Gannon University Athletics

Gannon University named Milan Medo as the head coach of the GU men's and women's swimming and diving teams on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The 2025-26 year will be his second full season as head coach. In just a short time, he has guided the Golden Knights to one of the preeminent programs in the PSAC.

In his first full season, Medo guided the men's team to equal their highest finish in program history at PSAC Championships. The Golden Knights were second of eight teams. Along the way, GU had seven all-PSAC performances in the pool, including a school record performance from Will Retsch in the 200 butterfly (1:49.74). On the women's side, GU started off the year strong by winning the Malone Invitational in a field of 16 teams. In that meet, Emily Hedges set a school record with a 2:05.52 in the 200 yard butterfly. Gannon would take sixth at PSAC Championships, finishing in the top half of a twelve team field. 
 
Medo served as the head coach of the Notre Dame College men's and women's swimming and diving programs for the 2023-24 season after being hired in July 2023. Notre Dame, a Division II private school in Euclid, Ohio, announced on Feb. 29, that it would end "in-person academic instruction" after the spring 2024 semester. Katie Cowan had served as Gannon's interim head coach during the 2023-24 season.
 
 
Before Notre Dame, Medo had coached as an assistant at the Grand Valley State University (August 2015-May 2017), a graduate assistant at the University of Findlay (August 2017-July 2019), and an assistant coach at Penn State Behrend (August 2019-July 2020).

Medo attended Grand Valley State University where he was a member of the swimming team. In May 2016, he received his degree in physical education with an emphasis on sport leadership and a concentration in sport management. He also minored in business. He then earned his Master of Business Administration at the University of Findlay in May 2019.

As a student-athlete on the Grand Valley State swimming program, Medo earned 19 NCAA All-America honors, became an NCAA Scholar All-American and was named GLIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Freshman of the Year.

When he was a coach at Grand Valley State, the Lakers won two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) titles on the men's side and one on the women's side. In 2016, the women's program placed fifth at NCAA Division II Nationals while the men took seventh. In 2017, the men's program took fifth, while the women placed 11th.

While he was coaching with Findlay, the Oilers won back-to-back GMAC Championships (2018, 2019) with both the men's and women's programs. During Medo's only season at Behrend, the men's team won an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) title, and the women's program took second place in the AMCC Championships.

Medo is certified by the American Swimming Coaches Association at Level 1 and Level 2. He is certified as an American Red Cross Lifeguard and ARC Lifeguard Instructor, and he is a certified pool operator. 

In addition to English, Medo speaks German, Slovak, and Czech.