Coach Hagar joins the Bearcats after two years of being the assistant coach at William Jewell College, fellow GLVC member of SBU. While there he built season-long training regimen for 40-50 collegiate student-athletes. He also worked with those athletes to establish long-term perspective for athletic, academic, and professional goals.
During his time at William Jewell, he also spent time being the assistant swim coach with the "Cool Swim Team." There he developed trust, assisted in goal setting, and inspired commitment to up and coming junior swimmers. Before that coach Hagar was the assistant swim & dive coach at St. Louis University. In addition to his guidance with training and academics, coach Hagar also spent time as a recruiting specialist making him an experience recruiter at both the D1 & D2 levels.
Hagar graduated from St. Louis University in May of 2015 with his Bachelor of Science in business management. A few years later he finished his Master of Business Administration, also from SLU. He was a member of the SLU Division I swim team from 2011 to 2015.