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Dean Brownley 2025

Dean Brownley

Dean Brownley took over the Centre College swim team in 2001-02 after coaching at Campbellsville University for eight years, where he built an NAIA national powerhouse.

While at Centre, Brownley has compiled a record of 488-208-2. Brownley has won 12 conference Coach of the Year awards during his tenure with the Colonels, including a sweep of the Southern Athletic Association Men's and Women's Coach of the Year awards for the 2012-13 season. Brownley's swimmers and divers have earned 36 different All-America honors.

His All-American student-athletes from Centre include Meredith Angel, Amelia Blankenbeker, Elise Burch, Lauren Gates, Chloe Grove, Hunter Hayes, Sarah Hayhurst, Annie Holmes, Hadley Judson, Caroline Lee, Colleen Maggard, Greer Manger, Holly Oatman, Dustin Schulten, Lis Starr, Clark Weber and Callie West.

In his eight years coaching at Campbellsville he had 4 individual national champions, two Olympic qualifiers, 54 all-Americans, 42 honorable mention all- Americans, and his teams finished as high as 3rd in the country. During his tenure with Campbellsville, he won conference coach of the year four times and National Coach of the Year in 1998.

Coach Brownley is a graduate of the University of Louisville, receiving his BS in Education with an emphasis in Sports Administration. Dean is married and has three children. He and wife Jamie have two sons, Heath and Hogan, and one daughter, Regan.



 

Year Men Women Overall School Awards
1992-93 2-1 0-3 2-4 Campbellsville
1993-94 3-2 3-2 8-8 Campbellsville
1994-95 4-2 5-1 17-11 Campbellsville
1995-96 5-3 7-1 29-15 Campbellsville
1996-97 6-3 7-2 42-20 Campbellsville KIAC Women's Champion
1997-98 9-0 7-2 58-22 Campbellsville KIAC Men's & Women's Champion; KIAC Coach of the Year; NAIA National Coach of the Year
1998-99 5-3 6-2 69-27 Campbellsville KIAC Coach of the Year
1999-00 6-5 8-3 83-35 Campbellsville Bluegrass Mountain Women's Champion
2001-02 3-5 5-3 91-43 Centre
2002-03 5-6 7-4 103-53 Centre
2003-04 6-5 7-4 116-62 Centre
2004-05 6-5 7-4 129-71 Centre
2005-06 11-6 11-6 151-83 Centre
2006-07 12-3 13-2 176-88 Centre Women's Conference Coach of the Year
2007-08 10-4 12-3 198-95 Centre Women's Conference Coach of the Year
2008-09 10-6 15-2 223-103 Centre Men's Conference Coach of the Year
2009-10 5-7 12-1 240-111 Centre
2010-11 7-5 10-2 257-118 Centre Women's Conference Coach of the Year
2011-12 10-4-1 12-4 279-126-1 Centre Women's Conference Coach of the Year
2012-13 7-6 10-4 296-136-1 Centre SAA Men's & Women's Champion; SAA Men's & Women's Coach of the Year
2013-14 10-4 7-7 313-147-1 Centre SAA Men's Champion; SAA Men's Coach of the Year
2014-15 11-1 7-5 331-153-1 Centre
2015-16 3-7 4-6 338-166-1 Centre
2016-17 9-3 10-2 357-171-1 Centre SAA Men's Coach of the Year
2018-19 9-4 10-3 376-178-1 Centre
2019-20 10-2 10-2 396-182-1 Centre SAA Women's Coach of the Year
2020-21 5-2 7-0 408-184-1  Centre
2021-22 7-4-1 7-5 422-193-2 Centre SAA Women's Coach of the Year
2022-23 10-2 11-1 443-196-2 Centre SAA Women's Coach of the Year
2023-24 11-2 10-3 464-201-2 Centre
2024-25 11-5 13-2 488-208-2 Centre SAA Women's Champion