Minnesota is fortunate to have not just one, but two highly experienced coaches at the reigns of the Golden Gopher women’s swimming and diving program. In just five years, head co-head coaches Kelly Kremer and Terry Nieszner have lifted the Gophers to the top echelon in the nation and the Big Ten Conference.The 2008-09 season marked the Maroon and Gold's second-best national finish. The Gophers finished 11th overall in the nation and had the school's best representation with 15 student-athletes competing. For the second-straight year, Jillian Tyler finished as the national runner-up in the 100 breaststroke and third overall in the 200 breaststroke. At the conference level, Minnesota finished second in the Big Ten standings. Jenny Shaughnessy was the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships as the Gophers had 11 swimmers on the first-team All-Big Ten list. Minnesota captured a school-best 10 event wins at the league championships, including three relay wins. Along with their efforts in the pool, Minnesota had 17 members on the Academic All-Big Ten team.

In 2008, Kremer and Nieszner returned to the top of the Big Ten when their team won the championship title. During the course of the championship, the Gophers won five event titles and broke 14 school records. Under Kremer's and Nieszner's tutelage, the Gophers had eight student athletes earn first-team All-Big Ten honors. The duo also coached Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Jillian Tyler, who won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and helped the 400 medley relay to a conference title. Following the conference meet, Minnesota set a school record as 12 student-athletes were selected to compete at the NCAA Championships. During that time, nine earned All-America honors as the Gophers finished 13th in the nation. Following the national championship, Tyler became the second Gopher in school history to be named to an Olympic team. Tyler, a native of Calgary, Alberta, will swim the 100 breaststroke with Team Canada at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Since Kremer and Nieszner took over the Gopher women's swimming and diving program, Minnesota has improved as a team every year in either the conference or the national championship level. In 2006-07, Minnesota moved up eight spots at the NCAA championships after a 21st finish from the previous year. The Gophers earned All-America honors in the 200, 400 and 800 free relays and coached Jenny Shaughnessy and Yuen Kobayashi to individual All-America honors. Along with their accomplishments on the national scene, the team finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships and led the Gophers to three Big Ten champions in Kobayashi (1,650 free), Christine Jennings (500 free) and the 800 free relay.

After finishing sixth in the league championships in 2005, the Gophers sky-rocketed to a second-place finish at the 2006 Big Ten Conference Championships. Not only did the Gophers earn over 530 points at the conference championship, Kremer and Nieszner were named Co-Big Ten Coaches of the Year. The Gophers had four named to the first-team All-Big Ten Team and Yuen Kobayashi was named Freshman of the Year. Along with an outstanding conference performance, Kremer and Nieszner’s and squad had 10 swimmers qualify for the 2006 NCAA Championships, the most for the program since 1997-98. Along with 10 competing at the national championships, nine earned All-America honorable mention status, with the team placing 21st overall.

In their first year at the helm Minnesota swimming in 2004-05, Kremer and Nieszner’s team ranked in the top 25 of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. After an impressive performance at the Georgia Invite, the Gophers entered the poll at No. 24. Minnesota was ranked as high as No. 23 following the Quad Duals against Big Ten opponents Wisconsin, Illinois and Purdue. The Gophers finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships, a higher finish then predicted. Minnesota finished the season with a 7-1 dual meet record and a 5-1 mark in Big Ten action. Not only did the Gophers improve in the pool, but also landed one of the best recruiting classes in the nation. Shortly after being named as co-head coach, Kremer was also named as an assistant coach with USA Swimming at the 2004 USA World Cup Team in Melbourne, Australia.

Prior to becoming the women’s swimming and diving co-head coach in the spring of 2004, Kremer was a member of the Minnesota men's swimming staff with head coach Dennis Dale. Kremer was an assistant coach for the Golden Gophers for four years before being promoted to the associate head coach position in 2002.
Since Kremer's arrival in 1998, the Golden Gopher men’s team won three Big Ten Championships, including back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002 and again in 2004. The other three years the Maroon and Gold finished second at the league championships. The Gophers have also placed in the Top 10 at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships the past five years.

Primarily responsible for middle distance and distance swimmers at Minnesota, Kremer was the personal coach for more then 30 NCAA All-America performances. Kremer coached some of the best men's swimmers in the country. Under his tutelage, Jeff Hackler was a 15-time All-American, a school record holder and a multiple Big Ten Champion in the breaststroke events. Kremer also coached All-American and Canadian Olympian Mike Brown and All-Americans Travis Beckerle, Ryan Plummer and Matt Taylor.

Kremer has placed three of his athletes on teams that represented the United States in International competition. Justin Mortimer competed at the 2003 World University Games after winning the Big Ten Championship in the 1650 free. Mortimer went on to compete at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials, placing third in the 1500-meter freestyle. Hackler competed in the 2002 World University Games, while former women's swimmer Keri Hehn swam in the 2003 World University Games. Kremer also coached Keam Ang, who competed for Malaysia, and Yoav Meiri, who competed for Israel in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In addition, Kremer had the honor of being Team Mexico’s coach at the 2002 Short Course World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

A native of Mandan, N.D., Kremer began his coaching career in 1988 with the Springfield Aquatics Swim Team in Springfield, Mo. From 1992-1994 Kremer was the Graduate Assistant Coach for Drury University, also in Springfield. He served as Head Coach for John Brown University for one year before moving to Mission Viejo, California in 1995 to serve as Assistant National Team Coach to Bill Rose and the Mission Viejo Nadadores from 1995-1998.

As an athlete, Kelly finished fifth in the 100 backstroke at the 1991 US Open and participated in the 1992 Olympic Trials in the same event. During his collegiate career, he was a 24-time NAIA National Champion and 29-time NAIA All American for Drury University, and was elected to the school’s Sports Hall of Fame in the summer of 1997. Coach Kremer owns both a B.A. and M.Ed. in education, both from Drury.

He resides in Apple Valley, Minn. with his wife, Eva Marie.