USA Swimming named Colorado Rapids president Tim Hinchey as its new president and CEO on Thursday, succeeding the late Chuck Wielgus.
Hinchey, a former swimmer at UC Irvine and current member of U.S. Masters Swimming, was the 2016 MLS Executive of the Year with the Rapids. He was previously an executive with English soccer club Derby County FC, the Charlotte Bobcats, New Orleans Hornets, the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Kings in more than 25 years in the business.
He called the USA Swimming post “a dream job.”
“Being involved in the sport of swimming has played a major part in shaping who I am as a person and as a professional, and I can’t wait to give back to our membership,” Hinchey said in a press release.