Neil Caskey

Neil Caskey was hired as an assistant coach for the men's swimming and diving program on May 23, 2019. In 2022-23 Caskey helped build upon the team's success during the previous season, finishing eighth overall at the NCAA Championships. 11 student-athletes earned All-America awards while the team also earned the best GPA among all Division I programs during the school year.

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.