Shane Whildin, who came to The Farm along with head coach Lea Maurer, spent six seasons as Stanford's assistant women's coach, ending in the spring of 2011.
In his six seasons as an assistant, the Cardinal have never finished lower than fifth at the national championships. The 2009-10 team were the national runners-up, finishing a mere 2.5 points behind Florida after a third place national finish in 2008.
An integral part of all aspects of Stanford's program, Whildin has helped guide the Cardinal to a combined 57-4 dual meet record over six seasons. The Cardinal had at least 15 All-America top-16 finishes at the NCAA meet in each of his six seasons, including all five relays each season.
Whildin helped coach two of the greatest swimmers in Stanford swimming in Olympic medalists Julia Smit and Elaine Breeden. Both Academic All-Americans as well, the duo won multiple NCAA individual titles as well as the team's first Pac-10 title since 2001, in 2010.
Prior to arriving at Stanford, Whildin spent a year and a half working with Maurer as an assistant senior swim coach for Scout Aquatics, a club team in Lake Forest (Ill.) formed by Maurer in 2002. Whildin was also a professional in the Health and Physical Education department at Lake Forest High School, where Maurer coached the national prep power before being named the head coach at Stanford on May 20, 2005.
After graduating with a degree in communications and business from Missouri in 2003, Whildin spent a year as a search consultant at Timeline Recruiting, a physician placement firm in Columbia, Missouri.
He was a four-year member of the men's swimming and diving team while at Missouri, serving as a team captain in his junior season and twice receiving the Missouri Team Leadership Award. Whildin's best 100 butterfly time ranked among the school's top-five at the time he recorded the mark. He was also a two-time qualifier for the Olympic Trials.
Whildin and his wife, Jenny, welcomed their first child in the summer of 2009.