Hannah Burandt enters her fifth season as the head coach of the Cleveland State University men’s and women’s swimming & diving programs.

Under her direction, the men have had ten individuals, two relays, and one diver win Horizon League Championships. On the women’s side, she has aided in one individual champion.

This past season, in 2022–23, the men finished third and the women fifth at the Horizon League Championships. Jackson Nester (400-yard IM) was the lone HL champion after repeating in the event.

Outside the pool, two men and two women were named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team, while both teams received CSCAA Scholar All-America honors.

In 2021–22, Burandt led the men’s team to their fourth straight runner-up finish at the Horizon League Championship. At the conclusion of the meet, graduate student Timothy Kubacki was named the Horizon League Athlete of the Year.

At the championship, the men brought home two individual titles: Timothy Kubacki (200-yard IM) and Jackson Nester (400-yard IM). In addition, the team of Dominik Niedzialek, Griffin Manning, Bob Fick, and Paddy Johnston won the 400-yard medley relay.

On the women’s side, Cleveland State placed fifth at the championship. Sophomore Ana Sofia Sousa became the first women's individual champion under coach Burandt, winning the 200-yard freestyle.

Outside the pool, six athletes were named to the Horizon League All-Academic team. In addition, both teams were named Horizon League Raise Your Sights Award winners.

During the shortened 2020–21 season, Burandt guided the men’s team to a runner-up finish and the women’s to a fifth-place finish at the Horizon League Championship. After the event, Bob Fick was named the Horizon League Freshman of the Year.

In the championships, Bob Fick (200-yard Butterfly) and Timothy Kubacki (400-yard IM) won individual events. In addition, Matt Akers (1m Diving) claimed the top spot.

For their efforts in the classroom, Cleveland State had a Horizon League-best seven swimming and diving athletes named to the HLSD All-Academic Teams.

Burandt led the Vikings to numerous successes in her first season at the helm. She helped both the men’s and women’s programs to runner-up showings at the 2020 Horizon League Championships.

On the women’s side, Burandt led the Vikings to the best showing by a CSU squad at the league meet in seven years, in terms of both placement and point total. The Vikings had tied for third in the preseason poll, but CSU not only surged ahead of the team it was tied with but also leaped past the preseason runner-up when it was all said and done.

The men won five individual titles and one relay at the championships. This haul was the second-best mark for the program over the past seven seasons. The five individuals that claimed titles: Dominic Poletta (50-yard Freestyle/100-yard Butterfly), Timothy Kubacki (200-yard IM/400-yard IM), and Dominik Niedzialek (100-yard Backstroke). In relays, the 200-yard freestyle tandem of Dominic Poletta, Jack Macdonald, DJ Arslanian, and Ryan Sedlak took the top spot.

Poletta went on to win two National Invitational Championships in the 50-yard butterfly and 50-yard freestyle.

Burandt also led Cleveland State to success away from the pool. During her first semester at CSU, the women’s program posted a 3.55 grade point average, tied for the highest in the league. Meanwhile, the men’s team had the most selections to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll among all league men’s swimming teams in the fall of 2019.

Prior to CSU, Burandt had spent the past six years as a Division I assistant. She returned to Cleveland after spending the past four seasons as the assistant swimming and diving coach at Houston, playing a significant role in the revitalization of the program.

Burandt played a large role in Houston going from worst to first in just two years in the American Athletic Conference. In her first season on staff, the Cougars leaped from last place to third place as the program produced six individual conference champions. In the 2016-17 season, Houston won its first conference title in program history, winning the meet by over 100 points.

The Cougars continued to excel after that first championship, winning AAC titles in each of the next two years, as they increased their conference championship point total in each of Burandt's four seasons. Houston sent three individuals to the NCAA Championships in 2018, the most from any school outside a Power-Five conference. Houston scored its most points (916) at a conference meet in 40 years in 2018-19 and posted 15 NCAA 'B' times while sending another student-athlete to the NCAA Championships.

Burandt also helped improve the team's academic culture upon her arrival at Houston. The team's grade point average increased in each of her four years, culminating with a 3.50 mark in 2018-19, the best in program history.

Prior to Houston, Burandt spent time on staff at both Georgetown and Louisville. She helped the Hoyas to Big East runner-up men's and women's finishes in 2015 and a combined 23 all-conference honors. While at Louisville, Burandt helped the Cardinals to men's and women's AAC Championships in 2014 along with a pair of top-15 NCAA Championship finishes. The women posted their highest NCAA finish to date that season while the men's team won two individual national titles.

Burandt began her collegiate coaching career at nearby Oberlin College where she also aided the Associate Athletic Director with facilities management and scheduling responsibilities.

Burandt was a four-time Mid-American Conference champion at Eastern Michigan University and achieved NCAA 'B' cuts in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay. She was a Mid-Major All-America Honorable Mention selection and helped set school records in all three freestyle relays. She also played a role in helping the Eagles claim their first two MAC titles in program history in 2006 and 2007.

A native of Parma, Ohio, and a graduate of Parma High School, Burandt graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science from Eastern Michigan in 2009. She proceeded to earn a Master of Science degree in sport administration from Louisville in 2018.