Doug and his wife, Marie, have three sons, Benjamin, John, and William, all members of DASH at one time or another.

Outside of DASH, Jake is an instructor at Northeast Iowa Community College and University of Wisconsin-Platteville. 

Jake and his wife Angie are proud "parents" of their dog Sully.

Coach Jim Sheehan

Asst. Coach / GOLD - Sprint Focus

Jim is a Dubuque native, graduating from Wahlert HS in 1996.  Jim began his swimming career with DASH & Coach Colin, just prior to beginning HS. During HS he swam for Dubuque Senior 1992-1996 (co-op program), where he was coached by Dan Duclos and Coach Colin (1992-93 season).  During his HS career, he broke Dubuque Senior schools records, earned All-State and All-American honors.  Under Coach Colin’s tutelage Jim progressed from a novice swimmer to become DASH’s first male Junior National qualifier (100yd breaststroke-1996).  He then went on to swim at Iowa State University (1996-2000) where he was a Big 12 Conference finalist in the 100yd & 200yd breaststoke, co-captain (1999-2000 season), Jack McGuire Memorial Award winner (1999-2000 season) and US Olympic Trials qualifier (2000).  As a coach Jim has worked with swimmers from a wide range of ages and ability levels, which have spanned age group swimmers to Olympians.  Jim’s international coaching experience includes head coaching duties for Puerto Rico at the 2021 South American Championships and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Jim and his wife, Carolyn, have three daughters, Miriam (2020 Olympian-100m Fly/100m FR), Alexandra, and Adonai, who are all members of DASH.

 

Coach KRISTI MARSHALL

 

Asst. Coach / GREEN

 

Kristi is a native of Omaha, NE and was on the state winning team her junior and senior year.  She then went on to a four year career at the University of St. Thomas (MN), where she specialized in the 100 & 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM with the 200 fly and 400 IM when they needed points for a meet :) 

Kristi has a BS degree in Health Promotion and has worked at the University and corporate levels as a Trainer and Wellness Coach. Her career has taken her to Montana, Missouri, and now back to Her husband’s hometown of Dubuque where she works at Hirschbach Motor Lines. 

She swims Masters with DASH and has a swimmer in both the Bronze (Piper) and Silver (Cole) groups.

Rick is a Wellness & Recreation teacher in the Dubuque Community School system and the Head Boys Swim Coach at Hempstead HS, where he has been selected as State Coach of the Year in 2014, 4x District Coach of the year, and 2x MVC Divisional Coach of the year.

In 2006, he was inducted into the Saint Mary’s University (MN) Athletic Hall of Fame and in the spring of 2017 was elected to the Presidency of the Iowa High School Swim Coaches Association.

For DASH, Rick coaches the Gold and HS Camp groups during the summer.

He and his wife, Kylie, have a son, Ty, and daughter, Emmy.

Outside of DASH, Todd is the Manager, Global Occupational Health Operations for John Deere.  When he isn’t at a pool with his two daughters who swim for DASH, he’s at a court, field, or track supporting all three of his children. 

Todd and his wife, Meg, have three children, Jack, Molly, and Annie.