Northeastern University Women's Swimming

Coates' 24th season at the helm of the Huskies swimming and diving program. Since the 1993-94 season, Coates has amassed a 155-99 record (.610) with the Huskies, including 18 winning seasons and 10 straight since 2006-07. Last season, Coates led Northeastern to a 9-4 record. For the first time since joining the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), the team finished in first place after day one of CAA Championships. They later landed fifth place overall and on the podium five times, and tabbed five new school records (six overall that season) and more than 30 new personal bests.  The team was named a College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Team for the third semester straight (fall 2015, GPA of 3.0 or greater) and won the 2015 Alumni Challenge on the womens varsity programs' side for most alumni donor participation with nearly 50 percent. Coates has seen the overhaul of the Northeastern record books continue in his last four seasons. In 2010-11, his Huskies set nine school records, only to be followed up by the 2011-12 squad's incredible performance, capturing 15 more records. The Huskies set six program records in 2012-13, and broke ten more during the 2013-14 season. Coates is no stranger to success at the conference level, as he coached Northeastern to an unprecedented five-straight America East Championships from 2000 to 2004. The Huskies annually boast some of the most competitive swimmers and divers in the region, regularly sending members to the NCAAs year-end swimming and diving championship. Five years ago, NU sent Adela Gavozdea to the national championship at Purdue, where she earned All-America honorable mention accolades for the third season in a row. In his first three seasons with the Huskies, Coates also directed the NU mens team and earned Coach of the Year honors in 1995 and 96 as NU won America East championships in both seasons. Before arriving at NU, Coates was the head coach of the mens swimming team at Dartmouth College for four seasons (1989-93). He also was an assistant for the Big Green from 1986-1989. During his seven years in Hanover, N.H., Coates was also head coach of the North Country Aquatic Club, a 120-member competitive swim program of athletes ranging in age from four to 80 years. Previously, he served as head coach at Winchester and Medford High Schools and was an assistant coach of the New England Barracudas. Besides his coaching experience, Coates is a certified Level 4 Coach by the American Swim Coaches Association and has held positions on various swimming committees. Coates is a native of Medford, Mass., and a 1986 graduate of UMass Boston with a degree in Computer Science. He earned his masters in Sports Leadership from Northeastern in 2008. Coates and his wife, Marianne, have a son, Daniel, and a daughter, Caroline, and live in Scituate.

McCann enters her sixth season as the Northeastern swimming and diving program's  associate head coach  this 2016-17 season. She first joined NU in 2011 as an assistant coach and was promoted to her current position in Oct. 2013. McCann has helped the team advance from eighth place in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship to fifth place, as well as break m ore than 30 school records collectively. She also coached Cyprus national record holder and former Husky Anna Schegoleva '15 to the World Championships qualification and paralympian Kelley Bercherer to gold medal finishes in the 2008 London Games. In 2015, McCann earned Swim Across America's (SAA) inaugural Betsy Bilodeau Award for her commitment to the fight against cancer after facing her own battle this past year. In addition, she helped the team raise $9,900 for cancer research during the SAA Rhode Island Open Water Swim last fall. McCann came to Boston with a wealth of swimming experience at both the collegiate and national levels. The 2006 graduate of the University of Florida posted two top-20 finishes at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials. Her time of 2:16.77 in the 200IM placed 11th at the Trials while her time of 4:52.18 in the 400IM finished 17th. At Florida, McCann was an accomplished swimmer for the Gators. She was selected to the All-SEC team in 2004 and 2005 while also earning All-American honors in those years. McCann helped lead the Gators to consecutive third-place finishes in the SEC in 2003-04 and 2004-05, as well as consecutive fourth-place finishes at the NCAA championship in those same years. McCann was also the 2004 recipient of the Donald Gibb Award, which was given to the student-athlete who achieved above and beyond Florida team expectations. McCann spent her freshman season at Boston College and was the most significant point contributor for the Eagles, earning 324.50 points in just one season. McCann was honored as the Swimmer of the Meet at the 2003 ECAC Championships after capturing first in the 200 IM. She was also awarded the BC MVP Eagle Award in 2003. The 2001 graduate of Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Mass., was a four-time state champion in the 200 IM and named the Boston Globe MVP during the 2000 season, after qualifying for the 2000 Olympic Trials at age 16.  

Colby enters her third season as the diving coach this 2016-17 season. Colby helped the Huskies appear at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships during the 2015-16 and 2014-15 season, the first time in program history NU competed in back-to-back years. Prior to joining the Huskies staff in July 2014 Colby coached at Marywood University and enjoyed a standout career with the Vermont Catamounts from 2008-2012. As the diving coach at Marywood, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Colby coached the schools first-ever all-conference diver in back-to-back seasons. Colby was named Landmark Conference Mens Co-Coach of the Year in 2013-14 and helped mentor athletes who achieved pool and school records in both the one and three-meter events. As a student-athlete at Vermont, she was a two-time team captain (2010-12) and earned the most improved diver award in 2012. Colby earned the Vermont Diver of the Year award in 2009 and was a four-time America East Conference Diver of the Week during her career. As a senior, she placed third at America East Championships in the three-meter event. She graduated with a degree in dietetics and nutrition science. A native of Andover, Massachusetts, Colby helped lead Andover High School to the state title in each of her four years on the swimming and diving team. She was named team captain as a senior and earned all-state honors after finishing fifth in the state. She placed third in the state as a junior. Colby also was a four-year member of the gymnastics team in high school and finished fourth on the balance beam at the state meet.