Kelly Kremer

Biography

Kelly Kremer is in his 27th season with the Minnesota swimming and diving staff in 2024-25, currently serving as the Director of Swimming and Diving. Kremer became the first head coach of a combined University of Minnesota men's and women's swimming and diving program on April 12, 2011. He took on this role after 13 years as an assistant, associate head coach and co-head coach with the Gopher men’s and women’s teams. He held the title of head coach until June of 2023 when he became Director of Swimming and Diving. In 2022-23, Kremer mentored Max McHugh on way his to a third straight NCAA title in the 100 breast and a top-three finish in the 200 breast. McHugh became just the seventh male in NCAA history to win three straight 100 breast titles and the eighth to win three titles overall in the event. He also ended his career by finishing no worse than third in either the 100 or 200 breast at the NCAA Championships. The 2021-22 season saw Kremer help McHugh to his second straight NCAA championship in the 100 breast and a national runner-up spot in the 200 breast. McHugh became the third Gopher ever to repeat as national champion when he won the 100 breast in a school record time of 49.90, the second fastest in history. Winning his third national title made McHugh just the ninth Gopher in Minnesota history, across all sports, to win at least three individual titles. Kremer coached McHugh to a pair of 2021 NCAA Championship titles and 2021 Big Ten Conference titles in both the 100