Dan Schemmel

Head Coach, Alto Swim Club

Dan Schemmel is Stanford's Goldman Family Director of Men’s Swimming.

Schemmel has led Stanford to multiple top 10 NCAA team finishes the past four years. School records in 13 events -- nine individual and four relays -- have fallen under Schemmel, including six in 2025. In addition, 34 different swimmers and divers have earned All-America honors in Schemmel's Stanford tenure and eight have been named Academic All-Americans.

In 2024, two active Stanford swimmers, Ron Polonsky and Jonathan Tan advanced to the Paris Olympic Games, with Polonsky reaching the semifinals in the 100-meter breaststroke and 200 individual medley, placing 12th in the latter.

Prior to Stanford, Schemmel spent three seasons as head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs at University of Hawai’i. The women won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship each season while the men captured their first conference championship since 2006. Under his leadership, Hawai’i produced a 57 individual conference champions, 42 school records, 20 conference records and six All-Americans.