BIO:

I am a native of West Michigan.  I'm from Holland Michigan and I swam at West Ottawa.  I didn't start swimming all year until my senior year in high school, that's when I joined WMS.  I was recruited to swim at a few different schools, mostly in Michigan.  The school that won me over was Clemson University.  I swam on the varsity team all four years. 

Every year after school I would come back to Michigan and train and coach with WMS.  I mostly worked with the 8 and unders and the 9-10 age group throughout my summers.  After graduating I moved back and I was the head coach of the Holland Middle School team, and the assistant coach with the Holland High School team.  

Then I had an opportunity to move to Charlotte North Carolina with a few of my college friends.  This turned into an almost 10 year career working for Vanguard.  Towards the end of my time at Vanguard I knew something was missing and that I wasn't doing what made me happy.  I always loved coaching and could always see myself being the head coach of a program.  Randomly I found an article about jobs in swimming, so I scrolled through it and found a post for WMS.  It seemed meant to be so I applied and here I am!

Coaching Philosophy:

I've always believed that the best results occur when the swimmer-coach relationship is a partnership.  So my coaching philosophy is to have the swimmers work with me, not for me.  Having that partnership will ensure that we both reach the best possible versions of ourselves as swimmers, coaches and people.  I also think it is important to put a heavy emphasis on being competitive in whatever they do. I think there’s a lot of value in applying the will to win and the will to succeed in everything they do in their lives. With that mentality, they will be motivated to win each and every day and will constantly strive to be the best possible version of themselves in and out of the water.  Last but absolutely not least I want our swimmers to enjoy the sport of swimming.