Canaan Campbell is entering his fourth season as the assistant coach of the Lindenwood men's and women's swimming & diving teams in 2023-24.
The Lindenwood men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams made a strong impression during its first Division I season inside the Summit League. At the conference championships, the men’s squad took second, while the women finished third. During the season, the team broke 21 program records and achieved 7 NCAA Division I "B" cuts.Across six meets, Lindenwood posted 69 top-10 finishes. Both teams took home major awards at the championships. Elliott Irwin was named Summit League Men's Swimmer of the Year, while David-Molina Fregenal earned Diving Championship MVP, and Johan Cue Carrillo was tabbed Newcomer of the Championship. On the women's side, Stephanie Marks was named Women's Scholar of the Championship. 19 members of both squads earned all-conference honors during the season, making a strong impression during their first year. Irwin and Patryk Winatowski went on to claim national championships at NIC's. Both squads received recognition from the CSCAA in January for their outstanding work in the classroom. The women compiled a team GPA of 3.59 across the fall semester, while the men posted a 3.22
Campbell helped lead Lindenwood to seventh-place finish at the NCAA DII Championships in Greensboro, N.C. in 2022-23. The women produced nine All-Americans across 15 different events, while the men tallied seven All-Americans over the same amount. Jerry Brown, Zach Linder , and Joselle Mensah each earned All-America status in six strokes, leading the Lions on the podium. At a packed GLVC Championship, the women (1,616 points) earned third and the men (1,129 points) fifth. Katie Werkema was named the GLVC Women's Co-Diver of the Year
In the 2020-21 season, Campbell helped guide the Lions to a fifth place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships, with the women’s squad closing out the Championships in fourth. At the 2021 GLVC Swimming & Diving Championships, the women's squad was touted as the conference's champions for the first time in program history, while the men's squad ended the GLVC Championships in third. In the classroom, the Lions earned CSCAA Spring Scholar All-America and GLVC Team Academic All-Conference honors, and the men's and women's teams combined for 26 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans and 37 Academic All-GLVC selections.
Campbell joined the Lions in the 2020-21 season, after spending the 2019-20 season as a graduate assistant for the women's swimming & diving program at Georgia Southern University. Campbell helped three student-athletes finish in the top-five all-time performances list while at Georgia Southern. Campbell earned a master's degree in Kinesiology with a coaching education concentrate.
Prior to his graduate assistant position, Campbell was a member of the Missouri State men's swimming & diving team from 2014-18. Due to his hard work and determination in the classroom, Campbell was named the 2018 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and helped the Bears to a Mid-American Conference Championship. Campbell earned his bachelor's degree in administrative management in 2018, all while serving as an assistant coach for Missouri State Aquatics from 2015-19.
