Walter Olsewski has been the head coach of the Manhattan College men's golf team since 2000.  He is also the head coach of Manhattan's men's & women's swimming teams.

During his tenure as golf coach, he has coached several MAAC All-Academic honorees, including 16 over the past six seasons. In 2001, he coached the Jaspers to a fourth place finish at the 2001 MAAC Championships, the highest finish in program history.

A 1968 Manhattan graduate with a degree in physical education, Olsewksi, a Brooklyn native, was a four-year letterwinner on the Manhattan College swim team under head coach Jack Carey.  During his senior season, Olsewski posted consecutive doubles wins against William Patterson College and Stony Brook.  He had the top 50 freestyle time on the team that season, and he received the Jasper Award, awarded annually to the senior swimmer with the highest grade point average. He was selected to the Dean's List all four years at Manhattan.

Olsewksi began his teaching career in 1968 in the Central Islip Public School District at F.J. O'Neill Elementary School.  He retired from teaching in that district in July 2000. While with the Central Islip School District, he served 12 consecutive terms as Treasurer and Membership Chairperson for the Central Islip Teachers Association

In addition to his Bachelor's degree, Olsewski earned a master's degrees in Health Education from Adelphi University and an Administration of Elementary Schools degree from Washburn University.

Olsewski resides in Medford, N.Y. with his wife, Susan.  Their son, Sean, graduated from Manhattan in 1997 with a degree in sociology. 

Email: jasperalum@aol.com