Coach Chris Cawthon - Head Coach/Instructor
Coach Cawthon began his coaching career as a football coach at Ingram Tom Moore High School and Ingram Middle School after graduating from Texas Tech University. During his summers he continued his family's tradition of teaching swimming lessons to local children in the Kerrville/West Kerr area.
After starting a family, Coach Cawthon and his wife, Summer, decided to answer a call to ministry. He continued to teach swimming lessons during the summers, while leading children's church and writing worship music year-round.
Eventually, with a small group of families who had taken lessons for a few consecutive summers who wanted to continue lessons, Coach Cawthon formed a year-round swim school program to continue the progress of his summer students. With Coach Cawthon's Swim School underway, a small swim team was also formed and began practicing two days per week.
Three years later, Coach Cawthon's Swim School and C3 Swim have a cumulative enrollment of approximately 200 children, with 4 swimming instructors, and 4 swim team coaches. Coach Cawthon is celebrating his 10th summer season of instructing swimming lessons in 2022.
Coach Cawthon is a USA Swimming Certified Coach and holds a BA in History and Exercise Science from Texas Tech University.
Coach Nancy Cawthon - Learn to Swim/Swim Team
Coach Nancy has been married for 45 years to David. They have 4 kids (one being Coach Chris), and they are blessed with 10+ grandkids. Nancy grew up swimming on competitive swim teams (AAU). Her best stroke was butterfly.
After Getting her WSI through Red Cross, she has been teaching swim lessons for nearly 40 years. She earned her LTI 20 years ago and has taught lifeguard training for Hill Country camps over the years.
Water safety is a passion for Nancy. She loves to teach kids how to swim and to be safe around water.
Coach Erin Sullivan - Learn to Swim
Coach Erin started coaching at C3 Swim School in November 2021.
She is a wife, a homeschooling mom of three children, and church secretary.
She grew up around the water in Northeast Kansas, and is an avid swimmer, water skiier, rower, and kayaker. She was a water slide instructor for the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts for 6 years.
She loves all things water-related, and says, "It's my happy place."
She holds a BA in Theology with a minor in Lutheran Confessions, and a certificate in Christian Outreach.
Fun fact: Coach Erin has earned the Mile Swim Award several times.
Coach Nancy Emerson - Swim Team 
Coach Nancy came to C3 in the fall of 2021. She was born and raised in the Miami, FL area where she started her swimming career at the age of 13. She was a club swimmer, a key swimmer, and member of her high school's state water polo team.
She attended Brenau University where she swam, full ride, competitively for her 4 year tenure. She was an All-American swimmer and was included in Who's Who in American Small Colleges and Universities. In 2016, she was named to the Brenau University's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Nancy has a BS in biology, and was a clinical medical scientist for 34 years in New York State. She was head coach for swimming for 2 high schools, and she was head coach for a local USA swimming club. She also became a New York State high school swimming and diving official for several years.
She loves to ride bikes and kayak, with her dog, Bruce Wayne, sometimes tagging along.
