Keith Ryan

Head Coach

Coach: Senior Elite  [email protected]

Coach Keith joined CMAC as the lead 10 & under coach in December 2017, and has been serving as the team's head coach since August 2018. An ASCA Level 4 Certified coach, Keith has 20 years of coaching experience from the youngest age groupers to successful NCAA college athletes. 

Coach Keith attained his BA from UC Irvine in 2006 and his Masters degree in counseling from Cal State Long Beach in 2010. Keith lives in Fountain Valley with his wife, Aleah, an LCSW. They have an 8 year-old daughter, Kamilah, who swims at CMAC, and 5 year-old Zain. Coach Keith also spent time as the lead assistant coach at OCC just across the street as a member of Orange Coast College’s aquatics staff, and also leads the Costa Mesa High School swim programs alongside his fellow CMAC coach and long time friend and (CMAC/Edison) colleague, Diggy Riley, where the Mustangs won the first CIF swimming title in school history in 2023.

Keith spent much of his formative coaching years at the helm of Edison High School, leading the Chargers to a 120-4 dual meet record from 2005-2013, along with the program’s first CIF Championship in 2009. At the same time, he worked alongside Anthony Iacopetti coaching the perennial state champion OCC Pirates. The team focus and camaraderie that is so prevalent in high school and college swimming is something he works to weave into the culture at CMAC.  

Keith went on to hold other head coaching positions in Northern California 2013-2016 for the Sonoma Sea Dragons and Sonoma Valley High School before returning to Southern CA where he spent time assisting at Lakewood Aquatics and Whittier College. Now setting a strong foundation for the future at CMAC, the team is beginning to show signs of developing into a power program in one of the best areas for aquatics in the country. CMAC now places in the top 5 teams in regional championship events and is sending swimmers to Sectionals, Futures, and Junior Nationals, and is home to 300+ swimmers.