Hood College

Ashley Gardner joined the coaching staff at Hood College in April 2016 as the assistant swim coach and aquatics director.

She spent the 2019-20 season as the interim head coach. Gardner led the Blazers to a four-win improvement on the women's side in dual meets and the men added a win to their previous total. Her women's team went 5-7 overall, while the men were 4-7. Both teams finished 3-5 against Middle Atlantic Conference opponents. 

She comes to the Blazers from the Waynesboro Area YMCA, where she had served as the head coach and aquatics director since 2013. During her time in Waynesboro, the team had its first Y National qualifier in eight years. More than 130 team records set and/or broken for a total of over 170 times in her three years at the Y. Gardner also served on the Middle Atlantic Zone Team coaching staff for three seasons and was the head Middle Atlantic Zone coach for the Winter 2016 Championship meet in Webster, N.Y.

A native of Dover, Delaware, Ashley she swam for the Dover YMCA and was a YMCA National qualifier and Middle Atlantic Zone team member. She swam and graduated from Lock Haven University in 2011 with a BA in History. After graduating she returned to coach the Dover Y and played a role in sending the largest team in Dover Y history to YMCA Nationals.