Elliott McGill enters his fourth season with the program after holding the Head National Group Coaching position at the Nitro Swimming Club in Austin, Texas. Prior to coaching in Texas, the Champaign, Illinois, native was the head coach at Eastern Illinois University. At the time of hire at EIU, McGill became the youngest head coach in Division I collegiate swimming (25).

While coaching in Texas, McGill was named to the 2016 and 2017 USA Swimming National/Junior National Team Coaching lists. He was also named the 2015 South Texas Age Group Coach of the Year and was named a 2015 FItter Faster National Age Group Finalist.

As head coach for the EIU swimming program, McGill's team's posted 34 school records, 150 All-Time Top Ten EIU Performances, 15 All-Summit League Athletic honors, as well as 43 All-Summit League Academic honors.

The 2009 graduate of EIU earned second-team All-Summit League honors during his time in Charleston and earned both his undergraduate and master's degrees from the university.

McGill has three siblings, Tyler, Colin and Sarah. Tyler, who works as the Assistant Swim Coach at Auburn University, was a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team and earned a gold medal, swimming a leg on the fastest 4x100-meter relay team in London. Colin was a member of the EIU swim team from 2009-2014, earning AllSummit League honors three times under the coaching of his brother.

McGill attended Champaign Central High School and he and his wife, Emily, and daughter Grace reside in Champaign.