ASCA, Fitter and Faster Release 2023 Top 50 Age Group Coaches
The American Swimming Coaches Association and Fitter and Faster on Wednesday announced the top 50 age-group coaches in the United States for 2023.
Coaches were selected based on USA Swimming’s National Rankings. They cover both long-course meters and short-course yards data for the 9-10 and 11-12 age groups from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023. Bonus points were awarded to coaches whose swimmers had attained No. 1 national rankings and for coaches with multiple swimmers ranked. The 50 coaches represent 27 different LSCs.
From this list, a national Fitter & Faster/ASCA Age Group Coach of the Year for 2023 will be selected and announced at the Sept. 7 ASCA World Clinic in Dallas. The 10 finalists will be revealed in July and will all be honored at the world clinic. Information on those awards and the 2023 ASCA World Clinic is available here.
ASC/Fitter & Faster 2023 Top 50 Age Group Coaches
- Coach, Club, LSC
- Atalie Abranovic, Fox Chapel Killer Whales, AM
- Samuel Addison, TAC Titans, NC
- Dan Asencio, Saint Andrew’s Aquatics, FG
- MC Banks, NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc, VA
- Tara Bolivar, Suburban Seahawks Club, MA
- Rick Boucher, Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club, GU
- Jennifer Hooker Brinegar, Club Olympia Swim Team, IN
- Raven Chastain, Nitro Swimming, ST
- Danny Colvin, Tide Swimming, VA
- Cowley, Shannon, Club Wolverine, MI
- Pete Cromelin, Crow Canyon Sharks, PC
- Jeffrey deBettencourt, NASA Wildcat Aquatics, IL
- Paul Donovan, Jersey Wahoos, MA
- Daniel Dougher, Metro Area Life Time, NJ
- Billy Doughty, DART Swimming, SN
- Joe Finke, Saint Petersburg Aquatics, FL
- Tyler Fox, Life Time Arizona Swim Team, AZ
- Richard Garza, Lakeside Swim Team, KY
- Chrissy Gentry, Lakeside Aquatic Club, NT
- Kristeen Gracia, Mission Viejo Nadadores, CA
- Rod Hansen, Irvine Novaquatics, CA
- Tom Himes, North Baltimore Aquatic Club, MD
- Mark Imig, CSP Tideriders, OZ
- Eric Jacob, Loggerhead Aquatics, FL
- Colin Kennedy, Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club, GU
- Amy Killpatrick, Rochester Swim Club, MN
- Joe Kuder, South Jersey Aquatic Club, MA
- Armando Lucero, Mansfield Aquatic Club, NT
- Chris McCrary, CSP Tideriders, OZ
- Kelly Rose McCullough, Nation’s Capital Swim Club, PV
- Tyler McGill, Opelika Swim Team, SE
- Reed Miller, DART Swimming, SN
- Tim Murphy, Beach Cities Swimming, CA
- Dustin Myers, Dads Club Swim Team, GU
- Matt Paige, Crow Canyon Sharks, PC
- Brian Pajer, Aquazot Swim Club, CA
- Terry Peyton, Sacramento Aquatics Club, SN
- Alan Pfau, TAC Titans, NC
- Luba Pohilenco, Santa Clara Swim Club, PC
- John Poorman, Dynamo Swim Club, GA
- Dale Porter, Bolles School Sharks, FL
- Alex Rayle, Carmel Swim Club, IN
- Doug Reed, Terrapins Swim Team, PC
- Shane Ryan, Madison Aquatic Club, WI
- David Schreck, NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc, VA
- Jim Skirboll, Racer X Aquatics, AM
- Gabi Sofia, Long Island Aquatic Club, MR
- Kristopher Sweetman, QNS Aquatic Club, MR
- Carlene Takaki, West Coast Aquatics, PN
- Sherwood Watts, North Carolina Aquatic Club, NC