PETALING JAYA: Eric Anderson will no longer be coaching the national swimming team next year.

The Canadian coach has mutually agreed with Malaysian Aquatics to conclude his appointment by Dec 31 as he seeks greener pastures abroad. 

Malaysia Aquatics confirmed Eric's departure, thanking him for his contributions and service to Malaysian swimming and wishes him well in his future endeavours.

Anderson came on board to take charge of the national swimming team set-up a year ago and brought the swimmers to conclude the recent Thailand SEA Games campaign on a positive note.

The swimming team won two gold, three silver and five bronze medals, a marked improvement from the 1-3-4 collected at the 2023 Cambodia Games and 1-4-2 at the 2022 Vietnam Games.

More significantly, it was the first time since the 2019 edition in Philippines that Malaysia won more than one gold medal in swimming and five national records were broken.