Loras Swimming Camps

Head Coach

Nick Wyllie

Nick Wyllie became the head coach of the Loras College men's and women's swimming and diving program in 2019.

Coach Wyllie led the Loras Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams to a successful 2022-23 season.  The Men’s team finished with a 6-3 record and finished 3rd in the inaugural American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Championships.  The Women’s team finished with a 4-5 record and a 5th place finish in the inaugural A-R-C Championships.  Seven Duhawks earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Honors in Christopher Grunke, Jr., Brad LaGrange, Payton Markowski, Kinsey Bogen, Taylor Hrabak, Nina Schiro, and Ellianna Stine.  Schiro also claimed two Second Team All-Conference honors.  Schiro, Emma Pajtash, Molly Strohmeyer, and Annie Quinn earned Third Team All-Conference honors in the 400-yard medley relay.  On the men’s side, Caden Gillmore and Brad LaGrange earned five Third Team All-Conference honors.  Joey Kock, Brian Day, Austin Jorgensen, Connor Smith, Charles Holmes, Noah James, and Gannon Harrington all earned All-Conference honors.

The shortened 2020-21 season marked Wyllie's second season at the helm of the Loras College swim and dive program. The season opened on a historic high note, as the Duhawks claimed a tight 115-110 victory over the Coe College Kohawks. The victory was the first time the Duhawks had beaten the Kohawks in seven years. At the Conference Championship meet, the men's team placed third while the women placed fourth and was highlighted by a Championship performance by Sarah Shafer, who finished first in the 100 yard backstroke. Academically, the teams' successes in the classroom led to the men's team earning their sixth straight College Swimming and Diving Coaches of America Association (CSCAA) All-America honor with a 3.13 team GPA and the women claimed their eight straight with a 3.6 team GPA.

In his first season with the Duhawks, the team saw four new team records broken, nine new top-five times in Loras history, and one NCAA “B” qualifying time. Along with the success in the pool, the teams excelled in the classroom. The CSCAA selected the men's and women's swimming and diving teams as Scholar All-America Teams for the 2020 season and honored senior Shafter as one of the 1,479 student-athletes to earn individual Scholar All-America status.

He joined the Duhawks' staff after serving as the full time men’s and women’s assistant swim and triathlon coach at Millikin University.  During his time at Millikin, the Big Blue swim team broke four new team records as well as recorded 47 new top-10 times in school history. The team also scored the most points in their championship meet than they had scored in the last 13 seasons. Wyllie was also a part of the Millikin women’s triathlon team's inaugural season where they placed third in the nation for NCAA Division III.

Prior to Millikin, Wyllie spent a year with San Diego State University. While at San Diego State, the team went undefeated in dual meets finishing with a perfect 8-0 record and second-place finish at the 2017 Mountain West Conference Championships. The SDSU team accomplished 27 All-time Top-10 performances in school history and set one new school record.

Prior to SDSU, Wyllie spent two seasons as the head swim coach at San Diego High School, leading his program to a combined record of 24-8, with the girls team going 14-2 over that time. The girls team won back-to-back league titles and had their first top-10 finish at the CIF Championships in a decade. During the two seasons, the team set 19 team records and scored more points at their championship meet in 2017 than they had in the last ten years combined.

Wyllie has an American Swim Coaches Association Level 3 certification and is a certified CrossFit L-1 Trainer and ACTION Certified Personal Trainer.  Wyllie was a trainer and coach at CrossFit Stronghold in San Diego, California. He privately coached a client to become the No. 24-ranked powerlifter in the country for his age and weight class.

Wyllie competed collegiately for East Carolina University before finishing his degree at Michigan State University. At Birmingham Seaholm High School, Wyllie was a multiple All-State and All-American swimmer and was the captain of 2011 MHSAA State Champions.

Wyllie earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a Minor in Health Promotion from Michigan State University.