Adriana Contreras Named Assistant Coach for Swimming and Diving – UK Athletics

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky swimming & diving Head Coach Bret Lundgaard introduced the addition of Adriana Contreras as an assistant swim coach for the Kentucky Swimming and Diving program, bringing teaching expertise on the NCAA Division I and membership stage.

“We are excited to welcome Adriana to BBN,” Lundgaard mentioned. “She has a proven track record of making a positive impact on every program and person she works with. Her energy, professionalism, work ethic, and passion for developing student-athletes will be tremendous assets to our team and the overall experience our athletes have at Kentucky.”

Prior to Kentucky, Contreras spent the 2022–2026 seasons on the University of Nevada, the place she labored primarily with the dash and IM teams whereas helping throughout all areas of this system.

During her time with the Wolf Pack, Nevada noticed notable aggressive progress, together with 4 NCAA Championship qualifiers, 10 faculty data, and 40 program prime 10 performances. She was additionally named recruiting coordinator in 2023 following this system’s 18-athlete recruiting class.

Before her time at Nevada, Contreras held a number of Division I teaching positions, serving as a volunteer assistant at UC Davis (2021–2022) and dealing on the University of the Pacific as an assistant coach (2018–2019) and director of operations (2017–2018). Her membership teaching expertise contains serving as a nationwide group coach at DART Swimming (2019–2022), the place she primarily led dash coaching and guided athletes to nationwide, junior nationwide, futures, and sectional ranges. She additionally labored with senior-level athletes at Lodi Swim Club (2018–2019) and age group swimmers at Tiger Aquatics (2015–2018).

Contreras can be actively concerned with USA Swimming, contributing to nationwide group improvement initiatives and coach training efforts. She serves on the USA Swimming Sports Medicine Committee and has supported a number of nationwide camps and management applications, together with the 2026 National Diversity Select Camp, National Diversity Select Camp (2024) as supervisor, Southern Regional Diversity Camp (2022) as head coach, Central Zone Diversity Camp (2020) as assistant coach, National Diversity Camp (2019) as assistant coach, Western Zone Select Camp (2017) as assistant supervisor, Western Zone Diversity Camp (2018) as assistant coach, in addition to participation within the 2019 USA Swimming Leadership Summit and LSC Leadership Summit.

“Adriana is someone who genuinely connects with people, builds trust, and elevates the environment around her,” Lundgaard mentioned. “We are thrilled to have her join our staff and are confident she will play an important role in the continued growth of our program and culture at Kentucky.”