ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Carlye Ellis, who was a two-time All-American swimmer at Texas, has been named the new women's swimming assistant coach at Navy, head coach John Morrison announced today.

"I have known Carlye as both a decorated swimmer and a rising star in the coaching profession," said Morrison.  "She is passionate about swimming and mentoring personal growth through the sport.  Every program Carlye has touched has realized success.  She has competed, recruited and coached at the highest levels.  I am thrilled to add Carlye to our staff.  She is one of the best coaches in the country and will be a leader in the continued success of our program in and out of the pool."  

"Becoming part of a nationally-recognized program such as the one at Navy is something I have been working toward since I started coaching at the collegiate level," said Ellis.  "I am very excited to be working with such an elite group of student-athletes and future leaders for our country.  The Naval Academy is a wonderfully special and unique educational institution.  I'm thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to coach here alongside head coach John Morrison and represent Navy.  GO NAVY!!"

Ellis has been a member of the coaching staff at Duke over the last two seasons.  She was the lead assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the women's team, was the director of operations for the program as a whole and coached the middle distance and distance swimmers plus the individual medley event and all 200-yard length events.

The Blue Devils saw their women's team place 24th at the 2022 NCAA Championship and 21st at this year's national championship.  Highlighting the 2023 season's efforts was having a pair of women's swimmers earn First-Team All-America honors -- the first time the women's team had multiple First-Team All-Americans in a single season -- as the team posted its highest finish at the meet in over a decade.

The native of Ann Arbor, Mich., graduated from Pioneer High School in 2007.  At Texas, she swam on 200 and 400 medley relay teams that won a pair of Big 12 Conference titles and earned Honorable Mention All-America honors at the 2009 NCAA Championship.

Ellis graduated from Texas in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in corporate communications.  She would go on to earn master's degrees from both Valparaiso (2015, sport administration) and Ohio (2021, organizational communications).  

Ellis began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Valparaiso in the fall of 2013 where she was the lone assistant coach for both the men's and women's teams.  After two seasons, she became an assistant coach for the women's team at Cornell in the spring of 2015.  Ellis stayed three years in New York State before becoming an assistant coach for the women's team at Ohio in the summer of 2018.  In addition to her coaching duties with the Bobcats, she also served as the recruiting coordinator and the director of operations for the team.

She then joined the Duke staff in the summer of 2021.