Charlie King begins his sixth season as head coach of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's and men's swimming & diving program in 2017-18. He is also an instructor in the university's exercise & sport science department.
He has led the UWL women's squad to the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) crown in each of his first five seasons (2012-17). The Eagles have won 17 league titles in school history. For his efforts, King has been selected the WIAC Women's Coach of the Year three times in his career (2012-13, 2013-14, 2016-17).
UWL has earned 26 individual and nine relay championships the last five years under King. Brooke Reynolds was selected the 2013-14 WIAC Swimmer of the Meet at the league championships. Abby Diehl (2012-13), Reynolds (2014-15) and Sara Zemanovic (2015-16) were named the WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete.
King has led the UWL men's team to second-place finishes at the WIAC Championships in three (2012-15) of his five seasons. The Eagles have won 10 individual and four relay crowns. Stephen Hanko was chosen the 2014-15 WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete.
King was the assistant swimming & diving coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Utah from 2008-12. He was also Utah's Director of Camps and co-taught Coaching Swimming. With King as their assistant coach, nine Utah student-athletes set school records and four achieved a USA Olympic Trials Standard.
Prior to arriving at the University of Utah, King served as a head coach of two Division III swimming programs: Millikin University (Ill.) in 2007-08 and Augsburg College (Minn.) in 2003-05. He also was a graduate assistant swimming coach at St. Cloud State University (Minn.) for two seasons, from 2005-07.
Before joining the college ranks, King was co-head coach of the Monticello (Minn.) Swim Club from 1999-2004. He was the assistant swimming coach at Monticello (Minn.) High School in 2000-03 and the head swimming coach at Apollo High School (St. Cloud, Minn.) in 1998-2000.
King earned his bachelor's degree in social studies with a history emphasis and coaching minor from St. Cloud State (Minn.) in 2000. He later completed his master's degree at St. Cloud State (Minn.) in sports management.
