Rider Athletics Hall of Fame
Meehan was selected head coach of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming Team, served as an assistant coach at the 2016 Olympics and is currently the Head Women's Swimming Coach at Stanford. While at Rider, Meehan swam the second-fastest 200 backstroke, the third-fastest 100 backstroke and the fifth-fastest 1,000 freestyle at that time. A mathematics and secondary education major and a four-time All-Academic team member, Meehan swam on the MAAC champion relay team. Through 2017-18 at Stanford, Meehan has coached 29 All-Americans to a combined 232 All-America honors. That includes 16 national championship relays and 23 individual national championships. Additionally, Meehan has mentored four Pac-12 Swimmers of the Year and four Pac-12 Newcomers of the Year. As a team under Meehan, Stanford won the 2013, 2017 and 2018 Pac-12 Championships, and has not finished lower than second at the conference meet. The Cardinal also won back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2017 and 2018 after finishing as the national runner-up in 2014 and 2016, and placing third in 2015. A four-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and three-time CSCAA National Swimming Coach of the Year, Meehan has led Stanford to a 47-4 dual meet record, including four undefeated regular seasons.Â