COACHING STAFF
We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, practice schedules or other swimming related needs, please contact one of the coaches. Read the bios below to find out more about each coach!
Kyle Johnson
Bloomington - Head Coach
Email: [email protected]
Coach Kyle joined our staff in August of 2024. A Hoosier from Anderson, IN, Kyle swam with Anderson Community Aquatics Club before going on to compete at Indiana University from 2012-2015. Throughout his time at IU, Kyle found his love for teaching and was eventually hired as an assistant coach at the IU Swim Camps as well as Bloomington Swim Club. Following his summer with BSC, Kyle headed south to Newburgh, IN where he was the Head Age Group Coach for two years before being named the Associate Head Coach in 2019. After his four year coaching stint with the Newburgh Sea Creatures, Kyle went up to work at the Fishers Area Swimming Tigers where he continued coaching until 2022 when he decided to go back to school at IU Bloomington to get his degree in Education. Kyle graduated from IU in December of 2024 and has been on the ISC coaching staff full time since then, becoming the Head Coach in August.
Jeff LeBeau
Bloomington - Senior Assistant Coach
Jeff started swimming at the age of 7 years-old in Bloomington, IN at Bloomington Swim Club and while an age grouper won state titles in backstroke in the 10&U, 11&12 and 13&14 age groups. Jeff swam at Bloomington High School North where he set school records in the 100 free, 200 free, 500 free and 200 IM and was an All-American in the 200 IM. Jeff then attended Clemson University on full scholarship for swimming where he helped Clemson win its only ACC Conference Championship in school history in 1986. Jeff started swimming with legendary Coach James “Doc” Counsilman while in high school and continued to swim and work at the Counsilman Swim Camps every summer while in college.
Jeff has been coaching for over 35 years and started his coaching career while in high school in 1981 where he wrote the workouts for the Bloomington North High School girls team (spring sport at that time) for 3 years. They won a Sectional Championship 1 of those years. After college Jeff started coaching age group swimmers in Honolulu, Hawaii at Punahou Aquatics for 4 and ½ years and during that time Punahou won a State Championship and was runner-up twice. Jeff then moved to St. Louis, MO where he coached for Rockwood Swim Club for 3 years and where he was part of Rockwood’s 1st LSC Championship. For 1 year Jeff was the head coach of the University City Swim Club in St. Louis before becoming the head coach at Bloomington Swim Club in 1996. Jeff coached for BSC for 22 years and was that club’s most tenured coach in its long history from 1955 to 2018. For 2 years Jeff coached for the Indiana Swim Club where he was Head Age Group Coach 1 year and Interim Head Coach for 1 year. Jeff also returned to coaching the North High School girls team for 2 years. Jeff then went to coach for the Newburgh Sea Creatures in Newburgh, IN for 3 years. Jeff was the Head Age Group Coach there and also was an assistant coach for 2 years at Castle High School.
Jeff and his wife Chris have a blended family of 5 children 4 of which are married and have 1 grandson and 1 grandaughter so far.
Max Irwin
Bloomington - Senior Assistant Coach
Email: [email protected]
Coach Max is in his ninth year of coaching for the 2025-2026 academic year and his first with ISC. He has lived in Bloomington since 2006 and swam with the Bloomington Swim Club (predecessor to ISC) growing up under head coach Jeff LeBeau. Max attended and swam at Tri-North Middle School, Bloomington High School North, and finally Indiana University, where he earned B.S. degrees in both Mathematics and Physics. At Bloomington High School North, Max won two IHSAA State titles in the 100 butterfly and the 500 freestyle and a number of IN Swimming club state titles. As a Hoosier, Max competed at the Big Ten and NCAA Championships every year. He was a captain his senior year and helped IU win its first men's swimming Big Ten championship since 2006. He competed in the 2016 Olympic Trials in the 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle. Max was a member of the National Age Group record breaking 800 freestyle relay at the 2014 Junior Nationals and swam on the 2016 Winter National-winning 800 freestyle relay. Max was also an IU school record holder in the 400 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay.
Max has coached the Bloomington North boys team since 2017 and was head coach for 6 seasons from 2018-2024. During that time, the team won 4 consecutive Sectional Championships (2020, '21, '22, '23) and regularly advanced athletes to the IHSAA state meet. He has also been an assistant coach at Tri-North Middle School since 2017, and coached with BSC in the summer of 2018 over the Bronze Group (today's equivalent to the White Group). Max was the head coach of B-Town Aquatics from 2019-2022.
In his day job, Max is a scientist and project manager in the defense sector. He also holds a masters degree from Purdue University in Defense Engineering.
Annie Levy
Bloomington - Assistant Coach
Email: [email protected]
Annie has about 17 years of competitive swimming experience—she started swimming at age 6 and officially retired at age 23. She grew up swimming for Bloomington Swim Club, where she was coached by both Jeff LeBeau and (now) Coach Kyle Johnson. She was a Zones level athlete, a 3x Sectional Champion in the 100 Breaststroke, and a 4x First Team All-Conference qualifier for BHSS. In the summers she trained with BSC and Indiana University, swam a season with ISC when the club was first founded, and later continued her career at the University of Indianapolis, where she specialized in the 200 Breaststroke and 200 IM.
What Annie loves most about coaching is seeing the sport from a new side. She says she has learned more about swimming by coaching it than she did as an athlete, and she loves helping swimmers build confidence, understand their technique, and fall in love with the process.
Outside the pool, Annie is an educator. She graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education (with a focus in Special Education and Reading), and most recently taught Middle School English at the International School of Indiana where she also coached swimming and was an assistant Track & Field coach. That experience is what sparked her passion for international teaching.
A fun fact: Annie is moving abroad in January to begin her journey toward teaching English internationally.
Her favorite food is dim sum mostly because she loves having a little bit of everything.
In her spare time, Annie is currently learning the language of the country she is moving to and loves hiking and keeping her mind challenged with new skills and adventures.
Abby Albano
Bloomington - Assistant Coach
Email: [email protected]
Coach Abby has been a swimmer in her home state of Virginia for over 15 years. She swam for Tide Swimming in Virginia Beach and was an Age Group Zones swimmer. Her speciality is butterfly having competed in the Senior State Championships, Speedo Premier Raceing Championships and her high school team's State Championships. She coached age group swimmers for the Serpents in Chesapeake Virginia for three years before starting her studies at IU where she studies exercise science. Coach Abby primarily coaches the White Group.
Leo Wang
Bloomington - Assistant Coach
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Coach Leo started coaching for ISC in the fall of 2025 and has been an assistant coach for the Tri North Swim team for the last three seasons. He began his swimming career with the Counsilman Center Indiana Swim Club (CCISC) in 2016 and then with ISC until 2023 when he began his studies at Indiana University. He was also a member of the Bloomington North Swim Team during all four years of high school. Coach Leo enjoys helping others improve, develop, and gain confidence on and off the pool deck. When not coaching or studying, he competes in triathlons, runs on the many trails in Bloomington, and enjoys watching any and all sports. Coach Leo works primarily with the Red Group.
Ebba Fox
Bloomington - Assistant Coach
Email: [email protected]
Coach Ebba started her swimming career at just three years old and continued all the way through her senior year of high school. She has been teaching swim lessons for about four years, primarily working with children ages 4–8. This past summer, she gained additional experience coaching at Indiana University’s swim camp, where she worked with swimmers of all ages and skill levels. Coach Ebba joined ISC last spring and is excited to continue growing as a coach. She enjoys coaching because it allows her to share what she’s learned from her years in the sport while helping swimmers build both their skills and confidence. She especially values the opportunity to guide kids who are just beginning their swimming journeys. In her spare time, Coach Ebba enjoys working out, spending time with friends and family, and getting out on the lake whenever she can.
Reece Alexander
Bloomington - Assistant Coach
Email: [email protected]
Coach Reece has been passionate about swimming for as long as he can remember. He competed with the University of Oregon's Swim Club during college while earning his bachelor's degree in Human Physiology and Biochemistry. Specializing in the individual medley and breaststrok, Coach Reece has also coached for Emerald Aquatics in his home state of Oregon and taught swim lessons to athletes in all age groups. What he enjoys most about coaching is seeing that "lightbuld moment" when an athlete truly connects with the feedback and sees their hard work pay off in the water. Outside of the pool, Reece is an avid traveler who completed a 1,000 mile backpacking trip across Europe last spring and summer. In his spare time, he enjoys painting, and drawing, and endulging in a bowl of classic mac and cheese.
Joanie Blackwell
Bloomington - Lessons Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Joanie is thrilled to be the new Lessons Coordinator as of Fall 2025, and to welcome the children and families who are new to ISC. For her, there is nothing like seeing a child’s joy at being in the water and pride in learning how to swim, especially if they overcame fear to get there. The years she spent teaching lessons and coaching a summer league team bring back wonderful memories that make her excited to return to this work.
She believes that swimming is the best sport because it is a critical life skill for children and adults, whether they swim recreationally, for exercise, or competitively. It teaches perseverance, hard work, confidence, and how to push yourself individually through the support and camaraderie of team. Swimming is inherently fair, both calming and fun, and full-body fitness you can do safely your whole life.
Joanie started swimming at age 7 for Upper St. Clair Swim Club in Pittsburgh, PA, and went on to serve as co-captain of the Upper St. Clair high school team. Specializing in breaststroke and IM, she swam for Davidson College (NC) on a partial scholarship (2000-2004). There, she broke the school record in the 200 breaststroke, earned all-conference academic honors, and co-captained the women’s team her senior year.
Joanie graduated from Davidson with a B.A. in English and Spanish, and recently earned a graduate certificate in Philanthropic Studies from The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis (2023). Now an ISC swim parent (with her husband Nick, whom she swam with at Davidson) of three children in the Junior (Penelope), Red (Philip), and Lessons (Natalie) groups, she thanks her own parents regularly for all they did to support her participation in the sport.
Outside of the pool, Joanie is a teacher at St. Mark’s Preschool and Kindergarten. She enjoys spending time with her family, whether it be reading books aloud or having dance parties at home, going on adventures near and far, or driving to and from the many natatoriums throughout Indiana.
Adam Chamberlain
Martinsville - Assistant Coach
Email: [email protected]
Adam Chamberlain has been an assistant coach of the Indiana Swim Club since 2022. He has three sons in the swim club; Owen, Ian and Alec. Coach Chamberlain graduated from University of Missouri -Rolla in 2006 with PhD in Ceramic Engineering. He has worked for the Rolls-Royce Corporation for 17 years and has lived in the Martinsville area for 15 of those years. Coach Chamberlain has been active in youth Martinsville/Mooresville youth sports for the past seven years.
Hannah Gill
Martinsville - Assistant Coach
Email: [email protected]
Coach Hannah swam throughout middle school and high school in Tucson, Arizona where she primarily swam distance freestyle and backstroke. She then raced triathlons while she was in college at the University of Arizona. Hannah has been coaching with ISC since 2024. Over the past year she has also helped coach the middle school and high school teams of MSD in Martinsville. Hannah loves getting to foster a love for a sport that taught her so much. She finds it rewarding to watch something click for a swimmer and see growth over the course of the season. Hannah also loves connecting with young swimmers and getting to know who they are in and out of the pool. In her spare time, she enjoys going on runs and reading.
Blake Rains
Martinsville - Assisant Coach
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Coach Blake started at ISC in the fall of 2025 and coaches for the Martinsville swimmers. As a native of Martinville, he spent 11 years as a club swimmer for FRST (Franklin Regional Swim Team) and was a 4-year state finalist during his high school career. He won the 100 Breaststroke sectional title in 2021 He was also a member of Team Indiana for eight years.
Cindy Ford
Martinsville - Assistant Coach
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Coach Cindy has been swimming since she was in the sixth grade and continued swimming through her first year of college. She joined the ISC coaching staff in 2021coaching the Martinsville swimmers. She loves working with kids and watching them grow, improve, and gain confidence. Outside of the pool, Cindy is a nurse for Cigna Healthcare. She is married and has two teenage boys who love sports. In her spare time, she enjoys cheering them on in whatever they are doing.
