The Virginia Tech athletics department and swimming and diving head coach Ned Skinner have announced the hiring of Aaron Bell as assistant coach. Bell joins the Tech staff after spending the past four seasons as head assistant and recruiting coordinator at the University of Buffalo . During his tenure at Buffalo, the Bulls had 20 Mid-American Conference Champions, 74 school records and four NCAA diving qualifiers. The men’s squad placed first in the MAC last season, while placing second in 2009 and 2010.