University of North Carolina Athletics
Swimming & Diving
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- Assistant Coach
Randy Erlenbach is now in his 17th year of working with the swimming program at the University of North Carolina. Like most Tar Heel swim coaches, Erlenbach is familiar with success. His performance as an assistant swimming coach at Carolina and as the head coach of the North Carolina Aquatic Club has been quite remarkable. Erlenbach is simply one of the most gifted swimming coaches in the nation.
United States Swimming consistently names Erlenbach to its International Coaches List, an honor going only to the most elite coaches in the United States. He was first named to that list in 1997 and continues to be a member of that prestigious company.
Erlenbach, a former four-year swimming letterman at Duke University was also an assistant coach at Clemson University before joining the Tar Heels.
He also serves as the head swimming coach of the North Carolina Aquatic Club, an age group and master's swimming program based in Chapel Hill, N.C., in addition to performing his duties as an assistant coach for Carolina's men's and women's teams. He is also the director of the annual Carolina Swimming Camps conducted each summer on the UNC campus.
As the coach at NCAC, Erlenbach has been very successful at developing local swimming talent. Several members of Tar Heel teams have been former NCAC swimmers. In addition, Erlenbach has coached a talented array of age group swimmers who have gone on to earn scholarships at other NCAA Division I institutions.
He was named the United States Swimming North Carolina Coach of the Year in 1995, 1997 and 2000 for his work with the North Carolina Aquatic Club.
Erlenbach, 47, is a native of Brookfield, Conn., and a 1981 Duke University graduate. He co-captained the Blue Devil swimming team in his last season. After graduating from Duke, Erlenbach served as an assistant swimming coach with the Wilton (Conn.) YMCA Wahoos team for a year and then was the head coach of the Durham (N.C.) Aquatic Club for two years.
From 1984 to 1989, Erlenbach served as the aquatics supervisor for the city of Lenoir, N.C. He also served as the head swimming coach for the Caldwell County Swim Team.
After a year working as a registered representative for Edward D. Jones and Company, he returned to college coaching as an assistant swimming coach at Clemson for the 1990-91 school year. He moved to Chapel Hill to take his current position in 1991.
Erlenbach and his wife, Sian Hunter, enjoy biking, hiking and fishing in their spare time.
