Coach Jorge Salinas leads the Gold and Senior groups at SOL Swim Team and brings nearly a decade of coaching experience in aquatics. He also serves as the Head Coach of Otay Ranch High School Aquatics, overseeing the Boys and Girls Water Polo teams and the Swim & Dive program. A San Diego native, Jorge was raised in both San Diego and Tijuana, giving him a bilingual and multicultural perspective that has shaped his approach to coaching. His journey into aquatics began in high school when he overcame a fear of water to join his school’s swim and water polo teams. That challenge sparked a lasting passion for the sports, eventually leading him to compete at Mesa and Southwestern College. Jorge began coaching at the South Bay YMCA, where he was named Coach of the Year in 2019 during his first year as Head Coach. At SOL, he focuses on building strong fundamentals, athletic discipline, and a supportive team environment. He is currently pursuing a degree in kinesiology and sports medicine to further enhance his coaching knowledge and help athletes grow both in and out of the water.

Dan has a long history and involvement with diving in San Diego County.  Dan started diving at the age of 8 and was a competitive diver in age group, Junior Olympics, seniors, and masters diving.  His competitive career spanned over thirty years, claiming many championships along the way. He grew up in the South Bay and as a high school diver, for Hilltop High School, he was three time Metro League Diving Champion.  

Dan started his coaching career in 1977 serving as Assistant Dive Coach with Chula Vista Aquatics Association. CVAA produced many AAU and U.S. Diving Champions as well as Junior Olympic Champions.  After retiring from coaching age group divers, he focused his attention on high school diving.  He has spent the last 30 years coaching at the high school level in South Bay.  Dan is currently, and has been for 27 years, the Dive Coach at Mar Vista High School.  He is very proud of the dive program at Mar Vista as they have consistently produced top divers in the South Bay, many of which have gone on to successful collegiate level diving careers.

• Head of Recruiting Operations
• Assisted the Head Coach with season planning, practice periodization, and game strategies
• Liaison with Academic Counselors to assist Student-Athletes with course planning to ensure timely transfer to four-year universities and colleges
• Contributed to the program’s only two appearances in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC) championship game and best single season record of 22-7 (2022)
• Aided in the development of the only two ever PCAC Players of the Year from Southwestern College

• 2014-2022 Costa Del Sur SC -- Head Coach, 16U&18U Boys | Assistant Coach, 16u & 18u Girls
• Developed student-athletes on other teams in Sweetwater Union HS District beyond the Eastlake student-athletes which led to notable finishes
  • Bonita Vista HS
    • 2022 CIF-SDS DIII Girls Champions
  • Hilltop HS
    • 2020 Spring CIF-SDS DIII Boys Runner-up
    • 2016 CIF-SDS DIII Girls Champions
  • Mar Vista HS
    • 2021 CIF-SDS DI Semifinalists
    • 2020 Spring Season being considered for the CIF-SDS Boys Open Division but eventually seeded #1 in DI
    • 2020 CIF-Socal Regional DIII Girls Champions
    • 2020 CIF-SDS DII Girls Champions
    • 2018 CIF-SDS DII Boys Runner-up
    • 2016 CIF-SDS DII Girls Champions

• 2019 CIF-SDS DII Boys Runer-up
• 2015 CIF-SDS DII Boys Runner-up
• 2015 CIF-SDS DIII Champions, first CIF title for Girls Water Polo in Sweetwater Union High School District and first Water Polo title for an SUHSD school since 1980

• 2025 Youth Futures Team | Assistant Coach
  • Assistant Coach in Greece with the Futures Boys Youth (18u) Team
• 2024-Present | Youth Boys Assistant Coach
• 2023-2024 Development Red Boys Head Coach
• 2022-2023 Development Red Boys Assistant Coach

Coach Alberto trained in many different sports growing up such as football, boxing, water polo, & volleyball but found himself   specializing in jiu jitsu and wrestling. However, swimming stood out to him the most.  As self-taught swimmer, his journey to improve as a swimmer was achieved through reading books on stroke mechanics, and technique -- as well as studying several different techniques for all 4 different strokes.  Through consistent practice, the hunger for knowledge, and perseverance --he started to compete against many swimmers who had specialized in the sport since a very young age.    He swam for 2 years in Community College where he competed in Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Championships and finished in 5th place in the 200 Breaststroke.  He is an example of a swimmer that started late and still became proficient and competed well in the sport.     

It is his coaching philosophy that anyone can be competitive in any sport, it is only a question of desire and the will to succeed.  Swimming as an individual sport teaches athletes to set goals for themselves and seek to achieve them through daily practice.  Coach Alberto specializes in the development of swimmers, and strives to make swimming enjoyable for new students, and promote the idea that swimming should be a lifelong sport, whether for competition or as a life skill.