A former swimmer and coach for the Alaska Nanooks, Scott Lemley enters his third full season at the helm of the Alaska swimming program since 1987. The Nanooks finished 11th out of 15 teams at their conference championships in the 2005-06 season, after getting edged out by Biola on the last day of the conference meet. In the 2006-2007 season, the Nanooks placed 10th at the conference championships and sent one swimmer to the national championships. Lemley is optimistic of his young program and the reason for his confidence is based upon a successful recruiting season this summer.

Lemley has both competed and coached for Alaska. He was a student-athlete for the Nanook swimming team from 1970 through 1973, and served as head coach for the Nanook men's and women's swimming teams from 1982 through 1987. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Lemley made his return to coaching for the Nanook swim program on Jan. 4, 2005. Prior to coming back on board Lemley served as the head coach at Lathrop High School for five seasons.

Currently the Senior Coach for the Stingrays Swim Team, Lemley has been the Head Coach of the Alaska Pacific Swim Club and the Alaska Sports Academy swim teams in Anchorage and the Fairbanks Arctic Swim Team and Midnight Sun Swim Teams in Fairbanks. He coached high school swimming in Fairbanks for 18 years before retiring as a prep coach to take the Nanook's Head Coaching job. In addition to his most recent coaching position at Lathrop, Lemley served as the Head Coach of the West Valley High School Swim Team for 13 years between 1979 and 1991.