Coaches and Directors
After graduating high school, Greer stepped back from competitive swimming to pursue a degree in History at the University of Tennessee. Following college, she moved to Alaska to be closer to her sister and watch her nephew grow up. After living and teaching in Girdwood, Greer rediscovered her love of swimming and decided to return to coaching. She purchased a live-aboard sailboat in Seward and joined the Seward Tsunami Swim Club as the Dolphin Coach. Over the years, Greer advanced through the club, eventually becoming the Head Age Group Coach.
Greer initiated her first summer camp while in Seward for Age Group swimmers to bridge the gap between the club's seasonal schedule. She also created a Gold+ Level summer group to keep high school age swimmers, along with those returning from the University of Michigan and Olympics, in peak condition during the off-season.
In the summer of 2023, Greer moved to Anchorage and joined NLSC as the Bronze Group Coach. In her first season, she played a key role in growing the Bronze group to more than 80 swimmers through the learn to swim program and helped lead the 10 & Under athletes to their first Top 3 finish in the State Championship postal meet since 2019.
Building on the success of her summer camps in Seward, Greer launched the NLSC Summer Swim Camp series in 2024. This program, designed for swimmers aged 12 and under, provides a fun yet educational environment where young athletes can improve their swimming skills while enjoying time both in and out of the pool. After a successful inaugural season, the Summer Swim Camp series is set to continue as a valuable resource for swimmers of all levels.
Greer is passionate about helping young swimmers develop their skills and find a love for the sport. "It is such a thrill to watch these kids discover their passion for swimming and progress to the next level," she says. "I love working with this age group because they are eager to learn, have fun, and grow in the water."
I grew up in Colorado, where I started competitive swimming at five years old. I continued to swim and found myself as a junior coach/ lead with the swim lessons at 16 years old for the Grand Junction Dolphins (now known as the maverick swim club). While collegiately swimming and cross country running on a full ride scholarship at Colorado Mesa University, I became the head coach for the Grand Valley Wave Swim Team. Coaching is one of the most rewarding experiences!
My coaching techniques revolve around muscle memory, repetition, patience, and staying motivated and driven during practices. I specialize in backstroke, distance freestyle, and individual medleys. I am very passionate about teaching swimmers strictly the “foundation of swimming” and foremost helping swimmers achieve their goals and dreams. Most of all I want the swimmers to have fun!
I have been coaching with the Northern Lights Swim Club since August of 2023. I am truly thankful and excited to be back to share what I have learned in my swimming experiences, from Olympic peers, and from iconic coaches. I am also a mother of two Northern Lights Swim Club members.
“A great streamline and underwaters win races.” – Coach T
Meghan has recently returned to swim coaching after a two year adventure pursuing her maritime career. She is originally from Seward, Alaska and was the head coach of the Seward Tsunami Swim Club from 2014-2022. She has coached all levels of swimming- from those learning to swim to Olympian Lydia Jacoby. She is a self-proclaimed technique coach and likes to find time on deck to teach swimmers about exercise science and mindset so they can fully understand and engage in the pursuit of their own goals.
As a younger swimmer Meghan swam for the very Seward Tsunamis that she would go on to coach and earned a scholarship to UAF to swim for the Nanooks. At the University of Alaska Fairbanks she completed her Bachelors in Biology then she went to the University of Alaska Southeast to earn a Masters in Teaching. Meghan fell in love with coaching though and chose to stay in Seward to grow the team and coach the largest sports program in Seward.
However, the team only operated during the school year so during the summer months she had been working as a boat captain for sightseeing tour companies out of Seward and Whittier. After Lydia Jacoby earned gold at the Tokyo Olympics and moved on to college, Meghan took a hiatus from coaching to pursue more maritime experience. She was hired to transport a sailboat from Rhode Island to Vancouver Canada through the Panama Canal. She then moved on to living full time on expedition cruise ships driving Zodiacs for sightseeing tours. These expedition cruise ships operated in the Alaska Inside Passage, Bering Sea and she spent several months on a ship in Antarctic waters last winter - Yes, with the penguins and leopard seals. She was ready to be land based again this summer and officially moved to Anchorage and worked in Whittier as a Captain for Phillips 26 Glaciers. Now that she lives in Anchorage, she is back at coaching as an assistant for NLSC. She is excited to be back on the pool deck.
