Brandon is the Head Coach and also coaches the Senior group.  He has been a part of the Waves for the past 20 years and has coached every level on our swim club. 

Brandon's swimming experience started at the age-group level and progressed all the way up to swimming at Hope College.  His coaching career started immediately following college by working with various age-group and high school programs.  Brandon has also been an assistant coach for Calvin College and currently is an assistant to the EGR Girls  and Boys Varsity Swim and Dive programs. 

In Brandon's own words:

"I feel very fortunate to be able to work with great athletes, parents and volunteers in a community that values swimming and the experiences it provides.  I believe that swimming teaches our kids about work ethic, perseverance, being a team player, empathy, goal setting and developing life long skills that will help them long after their swimming careers are over.  I am here to help kids reach as high as they want to go and I value all those who make the commitment to improve themselves as swimmers and people."

Go Waves

Josh is the Head Senior Coach, and Masters Founder and Coach, for the EGRA Waves program.

Josh has been swimming competitively since the age of eight in both club and middle/high school. He was a four year varsity swimmer at Brandon High School and captain both his Junior and Senior year. He comes from past coaching experience as the head coach of the Deer Lake Dolphins Rec Swim Team out of Clarkston, Michigan and has been with the EGRA Waves for 12 years now.

He has coached all levels within the program; teaching the foundations of stroke with the Developmental Groups at Wealthy, introducing the competitive elements of swimming and training cycles with Silver and Gold groups as the Head Age-Group Coach, and uses his years of coaching experience to help the Senior level athletes set their goals and reach for the highest level of success. He is also the founder of the EGRA Masters Team, and coached and grew that adult swim program for 10 years. He is proud of his swimmers and athletes, and has guided his swimmers to achieve their highest goals in swimming, anywhere from Regional to Junior National levels.

He graduated from Grand Valley State University in 2014 with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science focusing on Health and Fitness. Josh is a recognized Masters Coach in US Masters Swimming (USMS) and an American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) certified coach. He has also been involved with Michigan Swimming as a Zone Coach in 2018 & 2019, and recently, the training of triathletes and open water/enduro-swimmers.

Alan is our Head Developmental Coach working with the Bronze, Blue and Precompetitive Groups. 

Zoe grew up in Arizona and moved to Michigan to continue her education at Calvin University. She swam on a local club team as well as being team captain for her high school swim team. Zoe is currently a junior at Calvin working on 3 degrees Psychology, Criminology, and Sociology. She will be assisting Silver, Gold, Bronze, Blue, and Precomp.

Jonathan is a former Waves swimmer and a recent GVSU graduate where he competed all 4 years with the swim team.  We are glad to have him with us as a coach!

Jenea grew up in Indiana where she swam for her local club team as well as her middle school and high school teams. She then moved to Grand Rapids to attend Calvin University where she swam for 3 years.

She just recently graduated from Calvin with both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Exercise Science, and will be assisting the Silver, Gold and Senior Groups this season.

Catherine is an assistant coach with the Bronze, Blue and Precompetitive developmental groups at Wealthy and a student at GVSU.

Isabella joins us this fall to assist with the Silver and Gold groups.  She is a former member of the Calvin University swim program. 

Meghan joins us from Aquinas College where she is a member of the swim program.  She will assist with the Wealthy groups. 

Willow is currently a student at Grand Valley State University and will be assisting with the Bronze, Blue and Precompetitive developmental groups.

Laura is a former collegiate swimmer and current physical therapist. She assists with the Senior Groups.