Allyson Sweeney - Swimming & Diving Coach - University of North Carolina Athletics

Allyson Sweeney

Title:
Assistant Swimming Coach
Email:
aasween@email.unc.edu
Phone:
919-962-6000

Allyson Sweeney joined the North Carolina Swimming and Diving staff in July 2019. A standout performer in the pool at Texas A&M, Sweeney came to Carolina after spending the previous season as a volunteer assistant at Auburn.

"I’m honored and humbled beyond measure to have been granted the opportunity join the University of North Carolina swimming and diving coaching staff by Mark Gangloff and the UNC administration," Sweeney says. "Having a legacy of high academic and athletic excellence, which permeates throughout campus and surrounding areas, I’m extremely enthused to begin serving the UNC community and program.Thank you - to Gary Taylor and all of Auburn swimming and diving for allowing the opportunity for personal development and growth, while simultaneously accepting me as part of the Auburn family; to the numerous coaches and athletes over the years who have influenced and shaped my career; and to my family for their everlasting love and support. I am excited for our future and eager to begin our work! Go Heels!"

Sweeney currently coaches the Tar Heel distance groups. During Sweeney’s time at Carolina, she has guided athletes to qualify for the NCAA Championships and earn All-America status, while also landing athletes on the All-ACC and All-Academic ACC teams. Additionally, nearly all members of the Tar Heel distance group were named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Sweeney helped lead the Auburn women to a 12th-place finish at the 2019 NCAA Championships, its best showing in seven years. The Tigers had 11 individuals earn All-America honors, and their point total of 146 was their best since the 2012 team placed seventh with 249 points.

Sweeney spend the 2017-18 season as an assistant at Florida Southern, where the men's team placed fourth at nationals and the women took 18th. She also spent time as the head coach of Lakeland Area Swimming, working with the top senior and high school level athletes in the area.

Prior to her move to Florida, Sweeney served as the head age group coach for Swim Atlanta – Midway in Cumming, Ga. During her two years with Swim Atlanta, she oversaw the development of the location's age group swimming and strength and conditioning training programs, producing several 14U Georgia state champions and Georgia zone team qualifiers.

Sweeney swam at Texas A&M for four years and was a member of two Big 12 championship teams. A four-time Texas A&M Scholar-Athlete, three-time Big 12 Scholar-Athlete and four-time CSCAA Scholar All-American, she graduated with a degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in exercise physiology in 2013. She returned to A&M and earned a master's in kinesiology with an emphasis in sports physiology in May 2015.