Coaches and Directors
Coach Terrell Woods brings a deep passion for competitive swimming and athlete development to the Plantation Swim Team. With years of experience coaching swimmers from beginners to Futures-level athletes, Coach Terrell is dedicated to helping every swimmer reach their full potential — both in and out of the pool.
Under his leadership, Plantation Swim Team has fostered a positive, high-performance environment built on discipline, teamwork, and continuous improvement. His coaching philosophy focuses on developing strong technique, efficient training habits, and a growth mindset that carries beyond the sport. The Plantation Swim Team can claim FGC Age Group Champions, FGC Senior Championship Champions, FHSAA State Finalists, Sectional, Futures and Junior National Qualifiers, and the 2021 and 2023 Southern Zone Senior Championship Men's Team Champions. The Plantation Swim Team has broken over 30 individual team records and over 25 relay team records in Coach Woods' tenure.
He takes pride in creating an atmosphere where athletes are motivated, confident, and love the process of getting faster.
Coach Woods led Plantation High School Water Polo to a district title in 2007, was selected to the FGC All Star and Zone Staff in 2008 and was chosen for the 2009 BCAA All Star Water Polo Coaching Staff.
As an athlete Coach Woods was a multiple time Sectional Finalist, Junior National Qualifier and and 6 Time State Finalist. He was also selected two times to the Collegiate Water Polo Association All Conference Team, while at Florida State.
Coach Dolores has been coaching for the Plantation Swim Team
since 1989. She is certified Level 3 with the American Swimming
Coaches Association. She currently coaches our Age Group 2 and
Junior Piranhas and is our Business Manager.
As a competitive swimmer, Dolores set County and District High
School records in both Freestyle and Backstroke and finished 3rd in
the 100 yard freestyle in her Florida High School State
Championships. She went on to compete for 8 years as a Masters
swimmer. Her goal is to pass on the positive influence swimming has
had on her life, and make workouts challenging but fun.
Coach Dolores has also worked with numerous Zone and All Star
coaching staffs during her years coaching in the Florida Gold
Coast.
Coach Nick started his competitive swimming career in 2007 for the Cooper City Cyclones. Although his career lasted for fifteen years, he still continues to swim every week. In 2012 Cooper City and PST merged into one team where Coach Nick would practice alongside PST swimmers under the coaching and leadership of Coaches Terrell and Dolores.
While swimming for PST Coach Nick would attend JO’s where he specialized in long distance events and the individual medley. In high school his senior year, Coach Nick led the Pembroke Pines Charter Jaguars to their first state championship appearance in the 200-freestyle relay. Throughout his swimming career, Coach Nick was awarded the team spirit award for always providing a positive environment in and out of the water, at practice and at meets.
In Coach Nick’s free time, he enjoys working out both in the water and the weight room. He also enjoys spending time at home with his family and building Lego’s.

