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Eileen Bringman

Coaching Experience
• Assistant Coach, Cornell University (2021-present)
• Senior Assistant Coach, Lakeside Aquatic Club, Keller, Texas (2021)
• Head Coach, Lake Shore Swim Club, Cleveland, Ohio (2012-21)
• Head Coach, Fairview High School, Cleveland, Ohio (2012-18)

 Honors and Accomplishments
• Lake Erie Swimming Senior Coach of the Year (2020)
• USA Swimming Leadership Conference Participant (2019)
• Team Ohio Mid-State All-Star Coach (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Team Lake Erie Zone Coach (2012, 2018, 2021)

Education
• B.S., Exercise Science, Pacific University (2010) 

At Cornell 
Bringman joined the Cornell women's swimming and diving staff as an assistant coach in December 2021.

In three seasons, she has overseen 76 all-time top 10 marks in program history, including 13 school records (eight individual, five relays). She has helped develop Emilie Boisrenoult '24, who was a part of seven different school records during her first season at Cornell in 2022, including the 100 Butterfly, which had stood unbeaten since 2014 before the 2022-23 season. 

Prior to Cornell 
Bringman joins the Big Red women’s swimming and diving staff after spending the last 10 years coaching on both the high school and club scenes. She most recently served as the Senior Assistant Coach for the Lakeside Aquatic Club in Keller, Texas, acting as the lead coach for the club’s highest-performing 11- to 18-year-olds. This came after Bringman served as the head coach of the Lake Shore Swim Club in Cleveland, growing the club from 80 to 200 athletes and seeing its first Olympic Trials, Junior National Qualifiers, and multiple nationally ranked age group swimmers. She was named the Lake Erie Swimming Senior Coach of the Year in 2020 for her efforts.

During this same time frame, Bringman acted as the head coach at Fairview High School from 2012-18, practically building the program from the ground up. She developed a recreational program to feed into the high school program, growing the team from 11 to 40 athletes. Under Bringman’s guidance, Fairview went from last place to finishing among the top 10 in the region, as multiple athletes qualified for the state championships and broke team records.

In addition, Bringman has coached multiple camps and clinics over the years, including the United States Naval Academy’s and Northwestern University’s swim camps. She was a three-time Team Ohio Mid-State All-Star Coach from 2017-19 and the Team Lake Erie Zone Coach in 2012, 2018, and 2021. A 2019 USA Swimming Leadership Conference participant, Bringman looks forward to helping the Big Red harness its leadership capabilities.

As a student-athlete, Bringman swam for Pacific University, breaking six program records, including the 100 and 200 Backstroke. She also served as team captain her senior year and president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Bringman graduated from Pacific in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science.

*Updated April 2024