Tim Hamlet is in his fifth year as a Pacific assistant coach and brings experience at both the college and club level to the pool deck. In addition to coaching duties, Hamlet works as the program’s recruiting director.
The head coach of the Forest Grove Swim Club since 2006, Hamlet has helped to build the program from 29 athletes to over 100. Since joining the club staff in 2003, Hamlet coached five athletes to national top-16 honors and two to national academic honors.
Three of his swimmers have set state records, while 26 have gone on to win state club championships. Hamlet’s resume also includes three sectional champions and one zone champion.
A talented swimmer himself, Hamlet swam for 12 years as a member of the Canby Swim Club, where be became the first 13-year-old in team history to break two minutes in the 200-yard freestyle. He went on to win district titles in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle for North Marion High School and qualified for junior college nationals in the 400-yard individual medley, 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle.
In 2005, Hamlet came out of “retirement” at age 32 to help Pacific fill out a small Boxers’ roster. He went on place 12th in the 200-yard breaststroke at the 2006 Northwest Conference Championships and had the team’s best times in that event and the 100-yard backstroke.
Hamlet, 35, completed the majority of his classwork at Pacific in 2006 to complete a degree in English literature. In addition to his coaching duties, he works with special needs children for the Multnomah County Educational Service District. In his spare time, Hamlet enjoys spending time with his family, playing guitar and chasing his cat.
