Bringing a decade of Division I experience as a student-athlete and coach to Schenectady, Molly Chamberlain was named the head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams at Union College on May 19 and begins her first season at the helm in 2022-23.
Chamberlain will assume her first head coaching role after spending the last four years as an assistant coach at Yale University. She served as the recruiting coordinator for the Bulldogs’ women’s team, trained the team’s middle distance swimmers, and also played a role in managing team operations throughout the year. In her three seasons, the women’s team posted a combined 27-1 dual-meet record and three straight top-three finishes at the Ivy League Championships, including second-place results in 2019 and 2022.
Chamberlain previously spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart University, where she played a role in all facets of the Division I women’s program, including scheduling, recruiting, practice planning and meet preparation. The Pioneers posted a 16-9 dual-meet record during her time on campus, including a program-record 9-2 mark and a third-place finish at the ECAC Winter Championships in 2016-17.
Chamberlain is no stranger to the Capital Region, having spent three years on the swimming team and four years on the water polo team at Siena College from 2007-11. She still holds three individual school records at the school in the 100 free, 200 free and 500 free, all of which came during the 2009-10 season in which she was named team MVP, and is a part of the school-record 200 free, 400 free and 200 medley relays as well. She also spent four seasons as a volunteer coach at her alma mater after graduating from the school in 2011 with a bachelor’s of arts in social work.
Olivia Parham begins her first season as an assistant coach with the Union College men’s and women’s swimming & diving programs in 2025-26.
Parham joins Union after a standout swimming career at Cal State East Bay, where she was a multiple-time CSCAA All-American and record-holder. She earned All-America recognition across three seasons, highlighted by helping the Pioneers to a program-record performance in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the 2023 NCAA Division II championships. Out of the pool, Parham was equally successful, earning CSCAA Scholar All-America honors in each of her four years and the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award three times.
Since graduating, Parham has gained valuable coaching experience on deck with Mesa Aquatics in Arizona and with EBAT Masters in California, where she worked with swimmers of all ages and abilities. She has also spent time working in strength and conditioning at Cal State East Bay, further broadening her understanding of collegiate athletics.
A native of Redding, Calif., Parham graduated from Cal State East Bay in 2024 with a degree in Kinesiology.
Maggie Davenport '19 was named the seventh head coach in program history in July 2024.
Davenport’s first year at the helm was highlighted by leading the program to its first ECAC Winter Championship since 2015. In doing so, the Siena alumnae became the second coach in program history to leave the event with ECAC Women’s Coach of the Meet honors.
Davenport’s Saints finished the 2024-25 season with a 7-9 record in dual meet action, and also posted a 4-3 record against conference foes before taking an eighth-place finish at the MAAC Championships in February.
The 28-year-old Davenport returned to her alma mater after serving for the past two seasons as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s programs at Union. Under her tutelage, the Garnet Chargers men’s and women’s teams combined to achieve 138 lifetime best times, 112 championship finalist swims, 16 new top-10 program times, four school records, and three NCAA B cuts.
A 2019 Siena graduate with her B.S in Biology, Davenport earned her M.S. in Kinesiology from Southeastern University in 2022.