Patrick Wenzel

Patrick has been the head coach of Allegheny North Swim Club since the Spring of 2004 and took over the position of North Allegheny High School swim coach in the Spring of 2013. Since becoming the head coach, ANSC has had at least 2 Olympic Trial qualifiers for each Olympic year. Patrick has coached a myriad of athletes who have reached the Junior and Senior National levels through his career, including several Junior National Champions in individual and relay events. He has been awarded the Allegheny Mountain Swimming coach of the year a dozen times in his career and has led ANSC to over a dozen age group championships during his tenure.

On a high school level, Patrick has coached North Allegheny to a total of 15 WPIAL team titles, 3 boys’ State championships, 1 girls’ State championship, and a boys’ National Championship in 2018. In 2018, a 400 freestyle relay, coached by Patrick, set the all-time High School national record as well as the USA swimming national age group record. Patrick has been named the Pennsylvania High School coach of the year 5 times for boys and 1 time for girls in his head coaching career. Patrick holds Level 3 certification from ASCA.

Most of his swimming career, Patrick competed for the Michiana Marlins in South Bend, Indiana. In Indiana, he won a state championship in the 500 freestyle as a high school sophomore. In two years at North Allegheny and ANSC, Patrick won the state championship in the 500 freestyle and led the Tiger Men’s Team to a championship in 1994. He held the school record in the 500 freestyle at North Allegheny until 2008 when it was broken by one of his own swimmers. Patrick was inducted into the North Allegheny Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006 for his swimming achievements.

Patrick continued his education and swimming career at the Ohio State University (OSU) where he set three OSU records as a Freshman. Patrick was named the men’s team captain during his junior season, and was awarded the Steve Skillken Spirit of Giving Award, for giving selflessly to his teammates. Every year of his college career, he earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. In 1996, Patrick qualified for the Olympic Trials. He was ranked in the Top 16 in the country, and 51st in the world for the 1500 meters freestyle during that year. Patrick also finished his time at Ohio State with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree. Patrick also completed his Master of Business Administration degree at Robert Morris University in 2004. 

Patrick is a proud father to his daughter, Macey, who currently is swimming for the club and following in her dad’s footsteps.