A native to Woodbury, MN, Nguyen graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and a Masters of Public Health.  He represented the Utes all four years while competing in the PAC-12.  While at Utah, his main coaches were Joe Dykstra and James Winchester.

He began his competitive swim career at the age of 6 at the South East Metro Sharks under coach Eric Seversen.  In 2010, he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and train under coach Ron Lockwood at Wasatch Front Fish Market.

Nguyen began his coaching career while studying under Ron Lockwood as the Assistance National Training Group Coach while still swimming for the Utes.  Upon graduation, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he met Darian Townsend.  He would join the staff as a coach for the YWSF in 2019 as well as swim with the senior elite group.

In 2021, Nguyen would start his collegiate coaching career as the Head Coach at Ottawa University located in Surprise, Arizona.  There he would produce All-American performances from Jonathan Cowin and Ayden Dusek.  Cowin was 4th in the 100 back (50.42) at the 2022 NAIA Nationals while Dusek placed 10th in the 100 back (51.65).  At the 2023 NAIA Nationals Cowin was 11th in the 100 back (51.14).

Nguyen would return back to YWSF in June of 2023 to become the Head Coach.

The reason why I coach is to create a relationship and bond with an athlete in the hopes to impact and influence their lives in a positive manner.

When I'm not coaching, I love playing water polo where I represent Scottsdale Masters Water Polo Club.  I also enjoy riding my bike, playing pickleball (5.0), and most of all, spending time with family.

Brendan lives in Peoria with his wife, Kari, and daughter, Emery.

Coach Colleen is the head Coach of our Desert Foothills Silver Fin location located at the Desert Foothills Family YMCA in north Scottsdale. 

Colleen began her competitive swimming career at the age of 8 years old at the Heilman Recreation Center in Southeastern Michigan, competing in all strokes and the team freestyle and medley relays.  Later in her career she focused on distance swimming in the 500yd freestyle.

Colleen continued with competitive swimming up until 18 years of age with the East Detroit Seals Swim Club AAU Team traveling the Midwest in competitions, qualifying for summer championships each of those years.  In addition, she swam for her high school teams and summer teams through her community center. 

Colleen’s biggest individual accomplishment as a swimmer was when she qualified and competed at the Fort Lauderdale International Swimming Hall of Fame AAU Meet. 

Colleen has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, and after a career in the technology industry, Colleen returned to her passion for competitive swimming, starting in 2017 as Head Coach of the YMCA Desert Foothills Dolphins Recreational Swim Team, where she coached a team of 40+ swimmers ranging from 6 to 18 years in age. In 2021 Colleen launched the Desert Foothills arm of YWSF, starting with 15 swimmers, and has been steadily growing the program ever since.  She holds both the ASCA Level 1 (Foundations) and Level 2 (Stroke) Schools certifications and Level 3 (Physiology) certification.                          

Colleen says “I have learned so much from my involvement in competitive sports.  Sports taught me to never give up, and I use that every day in my career and personal life. No matter how tough something is, if you keep working at it and do not give up, you will succeed. Every swimmer has different goals they want to achieve in swimming.  I encourage those individual goals and work with each swimmer so that they can be successful in whichever direction of swimming they want to go.”

Coach Bill started diving through the local summer pool league in New Jersey, and continued through High School. He also participated in Track and Field. The 800 was his main race and it earned him a college scholarship, thereby ending his diving career temporarily.

When his young sons decided to try diving, he re-engaged in the sport and began coaching at the Goodyear pool in the mid 90’s. And later, with ’76 Olympian, Barb Nejman, who became his coaching mentor for the next 20 years. 

Bill and Barb started the Silver Fins Dive team in 2012 and have grown it to produce some of the top divers in the State, with a number qualifying for national level competition.  In addition to the Silver Fins Dive team, Coach Bill coaches at four Agua Fria District High Schools.

Daniel was a diver at Louisville University, where he received his bachelor's degree in Sport Administration in 2019.  He left his mark on the Cardinals after setting the program's platform record (350.70 points) and was a four-time NCAA Zones qualifier.

Prior to his current position as Head Coach for Grand Canyon University, Fecteau spent the past three years coaching divers at Princeton University.