Andrew Abeysinghe enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Penn Swimming & Diving program in 2025-26.
During his first season with the Quakers, Abeysinghe worked closely with Matt Fallon, who won his third career Ivy League title in the 200 breaststroke, qualifying for NCAA Championships for the third time. Fallon earned first-team All-America honors in the 200 breast for the second time, finishing as the runner-up.
Before arriving in University City, Abeysinghe spent one season as an assistant coach at the University of Delaware.
Prior to his hire at UD, Abeysinghe worked at Fitter & Faster as a Clinician where he increased technical swimming skills and general swimming knowledge for age group swimmers.
He spent two years in college athletics as a Volunteer Assistant with Ohio State. He served as an on-deck assistant coach for the Buckeyes middle-distance training group. In addition, he also helped secure multiple top 100 recruits and assisted in managing the Buckeyes swimming social accounts.
Prior to his experience at Ohio State, Andrew was Assistant Coach and Assistant to the Aquatics Director for the Dayton Raiders Aquatic Club from 2016-2018. He helped grow the swim lesson program to over 400 students. Under Abeysinghe guidance, 99 percent of his athletes reached new personal bests in his two years. Andrew was the Dayton Raider coaching representative at the 2017 USA Swimming Boys National Select Camp.
Abeysinghe competed as a student-athlete at Clemson University and came to UD from Miami (Ohio) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree.
