Jack Englehardt starts his fourth season as UWL's women's and men's assistant swimming & diving coach in 2026-27. The Eagles swept the 2026 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championships with the women's squad winning its second straight crown and the men's team capturing its first league title since 1971.
The Eagles' women's squad earned 33 All-WIAC awards at the 2026 conference championships, including 19 first team. UWL's men's team earned 26 all-conference honors with 21 first team.
At the 2025 WIAC Championships, the women's squad earned 35 All-WIAC awards, including 18 first-place honors, to win the league title. The men's team was second at the 2025 league championships. The Eagles earned 22 all-conference recognitions with 14 first team.
UWL's women's team placed second and the men's squad third at the 2024 WIAC Championships. The women's team earned 28 All-WIAC honors at the league championships, including 12 first team accolades, while the men's squad secured 17 all-conference recognitions with 11 first team honors.
Engelhardt came to UWL after serving as head men's swimming coach at Madison (Wis.) West High School from 2019-23, leading the team to a third-place finish at the 2021 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) State Championships. Englehardt was involved in all facets of the organization and promotion of events for the program. Madison West went undefeated in the 2021-22 season. The team established seven school records and one state record under Englehardt while winning multiple conference, sectional and state champions. He was an assistant men's coach at Madison West in 2018-19.
Named the 2020-21 Big Eight Conference Co-Coach of the Year, Englehardt also served as the assistant women's coach at Madison West in 2021-22.
He was a swimming camp counselor at UW-Stevens Point for three years and a volunteer sprint coach for the Pointers in 2018. Englehardt also worked as a swimming coach, lesson instructor and lifeguard at the Hill Farm Swim Club and served as an assistant age group coach for the Madison Aquatic Club.
Englehardt earned his bachelor's degree in biology from UW-Stevens Point in 2018 and master's in coaching education from Ohio University in 2023.
Selected the UW-Stevens Point team MVP from 2016-18, Englehardt was a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III qualifier for the Pointers. He earned 11 All-America honors, including three individually. Englehardt was second in the 50 freestyle and 15th in the 100 freestyle at the 2018 NCAA III Championships and sixth in the 50 freestyle in 2017. He also picked up eight relay All-America accolades for UW-Stevens Point.
He was a Wave 1 Qualifier for the 2021 Olympic Trails and competed in the 2024 Olympic Trials in the 50 freestyle.
He won 15 WIAC titles, including three straight league crowns in the 50 freestyle (2016-18). He also won the 100 freestyle (2016). Englehardt holds the WIAC record (19.77) in the 50 freestyle set in 2018. He was a member of 11 WIAC first-place relays, including three in the 200 and 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay and two in the 400 medley relay. Englehardt is also a member of three relay league records in the 200 freestyle (1:19.58), 400 freestyle (3:00.67) and 400 medley (3:17.77).
Englehardt was named to the 2016-17 All-WIAC Sportsmanship Team.
He owns a USA Swimming Certification.
