Kyle Clements Position: Head Coach Experience: Second Season Alma Mater: Ball State, 2007

In just his second season as head men's and women's swimming and diving coach, Kyle Clements has already made his mark and continues to raise the bar to a very high level for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

After two seasons as the top assistant for UWM, Clements was named head coach last season and immediately produced a champion. In just his first season at the helm, he led both the men's and women's teams to an impressive 10-3 overall record, with the men winning the Horizon League Championship for the second-straight season. Clements also was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year for men's swimming in just his first year on the job.

"Kyle has been an instrumental part of Milwaukee swimming for the past three years," Milwaukee Director of Athletics Rick Costello said. "Through his efforts, our program has continued to perform at a high level of success in the Horizon League year in and year out. We look forward to Kyle leading our program this year and for years to come."

The incredible achievements by the team have rewritten the record book, as 46 total records were eclipsed 68 different times in just his first year at the helm. Clements has also helped coach 24 individual league champions over the course of the past three seasons and sent the first-ever female in Horizon League history and the first ever Panther to swim in the NCAA Championships last year. Of those 24 league champs, eight broke league records in the process.

"We can not wait to see what this year brings for the UWM swimming and diving programs," Clements said. "Coming off two fantastic seasons bringing us championships, league records, school records, and an NCAA appearance - we want more. We look to continue and build on the success from last year.

"Each athlete here has their own personal goals, but each person's number one goal is a team championship. This is an attitude that we will take into each practice, meet, and into the weight room. Personal success is very important, but each member of this program has committed themselves to that goal. When you make that commitment to something bigger than yourself and you do all that you can to reach it, no matter what the final conference place is, you're going to be a champion."

The 31 dual victories by the women's team over the past three years mark the highest three-year total in program history. The 13 victories in 2008-09 also set a school mark. On the men's side, 27 dual victories marks the highest three-year total since 1996 and the team posted three-straight winning seasons for the first time since 2000.

Clements came to Milwaukee from Marshall University, where he served as the volunteer assistant coach for the women's swimming & diving team in his last season.

Clements earned his undergraduate degree in aquatics from Ball State in 2007, while also minoring in teaching aquatics. He spent four years as a student assistant coach for the Ball State swim team while earning his degree.