Hannah Saiz – Head Ladies’s and Males’s Swimming & Diving Coach – Staff Directory

Hannah Saiz was tabbed as head coach of the Penguins’ males’s and girls’s swimming and diving applications on May, 1, 2026.

A local of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Saiz spent the previous three seasons as an assistant at West Point. Saiz, previously an NCAA Division III nationwide champion as a swimmer at Kenyon College, had earlier teaching stops at Kenyon, Boston University, St. Norbert College, and Mount Vernon High School (Ohio).

At West Point, Saiz assisted the Director of Swimming and Diving, Brandt Nigro, whereas additionally serving as the lads’s recruiting coordinator for the Black Knights.

Saiz spent the 2022-23 season at Boston University, the place she was the Associate Head Coach and oversaw recruiting for the Terriers. While at Boston, Saiz guided two student-athletes to 3 NCAA B cuts, whereas additionally serving to the group set 5 new program data. She helped run this system for 3 months after the retirement of Head Coach Bill Smyth.

Before Boston University, Saiz spent three seasons at St. Norbert College, the place she was the Head Coach and Aquatics Director, main the Green Knights to a large number of successes. While at St. Norbert, each the lads’s and girls’s applications tied their highest group finishes at their convention meet, respectively, whereas attaining six particular person, 5 relay championship titles, and one convention document.

Saiz returned to her alma mater, Kenyon College, as an interim and Volunteer Assistant Coach from 2017-19. While at Kenyon, she oversaw the dash group, whereas additionally enjoying an enormous position within the recruitment of student-athletes.

Aside from collegiate teaching, Saiz was the Head Swim Coach at Mount Vernon (Ohio) High School from 2017-19.

Outside of the pool, Saiz was a council member of the USA Swimming Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Council and an Athlete Representative with the USA Swimming Safe Sport Committee.

Saiz had a historic profession as a swimmer herself. She was a 2013 NCAA Division III nationwide champion within the 200-yard butterfly at Kenyon College earlier than persevering with her post-collegiate swimming profession at Schroeder YMCA in Milwaukee. Saiz completed eighth within the 200-yard butterfly on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials and went on to win the 2016 U.S. Open Championship within the occasion. A member of the 2016-17 U.S. National Team, Saiz was ranked within the prime 50 on the earth in 2015 and 2016 and was ranked 67th in 2017.