Coach Profile
Camp Director
Kelly McClanahan

Directing swim camp this summer is Kelly McClanahan. McClanahan coached for eight seasons as the Northern Colorado swim and dive head coach.
Throughout her time at Northern Colorado, McClanahan has had 327 top-10 performances, coached two to NCAA 'B' Standard qualifying times and one honorable mention All-Americans. She has also had ten NCAA Zone 'E' Diving appearances since taking.
The Bears also excelled in the classroom under her leadership, ranking in the Top 15 every season in NCAA Division I in team GPA.
2014 was one of the best seasons under McClanahan. UNC had their best WAC showing since joining the conference, finishing third out of eight teams. Seven school records were broken throughout the season, and five girls were named All-WAC first team, with an additional 11 named All-WAC second team.
She joined the Bears from the University of Wyoming, where she was an assistant coach from 2005-09. During her four seasons with the Cowboys and Cowgirls, she helped guide the team to 12 school records, 57 all-time top 10 swims, four NCAA 'B' Standard qualifying times, one World Trial qualifying time and four US Open/Summer National qualifiers.
Head Coach of Cleveland Aqua Tigers (2019):
- Produced 3 Southeastern Qualifiers
- 6 Southeastern Top-16 Finishes
- 1 Southern Zone Team Qualifier
- 1 USA Swimming Future Qualifier
- 1 NCSA Junior National Qualifier
Head Coach of UNC: (2009-2016)
- 11 straight semesters ranked as a College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America Scholar (CSCAA) All-America Team
- CSCAA Spring 2015 ranked 5th in nation with 3.59 GPA
- 97% Graduation Rate and a 996 Academic Progress Rate
- 76 All-Academic MPSF and WAC conference honors
- 1 NCAA Honorable Mention Academic All-American
- 9 student-athletes maintained 4.0 GPAs through graduation