Nick Frasersmith - Nick's coaching career started in the early 1980's, coaching in a summer club league for seven years and a graduate assistant coach for Metropolitan State College for one year,  In 1988, Nick founded Riptide Aquatics and worked as head coach until 1993.  He helped form the Colorado Stars in the fall of 1999 and was head coach through October 2008.  While Head Coach of the Colorado Stars, Nick lead the team to seven Short Course and five Long Course State Championships.

Nick has been a member of the 21 time State Champion and four time NISCA National Champion Regis Jesuit Boys High School coaching staff as an assistant since 1985, taking on the Head Coach position in 2013.  Nick has been the Head Coach for the four time State and one time Independent School NISCA National Champion Regis Jesuit Girls team from 2003 to the present.  Nick was selected as the National Girls High School Coach of the Year in 2013 and the Denver Post Colorado High School Girls Coach of the Year in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. 2022 Colorado High School Boys Coach of the year 

In 2009, Nick started Denver Swim Academy with Chris Koerber.  Over the years, Nick has coached Junior National Champions, State Champions, Swimmers of the Year, Junior National and Senior National qualifiers, along with Olympic Trial qualifiers.  He has coached USA National Junior Team members as well as several National Select swimmers.

His philosophy for a successful swimmer is the combination of sound technique, hard swimming, and a good social environment. Swimming is FUN!!

Chris Koerber – Coach Chris has over 30 years of coaching experience with a few teams in Colorado, but has definitely found a comfortable home with Denver Swim Academy.....founding Denver Swim Academy with Coach Nick Frasersmith in 2009. Chris knew he was in the right place when he agreed with Coach Nick on how to approach a 200 IM......four 50s fast with great turns (it works for Seniors and 10 & Unders).  We own the 200IM.....from 10 & Unders to our Senior Group..  Basically, we want to be strong with all four strokes and it begins with our youngest swimmers.

Chris admits that he' s been fortunate to have coached some very talented and special athletes, including many State Champions and Zone finalists.  In 2004, 2012, 2014, and 2022 he was honored by his peers as Colorado Age Group Coach of the Year.

Jay was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. Jay swam competitively for 23 years. When Jay moved to the United States at age 14, he swam with the Colorado STARS for Coach Nick Frasersmith and Regis Jesuit High School. Jay has been a private swim instructor for 2 years.

Jay graduated and swam for Drury University where he was the NCAA DII National Swimmer of the Year in 2010, setting a new NCAA DII record in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:42.99 breaking an eight-year-old record. Jay was an NCAA Division II Men’s Academic All-American 2009, 2010, 2011.                                                                  

After graduating from Drury, Jay returned to Korea where he swam professionally for five years, participating in the world military championships in Switzerland.

Jay is finishing up his masters at the University of Missouri.

Jay’s motto “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.”

Kevan is from the Imperial Valley, California. Kevan started coaching in May of 2010 for Imperial Valley Desert Aquatic (IVDA) for whom he swam with throughout high school. Kevan was Head Site Coach at IVDA Holtville satellite program. During the summer Kevan has run Summer Recreation Swim Programs in Calipatria (’12 &’13) and Holtville (‘14). Each of these had 40-50 swimmers varying in ability. During the summer of  '14, Kevan acted as Interim Head Coach for IVDA.  During the summer of '16 Kevan ran the Willow Creek Wahoos summer league team. Kevan holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from CU.

Kevan has a strong passion for swimming and believes in technique and high effort as the platforms for long term success. He has coached all levels of swimming from swim lessons to Jr. National Qualifiers.