Milwaukee Athletics

Alex Hallam begins his third season as the associate head coach in 2025-26, following his promotion after five years as the assistant coach for the Milwaukee swimming & diving team.

In 2024-25 Hallam saw more success in his second year as associate head coach, helping guide the women to finish runner-up at the Horizon League Championships. He also helped lead the men to their highest finish at the league championships in ten years, while breaking 10 individual school records, six freshman records, and four relay records. The women also set two new individual records, three freshman records and three relay records.

In his first season as the associate head coach, Hallam helped guide the women's team to a runner-up finish at the 2023-24 Horizon League Championships, scoring their highest team point total since the 2014 season. Over the course of the season, the Panther men broke three individual program records, one relay program record, and two individual freshman records. The men's and women's teams combined for a 14-3 record, including a 10-1 record in the Klotsche Natatorium.
 
Hallam continued the strong legacy of Milwaukee swimming in his first six years on campus. In the 2019-20 season, he helped the Panther men break three school records and one freshmen record and two winters ago helped staff the women to their best showing in four years when they claimed runner-up status at the 2022 Horizon League Championships. Last season, two more school records were broken and a pair of individual league titles were brought home, in addition to a pair of runner-ups.

In the 2018-19 season, his first year on deck, Hallam guided the Panthers to a third-place showing on the women’s side at the Horizon League Championships while the Panther newcomers broke three freshmen records.

Hallam came to Milwaukee with over six years of coaching experience and over 14 years devoted to the sport.
 
Most recently, Hallam worked as a coach in the Milwaukee area. He spent over three years working with the Schroeder Swim Team in Brown Deer, coaching a large number of swimmers ranging in age from 6-years to 22-years-old. Hallam In addition to a large number of responsibilities, Hallam coached a number of individuals to state championships.
 
Also in the area, Hallam spent the past year as the head coach at Greendale High School. In just his first season, he led the Panthers to a third-place finish at sectionals and coached four individuals to berths to the WIAA State Championships.
 
Prior to that, Hallam spent two years as the senior assistant coach for the Southwest Aquatic Team in Muskego.
 
Hallam is very familiar with the Horizon League, as he graduated from Green Bay and was a four-year swimmer for the Phoenix. He swam distance free, IM and backstroke events with the Phoenix and was named a team captain as a senior. He was also voted as the president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) while at Green Bay.
 
Hallam graduated from Green Bay with degrees in Psychology and Human Development.