In 2018, USA Swimming selected Durden as the head coach for the 2020 US Olympic Men's Swimming Team,[1] as Durden had previously served in 2016, as an assistant coach.
He was named Coach of the Meet at the 2016 US Olympic Swimming Trials.[2]
In 2015, Durden served as head coach of the US Swimming team at the world championships in Kazan, Russia.[3] He previously worked as an assistant coach for Dave Salo's Novaquatics and an assistant coach to Dave Marsh at Auburn University.[4]