Former Hawaii head coach Mike Stephens is headed to Stanford as the brand new affiliate head coach for the Cardinal males underneath head coach Dan Schemmel — additionally a former Hawaii head coach from 2016-19.
Stephens replaces Neil Caskey, who not too long ago left his place as assistant coach to pursue one other profession exterior of teaching. In keeping with the job posting, the anticipated pay vary was between $90,000-$100,000.
Stephens will step right into a supporting position after coming off profitable stints as head coach at Hawaii (2022-24) and Boston Faculty (2017-22). His arrival on The Farm comes proper as Stanford is transferring from the Pac-12 to the ACC, that means he’ll now face off towards BC (additionally his alma mater) at convention championship meets.
Final season at Hawaii, Stephens guided the Rainbow Warriors to a sweep of the Mountain Pacific Sports activities Federation (MPSF) titles, incomes him Coach of the Yr honors for each the women and men. The Maryland native received the MPSF Ladies’s Swim Coach of the Yr award in 2022-23 after main the Hawaii girls to the convention crown.
“I’m extraordinarily grateful and excited to have Mike becoming a member of us on The Farm,” Schemmel stated. “His character, ardour, and experience will probably be super belongings to the expansion and success of everybody in our program.”
Throughout his 5 seasons at BC, Stephens’ swimmers broke 171 faculty data throughout 5 seasons, together with 41 in his closing 12 months alone. He was a breaststroker as a swimmer for the Eagles, graduating in 2012 because the proprietor of the college file within the 200 medley relay.
The Stanford males are contemporary off a runner-up end on the last-ever Pac-12 Championships in February, the place they scored 733.5 factors to position 2nd behind eventual NCAA champion Arizona State (1,036). The Cardinal went on to position eighth on the NCAA Championships with 177 factors, holding the identical spot because the season prior however with extra complete factors. Subsequent 12 months, they’ll must go up towards the likes of NC State, Cal, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, and Louisville on the 2025 ACC Championships.
Stanford is shedding prime 2023 recruit Rex Maurer, who introduced his switch to Texas final month after only one 12 months with the Cardinal. However they nonetheless boast loads of returning expertise between rising sophomore Henry McFadden, rising senior Aaron Sequeira, rising senior diver Jack Ryan, and rising redshirt junior Andrei Minakov.
The Stanford girls additionally made a latest teaching rent to fill out their workers. Former Cal assistant Kim Williams returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach earlier this month to interchange Kim Bracken after her brief six-month stint with the Cardinal girls ended this summer time.
