Bringing a decade of Division I experience as a student-athlete and coach to Schenectady, Molly Chamberlain was named the next head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams at Union College on May 19 and will begin her first season at the helm in 2022-23.
Chamberlain will assume her first head coaching role after spending the last four years as an assistant coach at Yale University. She served as the recruiting coordinator for the Bulldogs’ women’s team, trained the team’s middle distance swimmers, and also played a role in managing team operations throughout the year. In her three seasons, the women’s team posted a combined 27-1 dual-meet record and three straight top-three finishes at the Ivy League Championships, including second-place results in 2019 and 2022.
Chamberlain previously spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart University, where she played a role in all facets of the Division I women’s program, including scheduling, recruiting, practice planning and meet preparation. The Pioneers posted a 16-9 dual-meet record during her time on campus, including a program-record 9-2 mark and a third-place finish at the ECAC Winter Championships in 2016-17.
Chamberlain is no stranger to the Capital Region, having spent three years on the swimming team and four years on the water polo team at Siena College from 2007-11. She still holds three individual school records at the school in the 100 free, 200 free and 500 free, all of which came during the 2009-10 season in which she was named team MVP, and is a part of the school-record 200 free, 400 free and 200 medley relays as well. She also spent four seasons as a volunteer coach at her alma mater after graduating from the school in 2011 with a bachelor’s of arts in social work.
