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Shari Skabelund

Shari Skabelund

TitleRecently Retired Head Coach
Phone(801) 422-8302
OfficeRB 149
Shari Skabelund

Announced retirement April 8, 2024

Pronunciation: "Share-ee Skab-lund"

Coaching Career

  • BYU swimming head coach (2021-2024)
  • BYU assistant coach (1987-2021)
  • Springville High School (Utah) boy's and girl's head swimming coach (1982-87)
  • Specializes in coaching sprints

Coaching Accomplishments

  • Coached BYU men's swimmers Jared Shaw (2019-20) and Payton Sorenson (2015-16) to All-American honors
  • MPSF Coach of the Year (2021-22)
  • Coached BYU swimmers to 17 MPSF Championships (2022-23)
  • Led Springville High School girl's swimming to back-to-back 3A state titles (1985-86)

Swimming Career

  • Competed for BYU (1977-80)
  • BYU's first female swimmer to complete four years of eligibility
  • AIAW Region 18 Champion (100 individual medley, 1978)
  • AIAW Region 18 Champion (100 butterfly, 1980)
  • Advanced to AIAW Nationals (1978, 1979)

Personal

  • Husband's name is Grant, they have four kids

 

BYU swimmer Brad Binns competes in breaststroke at at the 2024 BYU Alumni Meet.
Women's Swimming & Diving

Blue and White Meet to preview Swim and Dive season

BYU men’s swim and dive will preview its 2024-25 team in its annual Blue and White Meet on Friday at 5 p.m. MDT at the Richards Building Pool.

BYU swimmer Abril Arias competes in butterfly at the 2024 BYU Alumni Meet.
Women's Swimming & Diving

Blue and White Meet to preview Swim and Dive season

BYU women’s swim and dive will preview its 2024-25 team in its annual Blue and White Meet on Friday at 5 p.m. MDT at the Richards Building Pool.

Tamber McAllister named BYU swimming and diving head coach
Women's Swimming & Diving

Tamber McAllister named BYU swimming and diving head coach

BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe has announced the hiring of Tamber McAllister as the Cougars’ swimming and diving head coach.

Shari Skabelund Announces Retirement from BYU
Women's Swimming & Diving

Shari Skabelund Announces Retirement from BYU

After nearly 37 years of part-time and full-time coaching at BYU, swimming and diving head coach Shari Skabelund has announced her retirement.

Men's swimming concludes 2023-24 campaign at NCAA Championships
Women's Swimming & Diving

Men's swimming concludes 2023-24 campaign at NCAA Championships

BYU men’s swimming closed the 2023-24 season with three final events at the NCAA Swim and Dive Championships at IU Natatorium on Saturday.

200 medley relay completes historic season at NCAA Championships
Women's Swimming & Diving

200 medley relay completes historic season at NCAA Championships

BYU men’s swimming opened the 2024 NCAA Swim and Dive Championships with 200 medley relay competition at the IU Natatorium on Wednesday.

Men's swim and dive takes third at Big 12 Championships
Women's Swimming & Diving

Men's swim and dive takes third at Big 12 Championships

Two more school records fell as BYU men’s swim and dive finished third at its inaugural Big 12 Swim and Dive Championships at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park on Saturday.

Women's swim and dive takes fifth at Big 12 Championships
Women's Swimming & Diving

Women's swim and dive takes fifth at Big 12 Championships

BYU women’s swim and dive scored 771.5 points to finish fifth at its inaugural Big 12 Swim and Dive Championships with Victoria Schreiber, Mackenzie Lung and Emma Marusakova recording all-conference performances as the meet closed on Saturday at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park.

BYU men's swimmer Jordan Tiffany celebrates at the Big 12 Swim & Dive Championships on Feb. 28, 2024.
Women's Swimming & Diving

Tiffany & Strauss break school records, take All-Big 12 First Team honors

BYU’s Jordan Tiffany and Mickey Strauss added 53 points to the Cougars’ team score with All-Big 12 First Team finishes, and broken school records in day two of the Big 12 Championships at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park on Wednesday.

Men’s 200 medley relay squad breaks school record, meets national qualifying time at Big 12 Championships
Women's Swimming & Diving

Men’s 200 medley relay squad breaks school record, meets national qualifying time at Big 12 Championships

Jordan Tiffany, Brad Prolo, Tanner Edwards and Luigi Riva broke their own 200 medley relay school record and qualified for the NCAA Championships in BYU’s debut at the Big 12 Swim and Dive Championships on Tuesday afternoon.

Relay record falls for BYU women in day one at Big 12 Swim & Dive Championships
Women's Swimming & Diving

Relay record falls for BYU women in day one at Big 12 Swim & Dive Championships

BYU women’s swimmers opened the 2024 Big 12 Swim and Dive Championships with an 800 free relay school record on Tuesday afternoon at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park.

BYU men's swimmers celebrate their 181-113 win over Utah on Feb. 9, 2024.
Women's Swimming & Diving

Four more pool records fall as men’s swim & dive beats Utah 181-113

Brad Prolo and Jordan Tiffany each defended their own Richards Building Pool records on Saturday as BYU men’s swim and dive finished the job with a 181-113 win over rival Utah.

BYU women's swimmers celebrate a win over Air Force and Colorado Mesa on Jan. 20, 2024.
Women's Swimming & Diving

Women's swim and dive scores 766 points, wins home meet

BYU women’s swim and dive churned out five more event wins on its way to defeating Colorado Mesa and Air Force by nearly 200 points at the Richards Building Pool on Saturday.

Men's swim and dive scores 921 points, wins home meet
Women's Swimming & Diving

Men's swim and dive scores 921 points, wins home meet

BYU men’s swim and dive churned out eight more event wins on its way to defeating Colorado Mesa and Air Force by nearly 300 points at the Richards Building Pool on Saturday.

Women's swim and dive concludes competition at Denver, UCLA
Women's Swimming & Diving

Women's swim and dive concludes competition at Denver, UCLA

BYU women’s swim and dive concluded competition in meets at Denver and UCLA on Saturday.

BYU men's swimmer Brad Prolo.
Women's Swimming & Diving

Men's Swimming Sweeps Relays, Snaps Pool Records at Denver

BYU men’s swimming won each of the relay events and brought down three pool records as competition concluded at Denver’s El Pomar Natatorium on Saturday.

BYU women's swimmer Addison Richards.
Women's Swimming & Diving

Women's swim and dive opens weekend at Denver, UCLA

BYU women’s swim and dive completed its opening day of weekend competition at two meets in Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles, California on Friday.

BYU men's swimmer Tanner Edwards.
Women's Swimming & Diving

Men's swim and dive opens weekend at Denver, UCLA

BYU men’s swim and dive completed its opening day of weekend competition at two meets in Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles, California on Friday.

Camacho Salgado’s 71 points lead BYU to win at FIU Sprint Invite
Women's Swimming & Diving

Camacho Salgado’s 71 points lead BYU to win at FIU Sprint Invite

Diego Camacho Salgado scored a team-high 71 points as BYU men’s swimming rolled up 649 points, eight event wins and 18 personal bests on its way to victory at the FIU Sprint Invite at Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center on Wednesday.

Ibáñez, Williams and Reichner lead BYU women at FIU Sprint Invite
Women's Swimming & Diving

Ibáñez, Williams and Reichner lead BYU women at FIU Sprint Invite

Tahis Ibáñez, Halli Williams and Annie Reichner each won sprints as BYU women’s swimming posted 518 points and finished second at the FIU Sprint Invite at Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center on Wednesday.