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Rory Coplan
Head Coach & Senior / National / Gold Lead Coach
Coach Rory is the Head Coach and lead National, Senior and Junior Coach. He started swimming when he was 7 years old in Alexandria, Minnesota. In High School he was a Four-year Letter Winner, All Conference, All Section Team, State Qualifier, and School Record Holder in the 100 Backstroke. Coach Rory also lettered in football as a two-year starter, and in baseball, receiving the Coach’s Award in his senior year. Rory swam for four years at Hamline University, where he was a four-year letter winner, all-conference and two year captain.
Coach Rory’s coaching career started in Princeton, MN, as the head coach of the girls’ team and assistant for the boys’ team in 2003 at Blaine High School. After two years with Princeton, Rory was hired as an Assistant with the girls’ team at Blaine and was later promoted to Head Coach for the Girls’ Team. In 2009, he also took over the Boys’ Team as Head Coach. During his tenure at Blaine, Coach Rory has led his team to a Section Championship for the Boys’ Team (the first one in 20 years), back-to-back Section Championships for the Girls' Team in 2013 & 2014. His teams have set 17 School Records, 6 Section Records, and 3 Pool Records. Under Coach Rory, Blaine athletes have also had multiple top 16 and top 8 finishers at MSHSL State Championships, 5 scholarship athletes, and multiple athletes competing in college at all levels.
Coach Rory lives in Isanti, MN, with his wife and three children.
