Scot A. Budde (buddy) is in his fifth year leading the Greensboro College women's swimming team. In 2011-12, Budde will lead the upstart Pride men's swimming team in addition to the women's squad.

Budde was hired in July, 2007, and also serves as the the director of aquatics at GC's Royce Reynolds Family Student Life Center Pool.

He has helped lead The Pride women to three consecutive fifth place finishes at the Atlantic States Championships.  In 2009-10, The Pride matched the best dual meet winning percentage in school history one year after recording a school record nine dual meet wins.

After the 2009 and 2011 Conference meets, Budde earned the Atlantic States Coach of the Year honor.

In addition, Alex Cooke was selected as the Swimmer of the Meet in 2009. Cooke later became the first Pride swimmer to compete at the NCAA Championship, where she earned All America honors in the 100 backstroke.

An intercollegiate swimmer at the University of Maryland, Budde was twice team captain, as well as a two-time recipient of the prestigious Diehl Award for extraordinary dedication. As a student-athlete, Budde qualified for the Athletic Honor Roll four years, and was also a two-year member of the University of Maryland Student-Athlete Council.

After a one year stint as the head women’s water polo coach at the University of Maryland, he became an assistant men’s and women’s swim coach at George Mason University in 2005 to 2007. Budde was responsible for designing sprint, middle-distance, distance, and stroke-oriented workouts and providing in-depth stroke evaluations and had a major role in recruiting.

Budde was at George Mason University after serving as the Aquatics Director at the Gilman School in Baltimore, MD from 2000-04. While at the Gilman School, Budde was a physical education teacher, pool operator, and also handled several coaching responsibilities at all levels for both swimming and water polo. Budde was also an assistant swim coach for the Mariners Swim Club (2000-04).

Budde also coaches the youth swim team at Green Valley Park in the summer, and is the head site coach at Greensboro College for Star Aquatics. He and his wife, Melissa, live in Greensboro. They have two young sons: Klete and Brody.