Stanford Swim Camp

The three-time NCAA Swimming Coach of the Year led Stanford to back-to-back-to-back national championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Meehan has also continued the Cardinal's unmatched streak of never finishing outside the top 10 at the national championship.

In his 10 seasons on The Farm, Meehan has mentored five Pac-12 Swimmers of the Year and six Pac-12 Newcomers of the Year, and has won five Pac-12 Coach of the Year awards. He has coached the Cardinal to 18 national championship relays and 28 individual national championships.

Under Meehan, Stanford has also won six Pac-12 Championships (2013, 2017-2020, 2022), and has not finished lower than second at the conference meet. Prior to Stanford's three straight national titles, the Cardinal finished as the national runner-up at the NCAA Championships in 2014 and 2016, and placed third in 2015 and 2022.

Meehan has led Stanford to a 61-4 dual meet record, including six undefeated regular seasons.

In the summer prior to Stanford's 2017 national championship season, Meehan mentored three Olympians and one Paralympian, and served as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Meehan worked extensively with Lia Neal, Simone Manuel and Maya DiRado, who combined to win nine medals (four gold). In addition, Stanford freshman Brickelle Bro qualified for the Paralympic Games in four events.

In 2022, Meehan led the Cardinal back to a successful season coming out of the COVID-19 impacted 2020-21 season. Stanford won its fifth conference championship since 2017with 1,671.5 points – winning all five relays and seven individual titles. The Cardinal took third at the NCAA Championships that season, with Taylor Ruck (200 free) and Regan Smith (200 back) winning individual titles to add onto Stanford’s 800 free relay national title.

In 2019, Stanford won the Pac-12 title with the third-most points in conference history, and then boasted 18 All-Americans, the most in the nation, en route to becoming the first school since 2004 to win three straight national titles. Senior Ella Eastin, who was named the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year, became the first woman to win four straight NCAA titles in the 400 individual medley. Sophomore Brooke Forde won the 500 free and anchored the winning 800 free relay.

A year prior, Stanford's national championship team led the nation with 16 academic All-Americans. In the pool, Stanford's 13 event victories at the NCAA Championships tied the all-time record as the Cardinal became just the third school to sweep all five relay events. Stanford set five American records en route to the third-largest margin of victory in NCAA meet history.

En route to Stanford's first national title in 19 years in 2017, the Cardinal had 13 different All-Americans combine for 47 All-America honors, six American records, seven individual national championships and three relay wins. Then-freshman Katie Ledecky won five NCAA events and became the second freshman ever to win the Honda Cup.

In 2014, Stanford won four of five relays while DiRado swept the IM races and Felicia Lee won the 100 fly. DiRado, who was the 2014 Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year, and Lee led Stanford to an undefeated dual meet season. Lee took home the prestigous Honda Award for swimming.

Regarded as one of the top assistants in the country during his tenure at Cal, Meehan took over the Cardinal program after leading the Golden Bears men's swimming and diving program to back-to-back national titles. Meehan, who spent four seasons with the Golden Bears, was promoted to associate head men's swimming and diving coach in 2011 and produced a pair of NCAA championships (2011, 2012) and a runner-up finish in 2010.

Prior to joining Cal's staff in 2008, Meehan was the head coach for both the men's and women's programs at the University of the Pacific. Meehan coached at Pacific from 2005-08, leading his women's team to a second-place finish at the Big West Conference Championships in 2006-07. On the men's side, Krzysztof Zoldak earned Big West Swimmer of the Year in 2005. In all, Meehan's Pacific teams broke 13 school records and three conference records, and seven of his student-athletes qualified for the NCAAs.

Before Pacific, Meehan was the assistant women's coach at UCLA from 2001-05, helping the Bruins to a 2003 Pac-10 title and seventh-place NCAA finish in 2004. Thirty-three All-Americans were produced and 32 school records broken during his time with the Bruins, where he specialized in working with the distance and individual medley corps in addition to recruiting duties.

Meehan was also assistant women's coach at Princeton from 1999-2001, helping the Tigers to a 17-0 dual meet record and the 2000 and 2001 Ivy League titles. Meehan was the first assistant and later interim head coach at William & Mary in 1998-99.

In the summer of 2003, Meehan served as assistant coach for the USA Swimming National Distance Camp at the USOC Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., mentoring the top young male and female distance swimmers from around the country.

At the international level, Meehan served as the head coach for Team USA at the 2017 World Championships, was an assistant at the 2015 World Championships and 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, and was as a manager for the United States at the 2007 World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

A graduate of Rider, Meehan earned a degree in mathematics and secondary education. While at Rider, he competed in the 200 backstroke and was a member of several Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion relays. Meehan also was a four-time All-Academic Award recipient, and was named to the school's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.

Meehan and his wife, Tess, reside in Palo Alto, Calif., with their two sons, Salvatore and James.

Senior Leon MacAlister was lauded as the Pac-12 Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year and was also named among four swimmers to the CSC Academic All-America teams.

Schemmel's third season as head coach of Stanford was his most successful, culminating with an undefeated regular season, a second place finish at the Pac-12 Championship meet, and a seventh place finish at the NCAA Championship meet.

During the 2021-22 regular season, the Cardinal amassed five top-25 wins, including a signature dual meet victory over eventual NCAA champion California. Schemmel guided the Stanford swimmers and divers to six conference individual titles and the Cardinal's first individual NCAA champion since 2017, Andrei Minakov's victory in the 100 fly.

The 2021-22 season also saw coach Schemmel's student-athletes break 10 Stanford records and bring home 14 All-America honors from the NCAA Championship meet.

Schemmel's second year in charge of the program came during the 2020-21 season, in which the Cardinal finished 1-1 in dual meets and took second place in the Pac-12 conference. Stanford's season concluded at the NCAA Championships where the team placed 14th overall.

In his first season as head coach, Stanford finished third at the Pac-12 Conference Championships before the cancelation of the NCAA Championships due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Thirteen swimmers and divers were named All-America with all relay teams earning the NCAA "A" standard. Twelve were named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll while 13 were named Scholar All-America by CSCAA.

Schemmel spent the previous three seasons as head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs at University of Hawai’i. The women’s program won the MPSF conference championship in each of those three seasons while the men’s team captured its first conference championship since 2006. Under his leadership, Hawai’i produced a combined 57 individual conference champions, 42 school records, 20 conference records and six All-Americans.

Prior to serving as head coach at Hawai’i, Schemmel spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Wisconsin, where he coached 17 Big Ten Conference champions to nine Big Ten Conference records. He also spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach at Michigan State, his alma mater, and two seasons as a graduate assistant at Arizona (2008-10), where he earned his masters’ degree in educational psychology.

Schemmel has helped add to an impressive resume for Stanford's men's swimming and diving program. In 105 seasons, the Cardinal has captured eight national championships and 64 Pac-12 Conference championships, including 31 consecutive from 1982-2012. Individual swimmers and divers have combined for 148 national championships and 376 conference championships, while seven former Cardinal were named to the Pac-12 All-Century team in 2016.

Schemmel is the sixth head coach in the history of the program, succeeding Ted Knapp, who served a combined 39 years on The Farm as a student-athlete, assistant coach, associate head coach and as the Goldman Family Director of Men’s Swimming from 2012-19.

Senior Leon MacAlister was lauded as the Pac-12 Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year and was also named among four swimmers to the CSC Academic All-America teams.

Caskey's third season working with Stanford was his most successful, culminating with an undefeated regular season, a second place finish at the Pac-12 Championship meet, and a seventh place finish at the NCAA Championship meet. The 2021-22 season also saw 10 Stanford records and broken and 14 All-America honors brought home from the NCAA Championship meet.

During the 2021-22 regular season, the Cardinal earned five top-25 wins, including a signature dual meet victory over eventual NCAA champion California. Caskey helped lead the Stanford swimmers and divers to six conference individual titles and the Cardinal's first individual NCAA champion since 2017.

Caskey's second year working with Schemmel came during the 2020-21 season, in which the Cardinal finished 1-1 in dual meets and took second place in the Pac-12 conference. Stanford's season concluded at the NCAA Championships where the team placed 14th overall.

In his first season as assistant coach, Stanford finished third at the Pac-12 Conference Championships before the cancellation of the NCAA Championships due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Thirteen swimmers and divers were named All-America with all relay teams earning the NCAA "A" standard. Twelve were named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll while 13 were named Scholar All-America by CSCAA.

Caskey spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at Wisconsin where he coached both the men’s and women’s programs. During the 2016-17 season, Caskey oversaw 12 Wisconsin records on the men’s side with five swimmers earning All-America status. On the women’s side, freshman Cierra Runge set five school records with nine Badgers earning All-America honors.

In 2015-16, Caskey’s first season with Wisconsin, Matt Hutchins earned Big 10 Swimmer of the Year honors after setting school records in the 500-, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyles – the Badgers set a total of seven school records between the men’s and women’s programs.

As a student-athlete at Texas (2008-12), Caskey was a two-time NCAA champion in the 800-yard freestyle relay, an eight-time All-American and eight-time Big 12 Conference champion, serving as a team captain during his senior season after helping the Longhorns win the 2010 NCAA Championship. Caskey ended his career as the Texas and Big 12 record holder in the 200-yard butterfly, graduating in 2013 with a bachelors’ degree in advertising. Caskey also owns a masters’ degree in educational leadership and policy analysis from Wisconsin.