Meghan Hawthorne - Men's Swimming & Diving Coach

Meghan Hawthorne

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
meghanh@usc.edu
Phone:
(213) 821-7399

Meghan Hawthorne, a USC All-American medley swimmer who spent five seasons as an assistant coach for Troy, was elevated to associate head coach on July 29, 2025.

Hawthorne enters her sixth season at her alma mater. She previously spent five seasons at Boise State (2016-18) and Northwestern (2019-20).

During the 2024-25 season, nine Trojans earned First Team CSCAA All-America honors, the most in a single season since 2020. USC set 11 school records, won three conference swimming titles (two individual, 1 relay) and saw five Trojans earn First Team All-Conference swimming honors during the Trojans inaugural season in the Big Ten. USC’s men’s swimming and diving program finished fourth at the conference championships and 15^th at NCAA’s, while the Women of Troy finished fifth at Big Ten’s and 11^th at the National Championship meet.

The Women of Troy made history during the 2023-24 season as Maurer led the squad to its first-ever 9-0 undefeated season, securing the most regular season wins in program history. During the run, the Trojans took down both No. 5 California and No. 4 Stanford, with the then-No.7 USC upset both conference foes in one season for the first time since 1996. At the Pac-12 Championships, USC wrapped up their performance with 1291 points, enough for a second place finish after taking home their most event wins since 2003 (9). To cap off the season, the Trojans finished eighth at the NCAAs, marking the Women of Troy's best finish since 2016, with 200 points even. USC recorded two third-place individual finishes (100 breast - Kaitlyn Dobler and 200y free – Minna Abraham) and set a pair of school records (200 free relay, 400 medley relay). Eight Trojans earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championships, with four USC relays earning first-team honors.

In 2023, the Women of Troy finished 12th at the NCAAs Championships and runners-up finish at the Pac-12 Championships. Troy finished 22^nd at NCAAs and was fifth at the Pac-12 Championships.

USC's 2021-22 efforts were highlighted by sophomore Kaitlyn Dobler who became an NCAA champion in the 100y breast with a USC and Pac-12 record (56.93). Dobler, who repeated as the Pac-12 100y breast champion, claimed one of four conference crowns the Women of Troy won in 2022 (Isabelle Odgers 200y breast, Anicka Delgado 50y free, Caroline Pennington 1650y free). After finishing third at Pac-12's, the Trojans (5-2, 4-2) would wrap up the NCAA Championships at 16^thoverall, as four of Maurer's swimmers picked up All-American honors.The men's squad (5-2, 3-2) was led by grad transfer Trent Pellini, who finished fifth in the 100y breast at the NCAAs, helping Troy to a 26^thplace finish at the Championships. At Pac-12's, USC was fourth, with freshman Chris O'Grady leading a 2-3 Trojan finish in the 100y breast.

Hawthorne, a 2012 Olympic Trials finalist and three-year U.S. national team member who graduated from USC in 2014, helped lead the 2020 Wildcat women to fourth at the Big Ten Championships (their best finish since 2022) while the men’s team took fifth (its highest finish since 2007). Hawthorne helped guide Calypso Sheridan to titles in the 400y IM and 200y breast as she became NU's first conference swimming champ since 2008. The programs combined for a 20-8 dual meet record while producing 20 All-Americans.

In 2019, Hawthorne helped Sheridan earn two All-American honors while the swimmer also broke the Big Ten record in the 400y IM. The women finished 6-3, the men 6-8.

At Boise State (2016-18), Hawthorne joined Kipp in leading the Broncos’ women’s team (they did not have a men’s team) to Mountain West Conference titles in 2017 and 2018 after finishing second in 2016. The teams also produced more than 100 MWC All-Academic honorees and posted consecutive perfect 1,000 scores in the NCAA Academic Progress Report.

A 2014 USC co-captain, Hawthorne was a two-time All-American in the 200y IM (2012-13), a six-time NCAA Championships point scorer, a four-time NCAA participant and a seven-time Pac-12 finalist. She was a part of two NCAA third-place finishes (2011-12) while Troy was seventh in 2013 and fifth in 2014.

As a 2014 senior, she was an NCAA consolation finalist in both medleys. In 2013, she took eighth in the 200y IM and won the consolation final of the 400y IM. She was a career-best seventh in the 2012 NCAA 200y IM and took 12^th in the 400y IM.

Hawthorne helped lead USC to one second-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships (2013) and to three thirds (2011-12-14). She was a three-time Pac-12 finalist in the 200y and 400y IM (taking fourth twice in the latter) and once in the 200y breast.

A USA Swimming National Team member from 2012-14, Hawthorne reached the final of the 400 IM at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, taking sixth. She went on to earn a silver medal in the same event for the U.S. at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

Hawthorne was a coach with Rattler Swim Club in San Fernando, Calif., from 2009-2015 and swam for the club from 2001-14. She also served as the assistant coach for the swim team at Viewpoint School in Calabasas.

She graduated from USC in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in human biology and a minor in occupational science and earned her Masters in educational leadership from Boise State in 2018. Hawthorne's high school honored her in February of 2017 by inducting her into the Chaminade College Preparatory (West Hills, Calif.) Hall of Fame.