Deb was raised in Boise, graduated from Boise High School and attended college in Seattle.  She graduated from the University of Washington with a Finance degree and received an MBA from Seattle University.  

Deb swam for the Boise YMCA Swim Team for eight years while growing up and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.  Her passion for coaching came from the coaches she had during her competitive experiences in sports growing up.  Jim Everett, her YMCA Swim Coach as a young swimmer, was the "one coach" who made the biggest impact on her life.  He gave her the drive to be a positive role model and mentor in her coaching. Jim Everett encouraged Deb to be a volunteer coach for the Capital High School Swim Team, her first season of coaching in 1991. In 1992 she was offered the Head Swim Coach position at Bishop Kelly High School.  This gave her the opportunity to give back to a sport that made such a positive impact on her life, while allowing her the flexibility to raise her 3 children.   

Her philosophy on coaching has always been to support each swimmer and help them reach their goals.  She believes that part of being a good coach is to think about what is best for the swimmer.  Mentoring over the character and growth of each swimmer is her passion. She truly wants to make an impact on each of their lives.  

After 27 years as Head Coach at Bishop Kelly, Deb stepped down to focus on Boise Swim Club.  Two of the highlights of her career were seeing high school swimming get officially sanctioned in 2017 along with the BK boys and girls 4A State Titles!   

In 2004, Deb was named Idaho High School Swimming Coach of the Year.  Deb was the Treasurer for Treasure Valley High School Swimming for 20 years and served on the Board for the Association of Idaho High School Swimming.   Deb received "Coach of the Year 2021" for Snake River Swimming.  In 2022 she received the "Distinguished Coach of the Year" for District III High School Swimming for her involvement and dedication to high school swimming the past 30 years. 

Deb is currently the District III Swim Commissioner for Idaho High School Swimming.  She also serves on the Board of Directors for Snake River Swimming as the Coaches Representative.  Deb continues to educate herself and is an ASCA Level 3 coach. 

Deb started Boise Swim Club in April 2013 and oversees all aspects of the team. 

Stephanie has been with Boise Swim Club since 2013.  She started out as an Age Group Coach and then began working with and developing the Senior program.  In her time with BSC the Senior program has developed athletes all the way up to the Sectionals level.  She also helped establish our partnership with Idaho Fitness Academy and implemented our Mental Fitness program.  

Outside Boise Swim Club, Stephanie is the current General Chair for the Board of Directors for Snake River Swimming. She has served our Local Swimming Committee (LSC) as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair and has served as an Age Group Zones coach for the LSC three times.  

Stephanie received "Coach of the Year in 2019" for Snake River Swimming. 

If Stephanie had to summarize her personal coaching philosophy, she would say "I always do my best to put the human being first, and the athlete second. The rest is up to them.  I will always do my best to help each and every swimmer meet their personal goals by providing them with the tools necessary to get there.  Their success ultimately comes from inside them and what they decide to do in the pool.  It is my job to guide them."

Stephanie currently teaches Business classes at Boise State and is the Education Content Manager for ClickBank

Catherine has had an incredible career in swimming. She swam for North Carolina for four years as a distance swimmer and graduated from UNC in 2000 with degrees in education and psychology while being named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and Dean's List.  She spent 3 years as an Assistant Coach at UNC (2005-2008) and 12 years at the University of Southern California (2008-2020) and was named USC's Associate Head Coach in 2016.   Prior to coaching at UNC, she coached at the Carteret Currents Swimming Club in North Carolina, was the Head Coach at Meridian Swim Association, in Mississippi and was the lead coach for NCAC Swim School at North Carolina Aquatic Club during college.

Catherine has coached age group and senior swimmers that qualified and won medals at the World University Games, Open Water National Championships, Open Water World Championships, U.S. Senior National Championships, Junior Pan Pacific Games, World Olympic Trials, and the U.S. Olympic Trials.  

Catherine has served as USA's Open Water Head Coach for the FINA World Championships 4 times.  She  coached athletes to Olympic medals in the 10K in London 2012 and was appointed Head Coach for the U.S. Open Water team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and most recently the 2020/2021 Olympics in Tokyo. 

She was awarded the USA Swimming "2020 Women in Aquatic Sports Award" and currently serves on both USA Swimming and FINA committees.

Catherine and her family relocated to Boise in 2020. Her husband, George Kase, played football at UCLA and her daughter, Carson Vogt (11) swims in the Orange Group. We are thrilled to have Catherine on our coaching staff as both a mentor and coach! 

Coach Kristin grew up swimming for the Mission Viejo Nadadores in California, and the Bellevue Club and Chinook Aquatic Club in Washington.  She swam at the University of Puget Sound where she was an Academic All American and an NAIA All American, specializing in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle.  During the summers in college, Kristin started coaching age group swimmers.  After graduation, she moved to Colorado Springs for her Masters degree at the University of Colorado, along with an internship with swimmers at the Olympic Training Center, including the 1996 US Olympic Team.  During that time, she was an age group coach for Colorado Springs Swim Team and a high school coach in Manitou Springs.  She met her future husband, and they got married in 1997 and moved to Denver where Kristin began her 18-year career as a college coach.  She coached at Colorado School of Mines (1997-2000) and Texas A&M University (2000-2006).  In 2006, Kristin and her husband moved to Boise when Kristin was hired to start the swimming & diving program at Boise State.  Throughout her nine seasons at Boise State, the team won 4 conference championships and was represented at the NCAA Championships for 5 straight years.  She was Coach of the Year in the WAC (2011) and the Mountain West Conference (2012).  Kristin coached many who competed at the Olympic Trials for the USA, as well as several Olympians from Canada, Estonia, and the USA.  In 2015, Kristin changed career paths to become a teacher, and is now the Director of Academic, College and Career Advising at Cole Valley Christian Schools. 

“I loved coaching student athletes at the college level who were successful in the pool, the classroom, and in life.  The teams I worked with were always focused on teamwork, leadership, service, and personal development, and I love that Boise Swim Club has similar areas of focus.”

Morgan has grown up in Boise, Idaho where she swam for the Boise Parks and Rec summer swim program, Boise Swim Club, the Boise Y, and Boise High School. She has multiple years of experience lifeguarding, teaching swim lessons, and most recently, she was the head coach for the Ivywild summer rec swim team. Morgan graduated from Boise State University with a degree in Kinesiology and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from Idaho State University. When she is not studying, she enjoys spending time in the mountains near Lake Cascade either hiking or skiing depending on the season.

Mackenzie was born and raised in Winnemucca, NV where she started swimming at the age of 6 and competitively swam for 11 years. Her best events were 100 fly and 500 free. She had hoped to swim in college, but due to COVID, they were not recruiting at the time nor could move into a dorm at the time. She currently is attending BSU with a degree in Health Sciences and enjoys her time off with her English cream retriever, traveling, and cooking/baking.
 

Dom was born and raised in San Luis Obispo, CA where most of my family still lives. He grew up swimming competitively and continued into college. He set 3 school seconds in butterfly while attending Cuesta College. He stopped swimming once he transferred to Boise State and graduated in 2015 with a Bachelors Degree in Finance. He currently works with a financial planning company in Boise and has been coaching swimming on and off for many years. When Dom isn't working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter Alessia, hiking, swimming, along with spending time with friends and family.
 

After moving to Boise in 2013, Gavin swam as a part of Snake River Swimming under both Boise Swim Club and the YMCA until high school graduation in 2021, where he then swam 2 years of colligate swimming at Chapman University before graduating with a BFA in Animation and Visual Effects.

While swimming with Snake River, Gavin took first place at the high shool state meet in the 200IM, and achieved a Senior Y Nationals cut. He specialized in breaststroke and the IM.

Coach Kelsey developed a love of swimming at a very young age, beginning her competitive swimming career at the age of 4.  She continued through high school, where she went to CIF-SS for Mater Dei High School on relays and as a sprint freestyler, as well as competing in water polo.  At that time, Coach Kelsey discovered a passion for coaching as well as competing.