Ian Coffey enters his 12th season as the head coach of the North Florida swim program in 2025-26. He is only the second head coach in the history of the program.

NOTABLE DATES

Jan. 10, 2015: First two wins as UNF Coach vs. UNC-Asheville and North Carolina A&T.
Feb. 20, 2016: Recorded the second highest team total in UNF history at the CCSA Swim Championship, Amy Taylor broke three school records, Coach Coffey was named CCSA Co-Coach of the Year.
Sept. 29, 2018: Defeated Gardner-Webb for the first time in program history, 162-99
Feb. 23, 2019: Concluded the CCSA Championships with 15 swimmers in the finals, the best finish for the Ospreys in program history.
Jan. 11, 2020: Defeated Georgia Southern in the final event in Statesboro for the first time in program history.
Feb. 6, 2021: Set the pool record at Georgia Southern University with a time of 7:43.55
Sept. 25, 2021: First on-campus home meet at the newly opened UNF Competition Pool Complex.
Feb. 16, 2022: 200 Medley Relay record set by Annie Fletcher, Julianna Graf, Ashley Cozad and Marcia Shaw at the CCSA Championships.
Feb. 20, 2022: 400 Freestyle Relay record set by Ashley Cozad, Taylor Warren, Marcia Shaw and Ashley Kephart at the CCSA Championships, breaking a 10-year old record.
Oct. 15, 2022: Secured the first home win at the UNF Competion Pool Complex against Georgia Southern.
Nov. 17, 2022: Freshman Victoria Torres breaks the program record for the 100-yard breaststroke at the Gamecock Invitational.
Feb. 18, 2023: Freshman Faith Mutschler breaks the program record for the 1,650- and 1,000-yard freestyle in one race at the CCSA Championships.
Aug. 28, 2023: Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving are announced as ASUN sponsored sports.
Nov. 16, 2023: Freshman Kayla Daley breaks the program record for the 100-yard butterfly at the Gamecock Invite, a record that lasted 14 years.
Feb. 24, 2024: Four school records broken at the inaugural Atlantic Sun Swimming and Diving Championships, with the Ospreys securing a fifth place finish.
Mar. 16, 2024: Victoria Torres breaks the program record for the 100-yard breaststroke at the NIC Invite.
Oct. 9, 2024: Victoria Torres earned the program's first-ever ASUN Swimmer of the Week honor.
Feb. 19, 2025: Three Osprey swimmers broke a six-year school record for the 50-yard freestyle with Ashley Kephart taking top honors.
Feb. 22, 2025: Ospreys broke a total of four school records over the course of the four-day meet at the Atlantic Sun Swimming and Diving Championships, while also setting 23 top-ten program times.

ATHLETE HONORS

2 ASUN All-Academic Team
1 ASUN Swimmer of the Week
4 CCSA Swimmers of the Week
12 CSC Academic All-District Team
2 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
2015-16 UNF Female Athlete of the Year
2015 CCSA Swimming Coach of the Year

UNF SWIM RECORDS

50 Freestyle (2024-25)
200 Freestyle Relay (2024-25)
200 Medley Relay (2024-25)
400 Medley Relay (2024-25)
100 Butterfly (2023-24)
100 Breaststroke (2023-24)
400 Freestyle Relay (2023-24)
800 Freestyle Relay (2022-23)
1,000 Freestyle (2022-23)
1,650 Freestyle (2022-23)
100 Backstroke (2017-18)
200 Butterfly (2015-16)

NORTH FLORIDA HIGHLIGHTS

Another first occurred for UNF in its second season as a part of a new conference with a pair of ASUN All-Academic selections from Ashley Kephart and Victoria Torres.
In 2024-25, Coffey led the Ospreys to another team placement of fifth overall at the Atlantic Sun Swimming and Diving Championships, with UNF breaking four or more program records at their conference championship meet for a third year in a row.
For the first time in program history, the Ospreys received Atlantic Sun weekly honors in their second season with the conference, as Victoria Torres was named ASUN Swimmer of the Week after sweeping both breaststroke races.
Four Ospreys qualified and competed at the 2024 National Invitational Championship Invite held in Ocala, Fla.
In 2023-24, Coffey led the Ospreys to a fifth-place finish at the inaugural Atlantic Sun Swimming and Diving Championships, with UNF breaking four program records, tying its total from the previous year.
A program-high four school records were broken at the 2023 CCSA Championships, with two records being broken in one race by freshman Faith Mutschler
The Ospreys set two program records at the 2022 CCSA Championships in the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay, with 11 different swimer tallying finals points.
UNF finished in fifth place in 2020 for its best finish since 2012, beating sixth place thanks to a strong 400 free relay team
In 2018-19, Coffey led the Ospreys to their highest total at the CCSA Championships with 668 and seventh-place finish
In total, the team had 44 final swims to set a school record including Camryn Greenleaf setting the 50 free school record (23.60)
Five UNF swimmers competed in the 2019 National Invitational Championship held at Cleveland State.
In his second year at the helm, Coffey earned Coastal Collegiate Sports Association co-Coach of the Year honors after his swimmers put together one of the best performances in program history at the 2016 CCSA Championships.
His squad came away with eight school records and compiled 470 points, the second highest total in school history.
Throughout the 2015-16 season, his swimmers entered 33 new times into the program's all-time top-10 list.
Since his arrival, Coffey has nearly doubled the size of his roster and added a tremendous amount of depth at each event.
His 2016 recruiting class included 13 newcomers from four different states.
He saw the fruits of his labor as his 2015 recruiting class was responsible for a school record and five entries in the school's all-time top-10 list.
The foundation was laid in year one of his tenure when the team produced a 118-point improvement (without diving) at the 2014-15 CCSA Championships.
Under his guidance, a total of 11 swimmers qualified for evening final sessions in 14 different events in his first season
For their success in the classroom, UNF earned Scholar All-America accolades each semester since Spring 2017
In 2016, Amy Taylor became the program's first, four-time honoree on the CCSA Scholar All-America Team.

PRIOR TO UNF

Coffey came to the Ospreys following a two-year stint as the head coach for the swimming and diving program at Radford University. He took over the Highlander program in 2012 after serving as a head coach at both the collegiate and high school levels, and following stints as a collegiate assistant for several major conference programs.

Prior to his tenure at Radford, Coffey spent four seasons as the head coach at Mansfield University, a Division II program and member of the Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference (PSAC).

A veteran of over 15 years of coaching, Coffey’s career has also included stops at Villanova (2004-08), Syracuse (2002-04) and Virginia Tech (2000-02). As the head coach at Mansfield, two of Coffey’s swimmers produced qualifying times for participation in the PSAC Championships, as did a number of relay teams.

In addition, Coffey helped guide several Villanova swimmers to BIG EAST championships and NCAA qualifying times. With the Wildcats, he not only coached mid-distance, sprint and stroke groups but also was responsible for recruiting national and international level athletes and served as team’s academic coordinator.

PERSONAL

A native of Jenkintown, Pa., Coffey graduated in 1999 from La Salle University with a bachelor’s degree in history.

He also holds a master’s in physical education from Virginia Tech (2002). His coaching career began as head women’s swim coach at Mount St. Joseph’s Academy, while still an undergrad at La Salle.

Coffey is married to UNF Class of 1998 graduate, Lynn Kennedy.

Name	Title	Email Address	Phone	Twitter
Ian Coffey	Head Coach	ian.coffey@unf.edu	(904) 620-1420	@SwimCoachCoffey
Claire Doherty	Assistant Women's Swimming Coach	c.doherty@unf.edu	(904) 620-1421

2017-18 Women's Swimming Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff

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