Caitlin Hamilton is in her third season as Assistant Coach and Women’s Recruiting Coordinator at IUPUI, having joined the program in the Summer of 2015.
Last season was highlighted with numerous program firsts for the Jaguars. With the program achieving their highest ever combined finish at the Summit League Championship with both programs finishing 2nd overall. At the Championships, 18 program records were broken and 3 NCAA B cut times were achieved and Olivia Treski was named newcomer of the meet. Both programs earned CSCAA Scholar All-American honors for the Fall and Spring semesters.
During the 2015-2016 season the Jaguar men finished 2nd and the women finished 4th at the Summit League Championships. Highlighting the Championship was Jon Stoller winning the 200 Breast. Overall the Jaguars broke 19 program records, achieved 3 NCAA B cuts and Maranda Buha was named a CSCAA HM Scholar All American.
Previous to IUPUI, Hamilton worked with the University of Wyoming as an Assistant Coach of the combined program. While at Wyoming, she coached the mid-distance, distance and individual medley swimmers. During her tenure, the Cowboys finished 3rd at the Western Athletic Conference Championships (M) and 4th at the Mountain West Conference Championships (W). Overall finishing the year with 1 NCAA qualifier, 4 Conference Champions, and 8 NCAA B Cuts.
In the previous season, she worked as an undergraduate Assistant Coach for Purdue University. With the Boilers, again working mainly with the mid-distance freestyle and individual medley swimmers. The swimmers ended the season with a 25th place finish at NCAAs from 7 swimmers and 3 divers qualifying. The Boilermakers also had a 7th place finish at the Big Ten Championships that year with 2 program and 2 freshman records broken. Hamilton also had roles in the Purdue athletic department as an intern for Purdue's Athletic Development Department, the John Purdue Club.
As a student-athlete at Purdue, Hamilton earned All-America honors in the 1,650 freestyle during the 2009-10 season. She also earned Honorable Mention All-America honors the following season. She was a two time Second Team All-Big Ten and three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. On the National scene, Hamilton was a two time Olympic Trials qualifier in the 400 and 800-meter freestyle events.
Hamilton graduated from Purdue in the spring of 2014 with degrees in Movement and Sport Science, as well as a degree in Public Health. In the spring of 2017, she graduated with a Masters of Kinesiology from Indiana University.
