I started swimming at the age of 6 at the Hazlet summer swim club and fell in love with the water. I grew up swimming club and spent my summers guarding for Sandy Hook.  I have played multiple sports my entire life but ended up taking a Division 1 swimming scholarship to West Virginia University where I qualified for Olympic Trials and became an Academic/Athletic All American. After college, I started coaching for the Hazlet Pool Club and have never looked back. In 2014-2015, I was hired as the Head Age Group Coach for the Freehold Old Bridge YMCA where we won 4 state championships across the age groups and then came to NJRC back in 2015-2016. I have had the priviledge to coach at almost every level from Summer Swim teams, High School, YMCA and now USS club swimming. 

- Sea Bright Beach Club Head Coach ( 2017 - 2022 )

- NJRC Head Age Group Coach - 2015- present

Coastal Ocean Surf Rescue LLC: Co-Founder, COO, Head Swim Instructor, Head Lifeguard Instructor, Head First Aid Instructor 2011 - 2017

     Head Coach: Breakwater Beach Club 2015 - Current

     The Atlantic Club (Manasquan): Swim Instructor, Lifeguard 2011 - 2015

     Ocean County YMCA: Swim Instructor, Lifeguard 2006 - 2011

     Barrier Island Lifeguards: Swim Instructor, Lifeguard 2005 - 2010

Certifications :

-Water Safety Instructor

-American Heart Association Basic Life Saving Instructor: Including First Aid, CPR, Emergency Oxygen Administration, Blood Borne Pathogens (EMT Standards)

-United States Lifesaving Association Lifeguard Instructor

Kelly-Ann Barruffe is the lead of the junior and junior 1 groups. Beginning her swimming career at age 12, Kelly swam with OCY and later transferred to FOBY finishing swimming competitively at the end of high school.  She began swim instructing all ages at the age of sixteen where she learned she loved to teach the sport! In wanting more of a competitive atmosphere she began coaching at age 21 and transferred to NJRC at 22! Kelly loves teaching and training swimmers to be confident, Strong, independent swimmers who are legal in all four strokes. Her goal is to make swimming a forever sport for kids where they have fun and learn all about sportsmanship! 

Coach Billy was raised in Scotch Plains, NJ and swam competitively for Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA. The youngest of 4 boys, from a swimming family, his love for the water started from an early age at the local summer swim club. He swam at St. Josephs High School and won 2 state championships with the program. He also swam collegiately at Rowan University. He spends his summers lifeguarding with the Belmar Beach Patrol, and this fall begun assisting the Monmouth University Swim Team. He's a proven asset to the NJRC program as he helps our swimmers reach their goals with a positive attitude and keen eye for technique