Head Coach

Dean Brownley took over the Centre College swim team in 2001-02 after coaching at Campbellsville University for eight years, where he built an NAIA national powerhouse.

 

While at Centre, Brownley has compiled a record of 345-172-2 in dual meets, bringing his overall record to 409-201-2. Brownley has won ten conference Coach of the Year awards during his tenure with the Colonels, including a sweep of the Southern Athletic Association Men's and Women's Coach of the Year awards for the 2012-13 season. Brownley's swimmers and divers have earned 33 different All-America honors.

 

His All-American student-athletes from Centre include Meredith Angel, Amelia Blankenbeker, Elise Burch, Lauren Gates, Chloe Grove, Hunter Hayes, Sarah Hayhurst, Annie Holmes, Hadley Judson, Caroline Lee, Colleen Maggard, Greer Manger, Holly Oatman, Dustin Schulten, Lis Starr, Clark Weber and Callie West.

 

In his eight years coaching at Campbellsville he had 4 individual national champions, two Olympic qualifiers, 54 all-Americans, 42 honorable mention all- Americans, and his teams finished as high as 3rd in the country. During his tenure with Campbellsville he won conference coach of the year four times and National coach of the year in 1998.

 

Coach Brownley is a graduate of the University of Louisville, receiving his BS in Education with an emphasis in Sports Administration. Dean is married and has three children. He and wife Jamie have two sons, Heath and Hogan, and one daughter, Regan.