University of California, Santa Cruz

Ahead of her first season as Associate Head Coach of the Banana Slugs, Garlich is ecstatic to meet her new Slug family.

Coach Garlich is a former swimmer for Division II Grand Valley State University in Michigan, specializing in the Backstroke and Individual Medleys. After her collegiate swimming journey, she became a Graduate Assistant Coach at the University of South Dakota. During her three years at USD, Garlich helped guide the Distance and IM swimmers to numerous top 8 finishes and broken school records at the Summit League Conference Championships. She also helped lead the Coyotes to their first-ever conference title with the men becoming the 2021 Summit League Champions. 

Garlich then made her way to Utah Tech University to help guide the Trailblazer women to their most outstanding season to date. The Trailblazers had 4 women qualify for and swim at the 2023 US Open. They also broke every school record, earned multiple top 3 finishes, and had one swimmer earn Swimmer of the Year all at the Western Athletic Conference Championships. The Utah Tech team also finished the season with the third best percentage of lifetime best swims in all of Division I.