Scott Stern

Biography

UC Coaching Highlights 208 UC Top-10 Times 31 UC School Records 6 NCAA Qualifiers 2 US Olympic Team Trial Semi-finalist 2 Big 12 Conference Champions 1 All-American and 1 Honorable Mention All-American Stern is in his third year on the Bearcats staff after joining in the Fall of 2023. In the 2025-26 season, he guided the Bearcats through their third season in the Big 12 collecting a fourth-place team Big 12 Championship finish (tied highest and best with 10 teams), UC’s first back-to-back Big 12 Champion, 42 top-ten performances, eight All-Big 12 First/Second Team, eight CSC Academic All-District winners, two school records and an 3.7665 record-high team GPA. Individually, Crye grabbed a back-to-back Big 12 Championship title in the 100 Breaststroke title, earned her second consecutive First team All-American honors at the NCAA Championships. Lindi Worrell also competed at the NCAA Championships in the 100 Breaststroke, placing 21st overall. Crye also was named Big 12 Women’s Swimmer of the year, while Mia Hensley earned Big 12 Women’s Scholar Athlete of the year. On the men’s side, they claimed nine All-Big 12 First/Second Team and six Big 12 Student-Athlete of the week awards. In 2025, Stern helped lead the Bearcats through a historic season. The women opened the Big 12 Conference Championship with a program-record and NCAA “A” Standard time in the 200 Medley Relay, marking the Bearcats’ first relay qualification for the NCAA Championships since 1976. Both the men’s and wom