Keanan Dols

Keanan Dols

Keanan Dols joined the Villanova Swimming and Diving coaching staff as an assistant coach in the 2023-24 season.

Dols swam for both the University of Penn and the University of Kentucky while also competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, representing Jamaica in the 200m fly and 200m IM. He holds eight Jamaican Senior National Records and swam for the Senior National Team from 2015-2023. He has also competed in four world championships.

 
The Sarasota, Fla. native finished his collegiate career by swimming a fifth year at Kentucky, competing in both the 200 Fly and 200 IM at the SEC Championships. After the conference meet, he served as a volunteer coach for the Wildcats, helping run practices for the remainder of the season.
 
Dols swam as an undergraduate at Penn where he was a CSCAA Academic All-American and three-time Ivy Championship qualifier. A Class of 2022 graduate, he makes his way to the Main Line with a previous connection to the Villanova program. While he was a swimmer with the Quakers, he was coached by Villanova’s Associate Head Coach Laura McGlaughlin who was an assistant for the Quakers from 2018 to 2020 before she came back to her alma mater.