26 Coaches Vie for 4 Spots on Influential USA Swimming Coaches’ Advisory Council

The ballots for 4 open seats on the USA Swimming Coach Advisory Council has been mailed out to register USA Swimming member coaches.

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26 coaches are vying for a seat on the desk for the influential advisory board representing USA Swimming coaches in inner USA Swimming decision-making issues. The group represents the 18,000-or-so USA Swimming member coaches.

Initially shaped in 2022, the committee contains 12 coach members, six athlete members appointed by the Athletes Advisory Committee, and two employees liaisons (at the moment Joel Shinofield and Maggie Vail).

The coaches whose phrases expire this yr are the committee chair Tim Bauer of Tennessee Aquatics, Adrian Damasco of First Colony Swim Crew in suburban Houston, Mary Liston of the Rockwood Swim Membership in St. Louis, and Terry Stoddard of Pasadena Metropolis School and Swim Pasadena in California.

All however Liston are working to retain their seats.

This committee flexed its muscle final yr when it printed a public letter asking for modifications from USA Swimming after rising pressure between coaches and CEO Tim Hinchey. That letter, together with one printed concurrently by the American Swimming Coaches’ Affiliation, is taken into account a second that turned the tide on Hinchey’s tenure earlier than he left the group a number of months later.

26 Candidates for 4 Seats

The checklist of candidates is a various one, representing each stage of teaching from recognizable names that ship swimmers to the U.S. Olympic Trials yearly to coaches who work primarily with age groupers.

There may be additionally a formidable variety of geography within the candidates, with some coming from perennial powerhouse packages, and others coming from states less-often related to swimming stardom.

Just a few of the candidates are former elite swimmers themselves – Rhi Jeffrey received an Olympic gold medal in 2004 and Bryce Bohman frolicked as a professional swimmer. One is even a Masters coach.

The committee is designed to provide voice to all USA Swimming member coaches, from new graduates venturing into their first jobs to veteran coaches most within the high stage of the game. The Committee, at instances, has additionally been referred to as upon to information the proletariat of coaches, with an initiative launched at their April assembly to “take a look at the unification of Employees and Membership the place there was divide previously.”

The Committee’s most vital formal authority is that they’ve resolution making authority for the Coaches Task on all USA Swimming committees, an influence that was granted to them by the Home of Delegates this fall.

26 Candidates:

• Jeff Arce – Head coach, Rise Aquatic Membership, Illinois
• Andrew Austria – Age group coach, Plymouth Whitemarsh Aquatic Membership, Pennsylvania
• Tim Bauer – Head coach, Tennessee Aquatics, Tennessee
• Bryce Bohman – Lead gold 2 & Silver Coach, NCAP West, D.C. space
• John Bruenning – Lead gold & Nationwide assistant, Sarasota Sharks, Florida
• Lucas Curotto Ferreira – Head Coach, Gwinnett Aquatics, Georgia
• Adrian Damasco IV – Senior Coach, First Colony Swim Crew, Texas
• Tarrik Daou – Head Coach, Daland Swim Crew, California
• Dave Dorak – Head Coach, Glacier Aquatic Membership, Montana
• Chrissy Gentry – Head Coach, Lakeside Aquatic Membership, Texas
• Mark Gole – Head Coach, Northwest Arkansas Aquatics, Arkansas
• Ross Hedrick – Head Coach, Nu Wave Swim Membership, Louisiana
• Rhi Jeffrey – Head Coach, Atlantis Aquatics, New Hampshire
• Andy Kershaw – Head Coach, College of Miami, Florida
• Alexis Keto – Affiliate Head Coach, Bolles Faculty Sharks, Florida
• Catherine Leach – Head Age Group Coach, Tide Swimming, Virginia
• Kyle Margheim – Head Coach, Sioux Falls Swim Crew, South Dakota
• Paul Murphy – Masters Coach, Better Tampa Swim Affiliation, Florida
• MacKenzie Novell – Assistant Coach, Fort Collins Space Swim Crew, Colorado
• Alan Pfau – Futures, TAG 2 Coach, TAC Titans, North Carolina
• Mike Salpeter – Affiliate Head Coach, Tide Swimming, Virginia
• Jeffrey Scrivener – Head Coach, Columbia Aquatics Affiliation, Maryland
• Richard Shipherd – Head Coach, La Mirada Armada, California
• Jeremiah Stanton – Head Coach, MAKO Aquatics Membership, New Mexico
• Terry Stoddard – Head Coach, Pasadena Metropolis School/Swim Pasadena, California
• Steven Tatgenhorst – Head Coach, CHAWP Swim Membership, California

Present Committee