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Greg Meehan
Meehan at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships
Biographical details
Borncirca 1976
Alma materRider University
1998,2001 Graduate[1]
Playing career
1995-1998[2]Rider University
Position(s)backstroker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998-1999William and Mary
Asst. Coach, Interim Coach
1999-2001Princeton University
Asst. Coach, Women
2001-2005UCLA
Asst. Coach, Women
2005-2008University of the Pacific
Men, Women's Team
2008-2011University of California
Men' Asst. Coch
2011-2012University of California
Men's Head Coach
2012-2023Stanford University
Women's Swimming
Head Coach[3]
Head coaching record
Overall47-4 dual meet record
Stanford Women
(As of 2017)[1]
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
'13, '17, '18, '23
4 x Pac-12 Conference Champions
(Stanford Women)
2 x NCAA Championships 2017-2018
(Stanford Women)
Awards
Golden Goggle Award
('17 Coach of the Year)
Pac-12 Conference
(Coach of the Year for Women)[1]
3 x CSCAA Swim. Coach of the Year

Greg Meehan is an American Olympic and College swimming coach, who has served as the women's head coach for the Stanford swim team since 2012, winning NCAA conference championships in 2017 and 2018. He was an Olympic Coach for the US Women's Olympic Swimming Team in 2016 and 2020.[1]

High School swimmer

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Meehan swam for Cardinal O'Hara High School under Coach Kevin Speicher in Marple Township outside Philadelphia where he performed well in the 100 backstroke and 200 and 500 freestyle events.[4][5] In the National Catholic Championships at Villanova in February 1992, Meehan won the 500 freestyle event.[6]  

College swimmer

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As a collegiate athlete, Meehan swam for Rider University, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, excelling as a back stroker and distance freestyle. Majoring in Mathematics and Secondary Education, he was a four-time All-Academic Team Member who graduated in 1998. He had the second fastest 200 back stroke at that time, and also excelled in the 100 backstroke and the 1,000 freestyle. He swam in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Champion Relay Team.[1] Rider placed second of eight teams in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships from 1996-1999.[7]

Stanford University women's swim coach

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From 2012-2023, he was the head coach and director for Stanford University women's swimming, where he led the team to four Pac-12 Conference championships between 2013-2023, in '13, '17, '18 and '23.[3]

In 2017 and 2018, the Stanford women's team won back-to-back NCAA championships.[3]

At the 2023 Pac-12 Conference Championships, held at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington, he coached Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers to the second-largest winning margin by a team in a 27 year time period, 485 points, with a combined team score of 1725.5 points.[8] He was named the Pac-12 Conference Women's Swimming Coach of the Year for the 2022–2023 season.[9]

Prior coaching positions

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He served as an associate head coach at the University of California, Berkeley (also called Cal) from 2008-2012, coaching as a head coach from 2011-2012.[10] Prior to Cal, Meehan was the men's and women's head coach at University of the Pacific from 2005-2008.[11] He was a UCLA women's assistant coach from 2001-2005, and a women's assistant coach at Princeton from 1999-2001. Prior to Princeton, he was an assistant and interim head coach at William and Mary from 1998-1999.[3]

2016 Summer Olympics coach

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In 2016, Meehan was selected to be an assistant coach for the US Women's Olympic Swimming Team.[12] Meehan coached Katie Ledecky, Maya DiRado, Simone Manuel, and Lia Neal to eleven gold medals, seven silver medals, and two bronze medals.[13][14][15]

2020 Summer Olympics coach

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In 2018, Meehan was announced as the head coach for women on the 2020 US Olympic Swim Team.[16][17][18] The women's team had a total of 35 members including pool and open water swimmers.[19] He had five assistant coaches as part of his coaching team for the Olympic Games, there were a total of eight assistant coaches for both men and women.[20] Under his coaching guidance, the women achieved 18 total Olympic medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in July and August 2021, including three gold medals.[21]

For the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Meehan was one of five assistant coaches selected to the coaching squad for pool swimmers at the Championships.[22]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Rider Athletics Hall of Fame". Rider Broncs. Rider University.
  2. ^ At Rider in Junior Year in Jan, '97 in "Swimming", The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, pg. 75, 16 January 1977
  3. ^ a b c d "Greg Meehan Stanford Profile". gostanford.com. Stanford University.
  4. ^ "In Other Meets, Haverford High", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pg. 148, 18 January 1993
  5. ^ "Swimming Results", Catholic League Boys, "The Philadelphia Inquirer", pg. 98, 22 March 1993
  6. ^ Doherty, Bill, "St. James Breaks Losing Streak", The Philadelphia Inquirer, pg. 128, 17 February 1992
  7. ^ "1995, 1995, 1997, 1998 MAAC Swimming and Diving Championships". maacsports.com. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
  8. ^ "Dominant Display". Stanford Cardinal. February 25, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Pac-12 Swim Awards Sweep". Stanford Cardinal. March 23, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "Greg Meehan Bio- The University of California Official Athletic Site". Cal Bears. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  11. ^ "Greg Meehan Named Pacific Men's and Women's Swimming Head Coach". Pacific Tigers. University of the Pacific.
  12. ^ Bowmile, Mitch (July 3, 2016). "Assistant Coach Named for United States Olympic Team". Swim Swam. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  13. ^ Bowmile, Mitch (July 2016). "Coaches in the Running for Olympic Team Staff". Swim Swam. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  14. ^ Keith, Braden (August 27, 2012). "Stanford Hires Greg Meehan to Lead Women's Team". Swim Swam. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  15. ^ "Greg Meehan- Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming". Go Stanford. Stanford University. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  16. ^ "Greg Meehan '98 Named the Head Coach for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming Team". Rider Broncs. December 4, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  17. ^ Hemker, James (December 5, 2018). "Greg Meehan named head coach for USA women's swimming in the 2020 Olympics". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  18. ^ Sutherland, James (June 17, 2021). "Who Will Be Team USA's Assistant Swimming Coaches In Tokyo?". SwimSwam. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  19. ^ "U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming: National Team Director, Women's Olympic Head Coach, Men's Olympic Head Coach Media Conference". USA Swimming. June 20, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  20. ^ Gibbs, Robert (June 20, 2021). "USA Swimming Announces 8 Assistant Coaches For Tokyo Olympics". SwimSwam. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  21. ^ Grybowski, Adam (August 6, 2021). "Olympic women's swimming team shines under head coach Greg Meehan '01". Rider University. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  22. ^ "2022 FINA World Championships Roster". USA Swimming. April 30, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  23. ^ Anderson, Jared (November 20, 2017). "Full 2017-2018 Golden Goggles Winners List". SwimSwam. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  24. ^ "Katie Ledecky and Ryan Murphy win Golden Goggles awards". Olympics.com. November 20, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  25. ^ Ross, Andy (November 19, 2018). "2018 Golden Goggles: Katie Ledecky, Ryan Murphy Win Athlete of the Year Awards". Swimming World. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  26. ^ "Pac-12 Announces 2022 Women's Swimming & Diving Postseason Awards". SwimSwam. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  27. ^ "Meehan Inducted into HOF". Stanford Cardinal. June 11, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  28. ^ Ortegon, Karl (June 12, 2017). "Greg Meehan Inducted Into Rider University Hall Of Fame". SwimSwam. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  29. ^ Neidigh, Lauren (January 1, 2020). "2019 Swammy Awards: US Coach Of The Year Greg Meehan". SwimSwam. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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