Coaches and Directors

Coaches and Directors

Coaching Staff
Aaron Montgomery Assistant Coach

Aaron completed his MA in Education in 1994 and began his career as a middle school teacher and swim coach. His coaching career started as an age group coach at the Flushing Y, where Aaron helped contribute to seven of the program’s 30 consecutive state championships. In 2001, Aaron moved to Westchester County, where he coached senior swimmers at the Rye YMCA and Mamaroneck HS. From 2007 to 2017, Aaron was Badger Swim Club’s Senior Team assistant coach. At Badger, he had the pleasure of working with dozens of Olympic Trial, National, and Junior National Team qualifiers.

2017 – 2021 Aaron was named the Head Senior Team coach of the Greenwich Marlins, where in just four years, he coached champions from Sectionals to YMCA Nationals. He proudly produced at least one Junior National qualifier in each event in those four years. He also coached numerous Junior National, US Open, and National Championship qualifiers.

Aaron has been a teacher at Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT, since 2014, where he teaches in the Mathematics Department and coaches swimming. His swimmers have produced close to 40 All-American swims over the past five years and broke three New England and two National Records. His teams have consistently been considered in the top 25 nationally. Aaron’s love of being in the classroom and the pool deck are key components in his ability to help swimmers who want to swim in college find the right program.

Adam King Assistant Coach

Adam is excited to join the CP-AC team. Adam is a teacher from New Rochelle and began his coaching career in 1998. He has worked in all facets of the swimming world: Summer Club, High School, and USA club coaching. Adam spent the last four seasons with the Westport Water Rats, coaching the team to 3 consecutive Age Group Championships. Adam exhibits tremendous rapport, knowledge, and patience with his athletes, and he will be a great asset to all programs of the CP-AC team.

Harry Shontz Assistant Coach
Harry joined Chelsea Piers in the fall of 2021 after four years at the Greenwich YMCA and five years at Badger Swim Club. While at the Greenwich Marlins, he coached both age group and senior level swimmers, and helped produce numerous top-16 swims, in addition to working with age group, zone, sectional, and Y-national championship level swimmers. As a summer club coach, he also enjoys helping athletes foster a love for the sport.
 
Harry has taught at the Leffell School in Hartsdale, NY since 2016, where he works in the history department. While the moments are rare, he will always try to find the intersections of swimming and history!
Will Litwinczyk Assistant Coach