Mike Stephens was named the Associate Head Coach of Stanford Men’s Swimming and Diving on July 10, 2024.
In his first season, Stanford placed eighth at the NCAA Championships, broke school records in six events, and placed second at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships with four individual titles. Stanford had 14 All-Americans -- the third-highest in the country -- and three Academic All-Americans.
Stanford senior Andrei Minakov set a world record in the 400-meter medley relay at the Short Course World Championships in December, 2024, and five Cardinal qualified for the 2025 World Championships.
Stephens joined Stanford after two seasons as the head coach of both Hawai’i men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. He led UH to three MPSF championships -- two for the women and one for the men --- and earned three MPSF Coach of the honors.
Hawai'i swimmers broke conference records 11 times and school records 30 times. Two women's relays advanced to the 2023 NCAA Championships and a men's relay reached nationals in 2024.
Stephens coached Laticia Transom to All-America honors in 2023. Transom, representing New Zealand, went on to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Three of his swimmers won gold medals at the 2024 Polish Olympic Trials, two reached championship finals at the 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials, and three qualified for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Stephens previously coached Boston College to 171 school-record performances, including 41 alone in his final year with the Eagles in 2022. His athletes also achieved 29 NCAA consideration times and zone diving scores during his five seasons as head coach.
The only non-scholarship program in the ACC, Boston College had three Olympic Trials qualifiers in 2021 under Stephens, the first in program history. In addition, the women regularly topped all the other varsity teams on campus in team GPA.
Stephens was named assistant coach for the Barbados national team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. He coached Olympian, Alex Sobers, in preparation for major competitions including the Olympics and World Championships. He developed the overall training plan that resulted in six national records and three Olympic selection times.
Stephens, a native of Olney, Maryland, is a graduate of Boston College, earning his bachelor's in finance in 2012 and his master's in higher education leadership and developmental psychology in 2012.
Stephens was a four-time letterwinner at B.C. and captained the team as a senior. Upon graduation, he held the school record in the 200 medley relay and was among the top five in the 100 and 200 breaststroke.