Joining the Cardinal program in the summer of 2012, Scott Armstrong is in his fourth season as assistant coach at Stanford.
In each of his first three seasons at Stanford, the Cardinal finished no lower than 9th at the NCAA Championships, extending their streak to 35 consecutive years in the top-10. Six school records have been set during Armstrong's time on The Farm.
Working primarily with the distance and IM groups, Armstrong mentored standout student-athletes Maxwell Williamson, (Pan American bronze medalist) Curtis Ogren (400 IM school record) and David Nolan, who compiled 3 individual national titles and in 2015 set the NCAA, US Open, and American Record in the 200 IM.
In the Pac-12, Stanford’s IM and Distance group has dominated the conference championships, putting 5 swimmers in the championship final each of the last 2 seasons and winning the 1650 in two out of three championships. Internationally Armstrong’s swimmers have competed in the World University and Pan American Games.
Armstrong has been instrumental in compiling one of the top 5 recruiting classes in the nation in each of his years on The Farm, and is involved with every aspect of the program.
Armstrong came to Stanford with a breadth of experience at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club and with USA Swimming.
Starting at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club in 2003 where he worked with Olympic coaches Murray Stephens, Bob Bowman and Paul Yetter, Armstrong helped implement the training plan for the senior elite group that included Olympians Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff and many other USA National Team members.
Working his way through the ranks, Armstrong was named Associate Head Coach at NBAC in 2009 and for the next two seasons the club was USA Swimming's No. 1 ranked team in Club Excellence, a first in program history.
In addition to his time at the NBAC, Armstrong was a USA National Junior Team coach and the Head Coach of the USA Women's Team that won the 2010 Junior Pan Pacific title for the first time in USA Swimming history.
A 2003 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Armstrong was an 18-time All-American swimmer and team captain in 2003, helping Johns Hopkins to NCAA D-III runner-up finishes in both 2002 and 2003. Armstrong was awarded the C.Gardner Mallonee Award presented to the graduating athlete who contributed the most to the athletic department among all sports.
In 2015 Armstrong was inducted into the Johns Hopkins Athletics Hall of Fame.
Armstrong is the former NCAA DIII record holder in the 1,650 freestyle. And over a decade later still holds the 400 IM record at his alma mater.
Scott and his wife, Toni, reside in East Palo Alto with their son, Owen.