Camp Director

Rick Swan

Swan was named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2017 when he guided CC to the the regular-season crown with a perfect 14-0 for the second time in three years. It marks the fourth time Swan has been honored, having received the award in 2010 and 2015, as well as co-Coach of the Year honors in 2012.

In 2011, Swan earned his first ever West Region Coach of the Year award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The Tigers were the top seed of their region for the third straight year after earning their second of three consecutive automatic bids the NCAA Tournament. CC advanced to the regional final of the national playoffs and finished the year ranked No. 12 in the AVCA’s Top 25 with a 33-7 record for the second-best mark in program history.

In 2010, Swan was named the SCAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career after Colorado College claimed its first-ever conference title. The Tigers finished the season with a 30-7 record and ranked No. 16 in the final Division III rankings.

In 2009, Colorado College posted a 35-5 record, earned its first-ever appearance in the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament and finished the year No. 7 in the AVCA's Top 25 Poll, the highest ranking in the program's history.

Swan wasted no time molding CC into a winner, inheriting a team that went 8-17 in 1997 and leading it to the program’s first post-season appearance in six years. Before finishing with an overall record of 15-11 in '98, Colorado College climbed as high as No. 2 in the West Region rankings and No. 12 nationally. In 1999, while going 23-6, the Tigers claimed their first NCAA tournament victory since 1990 and finished No. 14 in the final Division III rankings. They were 27-12 in 2008.

A Colorado Springs native and 1986 graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., Swan previously served two years (1990-92) as head volleyball coach at Webster University in St. Louis, Mo., also an NCAA Division III program.

Before coming to CC, he spent five years as head girl’s volleyball coach at St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs. Swan’s overall record of 131-17 (.885) with the Pirates included a state 3A championship in 1996, when he earned Coach of the Year honors from The Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. St. Mary’s also finished second (1994), third (1997) and fourth (1995) at the state tournament during his tenure as coach.

Swan and his wife, Beth, have three daughters – MacKenzie, Jocelyn and Laney.