Chris Plumb
Carmel High School
Impact Statement
The Carmel girls won their 29th straight Indiana state championship this past season, which led them to their sixth national championship in the last seven years. Coach Plumb has been at the helm since 2006.
Biography
Chris Plumb has led the Carmel High School boys’ and girls’ swim teams since 2006. During that time, Plumb has added-on to one of high school swimming’s all-time dynasties. The Carmel girls won their 29th straight Indiana state championship this past season, which led them to their sixth national championship in the last seven years. The 29 straight state titles ties Carmel with Punahou High School boys’ swim team in Hawaii for the national record of consecutive titles.. Punahou achieved its 29 straight from 1958 to 1986. In this year’s state meet, Carmel won nine of 11 swimming events, broke national records in all three relays and finished first with 445 points – most ever in 41 years of Indiana’s state meet. Carmel’s 266-point margin over second-place Fishers was also arecord. Plumb is the third Indiana coach and second Carmel High coach to win the NHSCA National Girls’ Swimming Coach of the Year Award. Ken Stopkotte won the award in 2001. In 2005, Andy Pedersen of Hamilton Southeast won the award.
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