Doug Schranck was hired as the men's and women's swimming and diving head coach on Nov. 29, 2022. Schranck will begin recruiting in December to get his first squads ready for the 2023-24 academic year.
Schranck has served as the assistant men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Drury University since 2015. He helped the Drury's women's team win five consecutive GLVC championships (2017-20, 2022) and four NCAA Division II runner-up finishes (2017-19 and 2021). He also helped guide the men's squad to three GLVC titles (2016-17, 2021) and three NCAA runner-up finishes (2017, 2021-22).
He helped coached 14 NCAA individual champions and 68 NCAA All-Americans at Drury. He was the lead coach for the distance swimmers and was heavily involved in recruiting for the Panthers.
Schranck got his start in college coaching as a graduate assistant at Arizona State University in 2014. He coordinated on-campus recruiting visits as well as logistics for team travel for the Sun Devils' swimming and diving program during his one year in Tempe, Arizona.
He received his undergraduate degree in finance and management with a minor in economics from Carthage College in 2012 and a master's degree in integrative leadership from Drury in 2022. He set school records at Carthage in the 100 and 200 butterfly and was a two-time conference champion as well as a national qualifier in the 100 butterfly.
