Steve Mohs starts his seventh season as the UW-La Crosse women's and men's swimming & diving head coach in 2025-26. The Eagles' women's squad won its third Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship under Mohs in 2024-25. UWL won six individual titles at the 2025 championships and three relays as Mohs was named the WIAC Coach of the Year. The Eagles had eight individual and two relay second-place finishes at the league meet.
Joanne Banaszak was named the 2025 WIAC Diver of the Meet and Zoey Rank the WIAC Newcomer of the Year. The Eagles' Autumn Seebach was selected the WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete.
UWL captured the 2021-22 WIAC Championship, winning five individual and three relays titles. The Eagles also had five second-place individual finishes and one second-place relay finish at the meet. Mohs earned the 2021-22 WIAC Coach of the Year Award. Lauren Steien was selected the WIAC Newcomer of the year and Amanda Wciorka the WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete.
Mohs was named the WIAC Coach of the Year in his first season at UWL in 2019-20 as the Eagles captured the conference title. UWL earned six individual and three relay titles. The team also recorded six second-place individual and two second-place relay finishes. Sydney Vian was named the 2019-20 WIAC Diver of the Meet.
UWL placed second at the 2023 WIAC Championships, winning two individual and two relay crowns. The Eagles were also second in 2024, capturing four individual and two relay titles. The 2020-21 WIAC Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat. Vian was named the 2021 WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete.
The women's squad is 20-5 in duals under Mohs, including 16-5 in the conference.
UWL's men's team finished second at the 2024-25 WIAC Championships as the Eagles won two individual and three relay titles. UWL also had four individual second-place finishes and one second-place relay at the league meet. Connor Cleveland was selected the WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete.
The Eagles were third at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 WIAC Championships under Mohs. UWL won two individual conference titles in 2022 while having two individual and two relay second-place finishes. At the 2023 league championships, the Eagles captured a pair of relays and finished with two individual and one relay second-place showing.
UWL won three individual and two WIAC title in 2024 while recording two individual and one second-place relay. The Eagles' Will Quackenbush was selected the 2023-24 WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete.
UWL finished fourth at the 2019-20 WIAC Championships. The 2020-21 conference championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat.
The men's team is 14-11-1 under Mohs with a 10-10-1 league mark.
Mohs served as an assistant swimming coach at Illinois State University in 2018-19. Prior to arriving at Illinois State, Mohs was the associate head swimming coach at the University of South Dakota in 2017-18 as the Coyotes set 19 school records. He has eight years of head coaching experience, including four (2012-16) at Saint Catherine University (Minn.) and four (2008-12) at Morningside College (Iowa). At Saint Catherine (Minn.), the Wildcats set 13 individual records on the women's side as well as three relay records. Saint Catherine (Minn.) had six National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III provisional qualifiers.
Members of his program were named SCU Athlete of the Year twice and earned two Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Diver of the Year Awards. The Wildcats had four straight top-six finishes at the conference championships.
At Morningside (Iowa), Mohs expanded the program's roster from 15 to 40 student-athletes. The Mustangs boasted 44 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) qualifiers while setting 24 women's and 19 men's individual records. Morningside (Iowa) also set 18 relay records. Mohs was named 2012 Women's Coach of the Year after leading the Mustangs to a third-place finish at the NAIA Liberal Arts Championships.
He served on the NAIA Swim Coaches Rules Committee for two years. Mohs was Morningside's (Iowa) Aquatics Director and Pool Operator (2008-12) as well as Intramural Director (2010-12).
A native of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, Mohs earned his bachelor's degree in sports management from St. Cloud State University (Minn.) in 2001 and his master's in sports administration from St. Cloud State (Minn.) in 2017. Voted team captain at St. Cloud State (Minn.), Mohs was a varsity letter winner for the Huskies while being named to the Dean's List and Athletic Academic Honor Roll.
He was an assistant swimming coach at St. Cloud State (Minn.) from 2001-08 and was the head swimming coach for the Saint Cloud Swim Area Club from 2004-06. Mohs has worked several camps, including the University of Texas, Longhorn Swim Camp (2014-18), Assistant USA Club Swimming Coach, Granite City Aquatics Swim Club (2016-17) and Stanford University International Swim Camp (2012-16).
