Barry Schreifels was named the head coach of the Cal Lutheran men's and women's swimming and diving programs in 2018.
After several years with multiple NCAA qualifiers who achieved All-American status, Schreifels coached the program's first NCAA champion as Luke Rodarte won the 100-yard Breast in 2022. Rodarte also became Cal Lutheran's first USA Olympic Trials qualifier in program history. During Schreifels' tenure, the Regals and Kingsmen have been named NCAA Academic All-America every year. This past season, in 2024, Cole Weiderman earned NCAA All-American status in the 1650-yard Free.
Schreifels comes to Cal Lutheran with 24 years of coaching experience at the Division I level. He was the assistant coach at Ohio University from 1986-89. He went on to be an assistant at Arizona State from 1989-93 where he worked with over a dozen Olympic swimmers. Schreifels then accepted the head coaching job at California State University Northridge (CSUN) in 1993 and was the coach there through 2010.
While at CSUN, the women’s team earned Academic All-American by College Swim Coaches Association 12 times. His swimmers were conference champions 18 times, broke team records 43 times and qualified for the NCAA Division I Swimming Championships three times. He coached swimmers to national records in Mexico, Finland, and Turkey.
Over his career at the three colleges, Schreifels coached the individual U.S. National Champion in the 200-meter freestyle in 1990, was named Pacific Swim Conference Coach of the Year in 1995 and, while at CSUN, he served as the Director of Aquatics.
Schreifels graduated from Western Washington University with a bachelor's in secondary history education in 1984. He went onto Ohio University and earned a master’s in science, athletic administration.
Schreifels is a member of the College Swim Coaches Association, the American Swim Coaches Association and is a certified coach member of United States Swimming.
