Men's Swimming and Diving
Coley Stickels
- Title:
- Associate Head Sprint Coach Men's and Women's Swimming
- Email:
- colmstic@iu.edu
- Phone:
- (812) 856-5105
Entering the 2019-20 season, Coley Stickels is in his third season on the Indiana coaching staff.
For the first time in school history, both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams won the Big Ten team titles in 2018-19. The men's squad won the championship for the third-straight year, while the women's team won its first Big Ten team crown since 2011. Both teams were dominant at the league championships, with the men's team winning a total of total of 24 medals – 13 gold, six silver and five bronze - and the women's team winning a total of 14 medals – seven gold, one silver and six bronze.
At the NCAA Championships, Stickels helped guide the men's team to back-to-back top-3 finishes for the first time in 44 years. The Hoosier men finished in third place, winning four NCAA Championships (Vini Lanza, 100 fly; Ian Finnerty, 100 breast; Andrew Capobianco, 3-meter; 400 medley relay) for the second-straight year. Over the course of the NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers had 13 individuals earn a total of 38 All-America honors.
Lilly King highlighted the women's team's accomplishments at the 2019 NCAA Championships, becoming the first woman in NCAA history to win eight breaststroke titles, completing her four-year sweep of the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. As a team, Indiana placed ninth overall, earning the program's fifth-straight top-10 finish and 10th top-10 in school history at the NCAA Championships.
In 2018, the Hoosier men had an unbelievable week at the NCAA Championships, finishing third overall – the best finish since 43 years. IU swimmers won three NCAA titles – the most for the program in 45 years – and IU also won the 400 medley relay title with a Big Ten record time of 3:01.07. The relay title is the first for the program since 1977, when IU also took home the championship in the 400 medley relay.
At the 2018 NCAA Women's NCAA Championships, Olympic gold medalist Lilly King won her third-straight NCAA crowns in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke.
Indiana became the first program in history to sweep all four NCAA titles in the breaststroke in one season.
In February of 2018, the Hoosier men captured the program's second-straight Big Ten Championship, a first for the team since winning three-straight from 1983-85. The title was the 26th in program history.
At the Big Ten Championships, IU won a total of 24 medals – 14 gold, seven silver and three bronze. Indiana also won four of the five relays at the Big Ten Championships for a second-straight year – a program first.
Stickels came to Bloomington from the prestigious Canyons Aquatic Club in Santa Clarita, Calif., where he served as head coach since 2012.
During his time with the Canyons Aquatic Club, Stickels helped lead the team to unprecedented success. Over 50 Southern California Swimming records were broken by Canyons swimmers, five American records, one world record, six National Age Group records and four national high school records.
Most recently, Stickels helped guide current World, U.S. Open and American record holder Abbey Weitzeil to gold and silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He also helped lead 2015 World Championship bronze medalist Santo Condorelli to an Olympic final in Rio.
On the international level, Stickels' swimmers have earned World Championship gold and bronze medals, Pan-Am Games silver and bronze medals, World University Games gold, silver and bronze medals, Pan-Pacific silver medal and Short Course World Championships gold and silver medals. In 2013-14, Canyons swimmers qualified and competed in the Junior World Championships, as well as Junior Pan-Pacific Championships.
Since 2013, Coley has been a USA National team coach, including as a staff member of the 2014 Short Course World Team in Doha, Qatar.
Prior to Canyons, Coley was the head coach of Phoenix Swim Club where he helped lead international sprint superstar and former world record holder Roland Schoeman. Schoeman placed fifth in the 2012 in the Olympic Games.
In addition, Coley coached National Age Group champions, Junior National Champions and nine Olympic Trials qualifiers in 2012, as well as the youngest swimmer at the meet (13 years old).
From 2003-2011, Coley coached Lake Oswego Swim Club. During his tenure, his swimmers broke eight National Age Group records and qualified the youngest swimmer in history to the 2008 Olympic Trials (age 12). In 2010, Coley was named coach to the South African Pac Pacific team.
In total, Coley has coached swimmers to 15 National Age Group Records and over 50 No. 1-nationally ranked age group swimmers and relays. In 2001, Coley coached the men's and women's teams as the assistant coach at Dartmouth, where he also was enrolled in the post graduate program.
During his collegiate career at the University of Arizona, Stickels was a 14-time All-America honoree, graduating cum laude in 2001. With the Wildcats, he was named a First-Team Academic All-American and First-Team Academic All-Pac 10 in 2000.
Stickels was also a member of the U.S. National Team from 1999-2000 and also swam for Team USA at the Short Course World Championships in 1999.
For the first time in school history, both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams won the Big Ten team titles in 2018-19. The men's squad won the championship for the third-straight year, while the women's team won its first Big Ten team crown since 2011. Both teams were dominant at the league championships, with the men's team winning a total of total of 24 medals – 13 gold, six silver and five bronze - and the women's team winning a total of 14 medals – seven gold, one silver and six bronze.
At the NCAA Championships, Stickels helped guide the men's team to back-to-back top-3 finishes for the first time in 44 years. The Hoosier men finished in third place, winning four NCAA Championships (Vini Lanza, 100 fly; Ian Finnerty, 100 breast; Andrew Capobianco, 3-meter; 400 medley relay) for the second-straight year. Over the course of the NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers had 13 individuals earn a total of 38 All-America honors.
Lilly King highlighted the women's team's accomplishments at the 2019 NCAA Championships, becoming the first woman in NCAA history to win eight breaststroke titles, completing her four-year sweep of the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. As a team, Indiana placed ninth overall, earning the program's fifth-straight top-10 finish and 10th top-10 in school history at the NCAA Championships.
In 2018, the Hoosier men had an unbelievable week at the NCAA Championships, finishing third overall – the best finish since 43 years. IU swimmers won three NCAA titles – the most for the program in 45 years – and IU also won the 400 medley relay title with a Big Ten record time of 3:01.07. The relay title is the first for the program since 1977, when IU also took home the championship in the 400 medley relay.
At the 2018 NCAA Women's NCAA Championships, Olympic gold medalist Lilly King won her third-straight NCAA crowns in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke.
Indiana became the first program in history to sweep all four NCAA titles in the breaststroke in one season.
In February of 2018, the Hoosier men captured the program's second-straight Big Ten Championship, a first for the team since winning three-straight from 1983-85. The title was the 26th in program history.
At the Big Ten Championships, IU won a total of 24 medals – 14 gold, seven silver and three bronze. Indiana also won four of the five relays at the Big Ten Championships for a second-straight year – a program first.
Stickels came to Bloomington from the prestigious Canyons Aquatic Club in Santa Clarita, Calif., where he served as head coach since 2012.
During his time with the Canyons Aquatic Club, Stickels helped lead the team to unprecedented success. Over 50 Southern California Swimming records were broken by Canyons swimmers, five American records, one world record, six National Age Group records and four national high school records.
Most recently, Stickels helped guide current World, U.S. Open and American record holder Abbey Weitzeil to gold and silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He also helped lead 2015 World Championship bronze medalist Santo Condorelli to an Olympic final in Rio.
On the international level, Stickels' swimmers have earned World Championship gold and bronze medals, Pan-Am Games silver and bronze medals, World University Games gold, silver and bronze medals, Pan-Pacific silver medal and Short Course World Championships gold and silver medals. In 2013-14, Canyons swimmers qualified and competed in the Junior World Championships, as well as Junior Pan-Pacific Championships.
Since 2013, Coley has been a USA National team coach, including as a staff member of the 2014 Short Course World Team in Doha, Qatar.
Prior to Canyons, Coley was the head coach of Phoenix Swim Club where he helped lead international sprint superstar and former world record holder Roland Schoeman. Schoeman placed fifth in the 2012 in the Olympic Games.
In addition, Coley coached National Age Group champions, Junior National Champions and nine Olympic Trials qualifiers in 2012, as well as the youngest swimmer at the meet (13 years old).
From 2003-2011, Coley coached Lake Oswego Swim Club. During his tenure, his swimmers broke eight National Age Group records and qualified the youngest swimmer in history to the 2008 Olympic Trials (age 12). In 2010, Coley was named coach to the South African Pac Pacific team.
In total, Coley has coached swimmers to 15 National Age Group Records and over 50 No. 1-nationally ranked age group swimmers and relays. In 2001, Coley coached the men's and women's teams as the assistant coach at Dartmouth, where he also was enrolled in the post graduate program.
During his collegiate career at the University of Arizona, Stickels was a 14-time All-America honoree, graduating cum laude in 2001. With the Wildcats, he was named a First-Team Academic All-American and First-Team Academic All-Pac 10 in 2000.
Stickels was also a member of the U.S. National Team from 1999-2000 and also swam for Team USA at the Short Course World Championships in 1999.
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