The purpose of this quantitative comparative research study was to investigate issues that might contribute to stress levels of intercollegiate head swimming coaches working at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions. The Coaching Issues Survey (CIS), a tool to measure specific, potential stressors experienced by intercollegiate athletic coaches without regard to a specific sport was used to collect data. The CIS provided a total score of potential stress and specific scores from four subscales: Win-Loss, Time-Role, Program-Success, and Athlete-Concerns. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics that resulted in descriptions of demographics and characteristics of participants (N=223) and for the independent variables of a coach's competitive division, age, and years of coaching experience. The dependent variable was the score on the CIS. The score on the CIS for Hypothesis (H1) of the four subscales, Time-Role was significant Hypothesis 2 (H2) of a coach's level of competitive division showed no significant difference in levels of stress. Hypothesis 3 (H3) of age of coaches showed no significant difference in levels of stress. Hypothesis 4 (H4) of years of coaching experience revealed no significant difference in levels of stress. Two additional hypotheses were investigated. The first revealed no significance between levels of stress among head intercollegiate swimming coaches by years of intercollegiate head coaching experience. The second hypothesis, gender of the coach, revealed a significant difference between levels of stress among intercollegiate head swimming coaches. It is recommended the study be replicated during an entire competitive season and with additional demographic variables.