Coaches and Directors
Amy has been a part of North Shore Swim Club since she was 6 years old. She swam with NSSC through her time at Lexington High School and continued to swim at The University of Tampa. She swam her way to nationals and received multiple All Scholastic Awards. When school ended, so did swimming. Soon after school she found boxing and is now a certified personal trainer and boxing coach. She had the opportunity to come back to North Shore Swim Club as a program administrator, she is excited to be back in the world of swimming.
(781) 264-1018
Mathew grew up swimming for NSSC and Lexington High School where he won 2 State Championships and multiple All-Scholastic Honors. He attended and swam for Indiana University where he was also an assistant coach for the Bloomington Swim Club. Mathew coached for NSSC for 1 year and he decided he wanted to complete one of his life goals and compete at Olympic Trials. After training for 9 months with NSSC he was able to record a personal best and make it to Omaha to compete in the 100 butterfly at the 2012 Olympic Trials. As well as being a level 2 USA swimming certified coach, Mathew is also a certified personal trainer. Coach Mat will continue to bring his knowledge and love of swimming to the next generation of swimmers. His new goal is to help children to grow and reach their full potential, not only as swimmers, but as positive, productive people.
Phone Number: (781) 264-1017
Dave Martin, Associate Head Coach. Prior to joining the North Shore Swim Club, Dave was head coach of the Potomac Raiders & Chesapeake Bay Swim Teams in LaPlata, Maryland. Over his six years in Maryland he coached numerous State Champions, Eastern Zone finalists and several Sectional qualifiers. He graduated from The University of Pittsburgh, where he swam distance freestyle. Before coaching in Maryland, Dave coached Upper St. Clair High School and other USS programs in the Pittsburgh area. As a Facility Head Coach Dave will continue to work toward his goal of developing each swimmer to his or her fullest potential.
Phone number: (978) 866-3387
Coach Chelsea is a former swimmer at Concord-Carlisle High School and continued to compete at the collegiate level at Colby-Sawyer College. She later transferred to Fitchburg State University where she obtained her Bachelor's in Exercise and Sports Science with a minor in psychology. She is currently working on her Masters' in education and strength and conditioning certification with a couple of other degrees to follow, one in sports coaching, and one in psychology. She swam competitively for roughly 15 years with USA Swimming and finished her competitive career with North Shore Swim Club. She has been with NSSC as a swimmer and now a coach for over 10 years. She is also a lifeguard, water safety instructor, and certified pool operator. Chelsea lifeguards at Hanscom Pool. Outside of aquatics, Chelsea enjoys reading, baking, and spending time with family and friends. She is very fond of animals (especially cats and dogs) even though her family does not have any pets.
Coach Jeff grew up in Peabody, MA spending a lot of time in the pool and started to swim competitively for NSSC at age 11. In High School, Jeff competed for St. John's Prep under Coach Tony and won three MIAA Division I State Championships. Coach Jeff went on to swim for University of Tampa and was an NCAA Division II National Qualifier in the 100 Free, 200 Free and 200 IM, and a member of All American 200 and 400 Free Relays. In addition to coaching for NSSC, Jeff is the Aquatics Coordinator at St. John's Prep and going into his second year as the Head Coach of Water Polo and the State Champion Swim/Dive program.
Missie
began her competitive swimming as one of Coach Dan Warner’s
first swimmers at the Cape Ann YMCA back in 1978. She was the
backstroker in the 400 meter medley relay that broke the New
England 13-14 age group record. She was the first swimmer to
represent Gloucester High School and then headed to Boston College.
Missie coached at North Andover YMCA for several years and is
currently in her fourth season as the Assistant Coach for
Merrimack College Women’s swimming.
Aside
from coaching, Missie continues to train and compete as a Masters
level swimmer. Her two children, Peter and Jennie, are Division 1
collegiate swimmers. Peter is a senior at Boston College and Jennie
is a junior at Providence College
Jeff enjoys teaching all age groups and brings an enthusiasm for swim technique and effective drills to his practices.
Prior to joining NSSC, Jeff coached the Burbank YMCA you and adult Masters swim teams in Reading, MA since 2015. He enjoys competing in Masters meets and a varity of open water events including the recent completion of a 21 mile triathlon-style SwimRun race in Casco Bay Maine. Jeff works as a senior manager for Sanofi Genzyme. He has a chemical engineering degrees from the University of Maine and Auburn University, as well as an MBA from Boston University. He lives in Wakefield with his wife Melissa and two children Charlotte and Calvin who love being part of the NSSC Gordon College crew.
Kelcey grew up in Winchester, MA and swam for Winchester High School and later attended Wake Forest University and University of San Francisco with a Masters in Sport Management. Kelcey has been teaching swim lessons for 13 years and coaching at NSSC on and off for 7 years. In addition to coaching at NSSC, Kelcey works for Team IMPACT- connecting children with life-threatening illnesses to college athletic teams. Prior to Team IMPACT, she was Director of Operations at Florida State Swim and Dive and an Operations Assistant for Cal Berkeley Baseball and Men's Swimming and Diving. Outside of coaching, Kelcey is a food tour connoisseur and puzzle extraordinaire, likes to bake, watch sports and travel.
Swimming is Amy‘s life. With over 25
years as a competitor and coach, Amy brings unprecedented expertise
and high expectations to the sport. In her 18 years as a coach, 15
spent at Matignon High School in Cambridge, and currently the coach
at Manchester Essex Regional High School, Amy challenges her
swimmers in and out of the pool. The best part? They respond!
Amy’s Matignon team brought home the first ever MIAA
sportsmanship Award in the school’s history. Amy is ready to
not only train you to be the best swimmer you can be, but be the
best person you can be.
There’s no place Coach Rebecca is happier than on a pool deck. She joined the NSSC staff in 2023 at the Newburyport and SJP sites, and also serves as the head coach for the Triton High Co-Op team, where she was honored to be named Coach of the Year for the Cape Ann League the past two seasons. She was formerly with YNS, and also an assistant coach at WPI from 1996-2000, where she swam collegiately from 1992-1996. She’s a Level 3 ASCA coach (Educational road), with one Triton swimmer qualifying for YMCA Nationals and many others reaching State and Sectional cut times, in addition to resetting all but two of the boy’s school records during her tenure. She has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and M.E. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, also from WPI. She formerly swam with Cambridge Masters Swim Club (now Charles River Aquatics). Her overall focus as coach is to help swimmers gain the same life-long love of the sport that she was lucky enough to receive from her own coaches over the years!
Bryce started his swimming career with NSSC, before going on to join the Keene State College team, where he was an all-conference distance swimmer. After graduating in 2020 with a dual degree in Secondary Education and History, he joined Gordon College as their assistant coach. He then spent two years in that position, while also working with NSSC as an assistant coach as well. In the summer of 2022, Bryce was promoted to the Gordon College Head Coach. During his first season in the role, he led Gordon to their most successful season since 2014 and was the NAC Conference Men’s Coach of the Year.
2-time Division 1 Swimming All-American from The Ohio State
University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Allied
Health Sciences and a NASM Certified Group Personal Training
Specialist
Her coaching career stems from a strong competitive swimming
background at the National/International levels of competition, as
well as being honored to learn and grow with Olympic Coaches. She
incorporates the holistic approach to training and believes a
positive attitude is a reflection of new skills learned.
Jody’s expertise in dry land training & gym yoga
transfers into bringing balance in the pool and in life.
As an athlete of the 5-time Big Ten Championship Women’s
Varsity Swimming Team and under the tutelage of Olympic
Women’s swimming coach Jim Montrella, Jody earned
All-American honors in the 400yd Individual Medley and the 800yd
Freestyle Relay. She was selected as a Regional Collegiate
All-Star, MVP, and Team Captain, along with competing in the World
Championships Trials representing Mission Viejo
Nadadores.
Dedication and perseverance led Jody to become a consecutive
Massachusetts State High School record holder in the 200yd
Individual Medley and 100yd Backstroke, Athletic/Academic High
School All-American Swimmer and a National Record holder in the
200yd Individual Medley. Jody was honored to represent Team New
England in International competition, at the Queen’s Silver
Jubilee in London resulted in Silver medal honors.
Jody’s vision and focus wrapped up her High School swimming
career by the Induction into Shawsheen Valley Regional High
School’s first Athletic Hall of Fame class.
Currently, Jody is Nike Swim Camp GOLD Coach, NASM Group Personal
Training Specialist, Head Coach of Boston University Masters
Swimming, USA Swimming Age-Group Coach, USMS competitive swimmer,
Co-founder of “I CAN I WILL Rise N Shine
CreativeFit”Aquatics/Gym Yoga” providing world class
training which enable swimmers to reach Olympic heights.
She enjoys mentoring and training age-group swimmers, sport
specific athletes, and any athlete whose goal is to advance in
their sport.
Her positive mindset brings focus and creativity to the athletes
environment and loves to work hard to make them grow.
Halina
has a BA degree in Art
Education from University of A. Mickiewicz in Poland, as well as a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Counseling/Psychology from
FCU
Through health challenges and
victory over cancer, Halina fortified her passion for swimming.
Everyday practice inspired her to become a USMS Coach/competitive
swimmer, private swim instructor, as well as an age-group
Coach.
Halina Coaches Nike Swim
Camps, and trains as
NASM Group Personal Training Specialist,
Volunteers as Assistant Coach
Boston University Men’s & Women’s Varsity Swimming,
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he also Co-Founded “Rise N Shine” Aquatics/Gym Yoga
where she’s committed to help in the development of young
swimmers to their full potential.
Through her experience, she
is honored to work and learn with Olympic level coaches. She brings
motivation and technique to achieve the goals and bring the fun
along with it.
Halina’s desire is to
share her gifts of functional and flexibility training to improve
the holistic approach to teaching.