Minnesota Associate Head Coach and Head Women’s Swimming Coach Stacy Busack has announced her departure from the program. Busack said it was “a personal decision.”
“I’m so fortunate to have had this opportunity to coach at my alma mater and am beyond grateful for my time in this role,” said Busack. “My dream school as a student-athlete turned into and remains my dream job. I’m proud of this group and what we have built. I wish it was possible to be in two places at once to continue with this amazing staff and team.
“Ultimately, this is a personal decision. I have been blessed with a wonderful husband and life partner and the opportunity he is pursuing is taking us back to the city where we met. It is important for me to be with and support Dave in the same way he has supported me by following my career around the country. I don’t think of my role with the program as ending, it is changing. I will continue to want the best for this program and the people in it, contribute to the cause in ways outside of directly leading, and enjoy being a part of this team’s journey in a different way moving forward.”
Busack arrived as associate head coach in June 2021. She was promoted to head women’s swimming coach in June 2023 during the staff restructuring of the program that also announced Kelly Kremer as Director of Swimming and Mike Joyce Head Men’s Swimming Coach.
The Minnesota women finished 6th out of 14 teams at the 2026 Big Ten Championships last month with 701 points, finishing just 67 points behind 5th place USC. The team sent two individual swimmers to the 2026 NCAA Championships. Junior Katie McCarthy scored in the 1650 free with an 11th place finish (16:03.41).
Prior to arriving at Minnesota, Busack had prior coaching roles at Oakland University and Pitt. Busack spent her collegiate career at Minnesota from 2005-2009. Busack was a 13x All-American and swam to four individual Big Ten titles during her career.
Anybody know where she and her husband met and are moving back to? I wouldn’t be surprised to see her pop up as a new college or club coach in that area.
Most likely Pittsburgh – she has coached at Pitt in the past.
Might be time to breath some new life into Minnesota…
*breathe
My guess…she was going to be Kelley’s scapegoat for how far the program has fallen.
Cannot believe he still has a job there!
well your guess is wrong! hope this helps
Probably getting a job with better pay and less hours
Tangentially related but looks like Jacob Johnson is in the portal