Niagara University Athletics

Bugby enters his fourth season with the Purple Eagles swimming and diving program in 2022-23. Bugby was named head coach of the men's and women's swimming programs on Nov. 26, 2019 and is entering his sixth season at the helm of the Purple and Whtie. 

In his five years as head coach Bugby has led Niagara to new heights, winning two MAAC Women's Swimming & Diving Championships (2022 & 2024), while mentoring the men's team to its best finish in 30 years in 2024 as the team finished in second place at the conference championships. Under Bugby's tutelage, Niagara swimmers have re-written the program and Oxy Aquatic Center record books while also setting MAAC meet records each of the last three seasons. 

In 2022, Bugby was named MAAC Women's Swimming Coach of the Year and he helped guide freshman Alaina Pitton to MAAC Freshman of the Meet in 2024.

The Purple Eagles set multiple program records at the 2020 MAAC Championships. The women finished in seventh place and the men took ninth place. 14 Purple Eagles were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team and both the men's and women's teams earned College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America honors. 

Bugby previously served as the Associate Head Coach for men's and women's swimming and diving at Lehigh University. Bugby coached under the 2018 Patriot League Women's Coach of the Year and  helped the team achieve five NCAA standards. In his time at Lehigh, the Mountain Hawks set 32 combined team records and qualified eight swimmers for Winter Nationals and four for Open Water Nationals.

While at Lehigh, Bugby was the recruiting coordinator and also managed the recruiting, apparel, equipment and travel budgets. He was a member of the athletic department's awards committee and staff development committee.

Prior to Lehigh, Bugby served as an Assistant Coach at Denver from 2016-17. He was the recruiting coordinator and served as the lead for NCAA compliance. While at Denver, Bugby had 15 All-Americans and earned five All-American honors at the 2017 NCAA Championships. The team finished first in the national mid-major poll and achieved 59 NCAA standards. Bugby helped the team to 36 wins out of 40 events at the Summit League Championship and qualified two swimmers for the 2016 and 2017 FINA World Championships.

Bugby had two stints at the United States Military Academy, serving as the Associate Head Coach from 2014-16 and as an Assistant Coach from 2010-13. He was the Head Coach and Aquatics Director at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 2013-14.

Bugby got his start in coaching as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Arizona State University from 2007-09.

Bugby graduated from Duquesne in 2007 with a bachelor's in English and earned his master's degree in higher and postsecondary education from Arizona State in 2009.