Jessica Higgins - Head Coach

Coach Jess swam at the YMCA of the North Shore through her age group career that spanned 8 years before starting swimming collegiately at Regis College. During her 4 years at Regis she specialized in backstroke and was team captain her final 2 years. Jess was also named student athlete of the year twice, holding multiple team records and a finalist at the ECAC championship meet.

Jess coached at YNS from 2016-2021 at multiple locations including Beverly, Salem, and Marblehead. Coach Jess has worked with every age group, including novice level to National level athletes. Jess has been coaching at BYB since 2021 and became the Head Coach in February 2024.

Chris Falk - Assistant Coach

Chris has been coaching with the Bluefins since 2019.  He began competitive swimming at age 12.  His senior year, he was captain of his high school team - the team was undefeated for 4 years.  Along the way, Chris set a school record in the 100 Back and was part of a state record 200 Medley Relay.  He swam Division 1 at University of Maine for a year before transferring to Northeastern University.

Chris graduated from Northeastern with a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and has an M.S. in Medical Sciences from Boston University.  He currently works in Boston as Product Manager for a technology company in the clinical trials industry.  Chris lives in Wilmington with his wife Sarah (who is a much better swimmer than he is) and their 3 children. All three of his children swim for BYB. 

John Langton - Assistant Coach

Kate Werner - Assistant Coach