Nate Parsley enters his sixth season as the head coach of the Salisbury University men's and women's swimming programs in 2026-27.
Honors/Accomplishments as Head Coach
- Broke 229 program records since 2021
- Set 110 Maggs Pool records
- 14 All-Americans (5 First-Team)
- Addi Wood, 2026 - 1650 Freestyle (National Runner-Up)
- Potts/Kazzi/Paulos/DeSimone, 2026 - Men's 200 Medley Relay
- 32 NCAA Championships participants
- 27 NCAA Championships qualifiers
- 2x Women's NJAC Champions (2025, 2026)
- 2026 Men's NJAC Runners-Up
- 2 NJAC Rookies of the Year
- Rowan O'Donoghue (Women), 2026
- Cameron Byrd (Men), 2026
- 2 NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors
- Women, 2023-24
- Women, 2024-25
- 133 All-NJAC selections (35 First Team)
- 67-13 combined Salisbury University coaching record (.859 winning percentage)
- 4 Midseason Invitational Championships
- 1 Salisbury University Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 1 Sammys Awards SU Athlete of the Year
- Finished first in combined percentage of personal best swims at the 2024 NJAC Championships
- Named 2022-23 Most Improved NCAA Men's & Women's Division III programs by SwimCloud
- Set men's (2022-23) & women's (2023-24) program record for dual meet wins in a single season (9)
Notable Meets as Head Coach
- Oct. 16, 2022 - Salisbury defeats Marymount (Va.) in the men's (141-90) and women's (140-122) meets for Coach Parsley's first victories as SU head coach
- Jan. 28, 2023 - Salisbury defeats St. Mary’s (Md.) in the men’s (184-75) and women’s (222-35) meets and assuring the men’s (nine) and women’s (eight) teams their most dual-meet wins in program history
- Jan. 27, 2024 - Salisbury men's swimming defeats Catholic for Coach Parsley's 50th career win as a men's head coach
- Oct. 12, 2024 - Salisbury women's swimming defeats TCNJ for Coach Parsley's 100th career win as a men's and women's head coach
- Jan. 25, 2025 - Salisbury women's swimming defeats Catholic to complete first undefeated dual-meet season in program history
- Feb. 16, 2025 - Salisbury women's swimming wins the NJAC Championship for their first any-conference title in program history
- Mar. 19, 2025 - Sydney McCallie finishes 14th in the 200 IM to become Salisbury women's swimming's first-ever All-American
- Mar. 20, 2026 - Salisbury's men's 200 medley relay team earns program's first-ever First-Team All-America title
- Mar. 21, 2026 - Addi Wood finishes second in the 1650 free to become Salisbury's highest-ever individual finisher at the NCAA Championships
Coaching Career Prior to Salisbury
Parsley served as the head men's and women's swim coach and aquatics director at Arcadia University from 2017-20. The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Coach of the Year in 2020, Parsley guided the men's and women's swim teams to three consecutive top-three finishes at the MAC Championships from 2018-20, 625 personal records, 40 program records, six MAC records, 14 Lenox Pool records, 14 MAC champions and three NCAA Division III B cuts.
At Arcadia, Parsley amassed a 57-12 record with a .826 winning percentage. The men's and women's teams set program records for most dual-meet wins in a single season. The women's team finished the 2017-18 seasons undefeated with an 11-0 mark while the men went 9-0-1 in the 2020 season.
Prior to Arcadia, Parsley was the assistant men's and women's swim coach at Rowan University from 2013-15 and at Haddonfield High School from 2012-13.
Parsley also has experience coaching softball, serving as the first full-time assistant with the Rowan Profs since the spring of 2020, as well as a part-time assistant from 2009-16. He spent time with Division I Radford as an assistant coach from 2016-17.
Personal Life
A two-year captain and a standout student-athlete during his undergraduate swim career, Parsley earned his Bachelor of Arts in education in Dec. 2012 and a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration in May 2016 from Rowan.
Coach Parsley News
04/01/25 Women's Swimming garners 13 All-NJAC laurels, repeats as Coaching Staff of the Year
04/02/24 Women's Swimming earns eight All-NJAC nods; Parsley headlines Coaching Staff of the Year
05/19/21 Parsley announced as new head swimming coach at Salisbury
Coach Parsley’s Record at SU
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Year
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Men's Record
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Women's Record
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Highlights
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2021-22
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4-1
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4-1
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METS: 7th place (Women)
METS: 8th place (Men)
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| 2022-23 |
9-0 |
8-1 |
METS: 7th place (Women)
METS: 5th place (Men) |
| 2023-24 |
8-3 |
9-2 |
NJAC: 2nd place (Women)
NJAC: 4th place (Men) |
| 2024-25 |
6-1 |
7-0 |
NJAC: 1st place (Women)
NJAC: 3rd place (Men) |
| 2025-26 |
6-2 |
6-2 |
NJAC: 1st place (Women)
NJAC: 2nd place (Men) |
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Totals
(5 seasons)
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33-7 (.825)
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34-6 (.850)
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2 Women's NJAC Championships
5 Women's/Men's Top-3 Finishes
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Last updated: 4/6/26
