Ellie Monobe

Biography

Ellie Monobe returns to Northern California as the Gaels' head men's and women's swimming coach. She joins Saint Mary's after leading the Pepperdine Waves' women's swimming and diving program to three conference championships in the past four seasons, including winning the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship in 2025. She was named the PCSC Coach of the Championship Meet in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and the MPSF Coach of the Year in 2025. Prior to Pepperdine, Monobe spent four years (2017–20) at UC Santa Barbara as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. She was also an assistant coach at UNLV during the 2015–16 season and at UMass during the 2014–15 season. She served as head coach of the Sun Valley Swim Team in Lafayette, California in 2013–14, and earned her master's degree in kinesiology from San Jose State. A native of Northern California, Monobe got her start in coaching at UC Berkeley in 2011-12. She was a four-year member of Cal's women's swimming team from 2007–11, which won NCAA championships in 2009 and 2011 and a Pacific-10 Conference title in 2009. She was a team captain as a senior and won the program's Coach's Award in 2009 and 2011.