Western Illinois University Athletics

Greg Naumann, a former Leatherneck swimmer and student assistant coach, is in his 10th season guiding the Leatherneck swimming and diving programs.

Under Naumann, the Western Illinois swimming program saw several milestones come down during the 2017-18 season. Erica Hagen became the first Leatherneck woman's swimmer to finish top-three at The Summit League Championships since 2010 by zooming to a 57.84 time in the 100-IM. Brennan Bladel (1:39.54, 200-free) and Marissa Purdum (23.95, 50-free) also each broke school records. In addition, the Leathernecks entered 11 new times in the program's top-10 all-time marks. 

During the 2016-17 campaign, five Western Illinois swimmers were named All-League. Samir Almhiemid, Brennan Bladel, Seth Brady, Chance McQuigg and Chris Neaveill were all honored for finishing in the top-3 in an event at The Summit League Championships. Neaveill won both the 100-IM (50.26) and 100-fly (47.52) preliminaries at the Championships before taking second in the finals of each event. His 50.37 mark in the 100-IM came within one-tenth of a second of winning the event, while he touched second in the 100-fly (47.91) by less than a half-second.

The 2015-16 Leathernecks saw five student-athletes named All-League during The Summit League Championships, with five school records falling and 25 new top-10 times in the program's record books. JD Furr and Lizzie Hollopeter were named Academic All-League, with Furr being joined with Samir Almhiemid, Chance McQuigg, Chris Neaveill and Tyler Neaveill as All-League performers at The Championships. Chris Neaveill punctuated his performance by becoming the first Western Illinois swimmer since 2007 to become a league champion by racing to a 47.40 touch in the 100-fly.

In 2014-15, Western Illinois had another extraordinary season under Naumann. The Leathernecks broke 11 records during The Summit League Championships. In addition, Chris Neaveill was named the Men's Swimming Championship co-MVP, becoming the first Western Illinois swimmer to be awarded the Swimming Championship MVP and the first individual Leatherneck men's swimmer to win an award since the 2002-03 season. The sophomore's 100 butterfly time of 48.02 seconds was an NCAA B-Cut time, which put him in contention to compete at the NCAA Championships. Over the course of the four-day meet, Western Illinois registered 27 top-10 times in program history. 

During the 2013-14 season saw seven athletes named All-League and 15-program records fall at The 2014 Summit League Championship. Jonathan Bond, JD Furr, Chris Neaveill, Tyler Neaveill, Doug Ogilvie, Austin Payne and Dylon Rykosky were the seven Leathernecks to be named to the All-League team. As a true-freshman Chris Neaveill broke three individual records and was a member of four record-breaking relay teams, while brother Tyler Neaveill broke two program records and was also a member of four record-breaking relay teams.

Chris Neaveil was also named Summit League Swimmer of the week on October 7 and Ogilvie was named Diver of the Week on the same day. Ogilvie also qualified for the NCAA Zones meet for the third time in 2014. The men finished the 2014 Summit League Championship in fourth-place as a team; their best team finish since 2008-09. JD Furr was one of 10 athletes in the conference to receive Academic All-League honors in 2013-14.

2012-13 saw Matt Abercrombie, Jonathan Bond, Jeremy Grogg, Tyler Neaveill and Dylon Rykosky earn All-Summit League Team honors for their performances at the 2013 Summit League Championship. Diver Doug Ogilvie was awarded his second Summit League Diver of the Year honor after outperforming league opponents at the NCAA Zones meet. Ogilvie also earned Summit League Athlete of the Week on two occasions (Jan. 22 and Feb. 12), while Matt Abercrombie (Oct. 16), Tyler Neaveill (Dec. 18) and Megan Popp (Dec. 18) picked up the honor on one occasion.

In 2011-12, Naumann saw many improvements throughout the season and two student-athletes, Jamie Grau (Dec. 20) and Doug Ogilvie (Dec. 20, Jan. 24 and Jan. 31), earn Summit League Athlete of the Week honors. Ogilvie, a freshman, broke Western Illinois school records in one-meter and three-meter diving and took home Summit League individual titles in both events. He was named Men's Diving Championship MVP for his performance, selected as Summit League Diver of the Year and qualified for the NCAA Zone C diving meet.

In the 2010-11 season, Naumann saw 11 Leathernecks put their names in the recordbook, returners Brianna Eizenga and Brandon Wilkinson named Summit League athletes of the week and senior Alayna Colley break a 15-year-old school record.

In his first year at the helm, he coached three Western Illinois swimmers to all-Summit League honors and saw seven Leathernecks enter the school record books. The Western Illinois men's and women's swimming and diving teams both finished sixth at the 2010 Summit League Championships.

Naumann took over at Western Illinois area after serving as the assistant coach at Truman State where his responsibilities included serving as the primary recruiter for the men’s team, coordinating travel arrangements, organizing workouts and assisting the head coach in daily duties.  

In 2007, the Davenport, Iowa native was named head coach at Division III Augustana College. In addition to Augustana, Naumann was named head coach for Team Iowa at NCAA Zones in 2007 and assistant coach in 2006.

Naumann also served as the head coach of the Davenport Metro Swim team for three years (2005-08) and was the assistant for four years (2000-04) while obtaining his master’s degree in sport management from Western Illinois in 2006.

In August 2003, Naumann started a two-year head coaching stint at Macomb High School where he coached a boys relay team made up of Joel Beard, Josh Murphy, Alex Johnson and Dan Buren to the Illinois High School State meet for the first time in more than 10 years.  

A four-year letter winner at Western (1998-2002), Naumann was a part of the 1998-99 conference championship team under then-head coach Jerry Champer. Champer led the men's and women's programs to five championship titles in seven seasons. Member of teams that won the 1998-99 Mid-Con Championship, 1998-99 Southern States Conference, 1999-00 Southern States Conference and the 2000-01 Mid-West Conference Championship. Naumann joined head coach Kelly Byrne for the 2002-03 season as a student assistant coach and also served as the head coach for the McDonough County YMCA. 

Naumann is an active member of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America and a level three coach.

Personal
Naumann resides in Macomb, Ill. with his wife Rachel and their children, Adalyn and Jaxon.