Head Coach: Max Obermiller

Office Phone: 931/598-1546

email: mobermil@sewanee.edu

MAX OBERMILLER is in his 11th year as swimming and diving coach at the University of the South, with a dual meet record of 152-58 prior to the 2004-05 seasons.

His overall college record is 257-88.

During his Sewanee tenure, his teams have set all 42 school swimming and diving records, while the 1999 team set records for wins (women, 14; men, 12) and won the 1999 SCAC women's title.

In addition, Obermiller's teams have earned national academic honors for 17 consecutive semesters.

Highest National Finish: At the 2000 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship, the Sewanee men's and women's teams recorded their highest finish ever. The men finished 24th in the nation, led by All-American diver Jon Morris' second place finish in the 3m diving and third in the 1m diving.

The women placed 34th and boasted their first ever All-American in JH Chapman (6th in the 200 freestyle). Since 1997, Sewanee has had 10 All-American finishes at Nationals.

Obermiller has coached five athletes who have won nine SCAC Athletes of the Year Awards.

* JH Chapman - three-time Female Swimmer of the Year recipient (1999-2000-2001)

* Lizzi Land - three-time Female Swimmer of the Year(2002-2003-2004)

* Keith Salazar - 2000 Male Swimmer of the Year.

* Jon Morris - 1999 Male Diver of the Year

* Mackenzie Johnson - 1999 Female Diver of the Year

Obermiller was voted the 1999 SCAC Women's Coach of the Year.

A native of Grinnell, Iowa, Obermiller earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Beloit College (Wisc.) in 1979. He earned his master's in exercise and sports science from East Carolina in 1989.

Obermiller lives in Sewanee, Tenn. and has three children: Erik, 20, Rachel, 18, and Anna, 14.

 

 

Assistant Coach: Sarah Stayer

Phone: 931/598-2257

email: sestayer@sewanee.edu

Sarah Stayer is currently in her first year as Sewanee's assistant diving coach.  She is also a head dorm resident on Sewanee's residential campus.  A recent graduate of Grinnell College, the Houston, Texas native was a two-time Honorable Mention All-American and a four-time Midwest Conference diving champion. She won both the one-meter and three-meter diving competitions at the 2003 and 2004 Midwest Conference Championships. She was a biological chemistry major and a two-time Midwest Conference All-Academic selection.

 

Assistant Coach: Stephanie Badylak

Office Phone: 931/598-3364

email: @sewanee.edu
Stephanie Badylak will enter her first season as Sewanee's assistant swim coach, assisting veteran coach Max Obermiller with the Tiger swim and dive program. She comes to the Mountain from Hillsdale, Michigan, where she was most recently assistant women's swim coach and teacher in the Physical Education department at Hillsdale College.

Prior to Hillsdale, Badylak coached at SUNY Geneseo from 2003-05. Coach Badylak also has experience at the high school level and has been a swim camp counselor.  The Hartwick College grad (B.A. Biology) was a four-year swimmer who holds several records and was the 2001 conference champion in the 400 freestyle relay.