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Johan Steiner, 41, a California alumnus and a familiar face around the Golden Bears women's swimming program the past few years, joined Cal head coach Teri McKeever's staff this fall.
Steiner, who served as the 2003 Pac-10 Championships Meet Director when Cal hosted the event in Federal Way, Wash., has been a swimming coach at the club level and still competes in masters swimming meets and in triathlons. He was a head coach with the Temescal Masters club in the late 1980s and was an assistant coach with the Golden Bear Swim Club from 1986-89.
The product of San Jose, Calif., has been an energetic supporter of Cal women's swimming. Steiner has assisted McKeever's program and the Cal Media Relations department by compiling statistical data of Bears swimmers in recent seasons. Most recently a computer resource specialist at Cal, Steiner graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1987 and began working at his alma mater in 1993.
Steiner is an avid sports fan and competitive athlete. He starred in the 2005 Long Course Masters Nationals, taking second place in the 200 butterfly and second place in the 400 individual medley. Steiner also took first place in the 2.4-mile swim leg of the 2003 Ironman Lake Placid.
His family includes parents Richard and Silva, brother, Nolan, and sister, Glynnis. Steiner resides in Berkeley.
