 14 All-America honors and 11 men earn 26 All-America mentions.
In her third season with the Wolfpack, Houchin saw the women's squad post a 6-5 record and the men's team a 5-5 record throughout the regular season. With Houchin's assistance, the Wolfpack women finished fourth at the ACC Championships to mark its highest finish since the 1992-93 season, while the men earned a second-place finish at the conference championships- its highest finish since hte 1995-96 season. At the NCAA Championships, the women posted a 16th-place finish for its best finish since the 1981-82 campaign while the men finished 13th for its highest finish since the 1978-79 season. Combined, 16 student-athletes became All-Americans.
Throughout the 2012-13 campaign, Houchin assisted the women to a 7-4 ledger and the men to a 5-4 ledger, as well as a 37th-place finish for the women and a 15th-place finish for the men at the NCAA Championships. She guided the 200 freestyle relay team of Hannah Freyman, Marifrances Henley, Allison Hendren and Riki Bonnema to All-ACC honors and a trip to the NCAA Championships, while guiding seven men to All-ACC honors and a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Championships.
In her first season with the Wolfpack, Houchin helped guide the women's squad to an 8-5 record and the men to a 9-2 season record. She also led Ian Bishop, Hannah Freyman, Ivan Kopas and Barret Miesfield to All-ACC honors. Vital to the women's program recruiting efforts, Houchin assisted in signing a top-25 class in 2012-13.
Houchin was instrumental in the inaugural season at Queens University of Charlotte during the 2010-11 season, serving as the head assistant and recruiting coordinator. During her tenure, two student-athletes collected NCAA Division II All-America honors and the men's team collected a top-25 national ranking. In addition to handling several administrative duties, she also developed and implemented the program's strength-and-conditioning program.
Prior to her time in Charlotte, Houchin served as an assistant coach at Clemson from 2008-10, coaching mid-distance freestyle and butterfly events.
In the summer of 2008 Houchin served as an intern for the nationally known Club Wolverine program. In 2007 she held an internship with the United States Olympic Committee, working as a race analyst and administrator at the Olympic training center alongside the USA Swimming National Team in Colorado Springs, Colo.
A native of Raleigh, Houchin attended Cardinal Gibbons High School and swam for the YMCA of the Triangle Area (YOTA). She graduated with honors from George Mason in 2008 with a B.S. in health, fitness and recreation resources after lettering with the swimming and diving team for four years, competing in butterfly and mid-distance freestyle events.
The former Mallory Pucci resides in Raleigh with her husband, Joe, who attended Enloe and also swam for YOTA and at George Mason. Together they have a daughter, Micah, and a son, Calvin.
