Rachel Stratton-Mills has joined the coaching staff at Arizona State University. Head coach Bob Bowman confirmed the news to Swimming World.
“I’m extremely excited for this opportunity,” Stratton-Mills said. “It’s great to be back in college coaching and certainly working with Bob and all the great coaches at ASU. There is so much positive energy surrounding the future of the program. I’m thrilled to be a part of it.”
Bowman echoed those thoughts in welcoming Stratton-Mills to his staff.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to have someone with Rachel’s credentials join our staff,” Bowman said. “She has demonstrated success coaching at the international, national and collegiate level. Her wealth of experience will be invaluable as we continue to build the Sun Devil program.”
Rachel Stratton-Mills Photo Courtesy of: Glenn Mills
Stratton-Mills was previously the head coach at Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics in New York City and has previous experience as an assistant in NCAA competition. While at AGUA, she coached Lia Neal onto the U.S. Olympic team in 2012 as a member of the 400 free relay, and Neal helped the Americans capture a bronze medal.
Stratton-Mills left AGUA in 2015 as she and husband Glenn Mills, the founder of GoSwim, took a year-long sabbatical from coaching to travel across the country and visit various swim clubs.
She replaces Misty Hyman on staff with the Sun Devils. Hyman was a senior assistant coach with the program for two years before leaving to pursue other opportunities after the NCAA championships.
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