Coach Chris. Chris started swimming competitively at the age of 6 with Brookside Swim Club. He then swam for Moeller High School and was a swim team captain his senior season in 2002. Chris went on to further his education and Graduated from the College of Mount Saint Joseph in 2007. He holds a BS in Recreational Therapy and a Minor in Physiology. During his time in college, Chris started coaching for Blue Ash YMCA in 2004. He began coaching the 8 and under/9-10’s age groups for three seasons before moving up levels to coach Age Group 1, 11-12's since 2008. He has coached his swimmers to multiple league champions, league record holders, Zone Champions, Zone Age Group Champions, and YMCA Long Course National Qualifiers at the age of 12. Chris has also been an Assistant Coach with Moeller High School Swim Team from 2002-09 and 2011-present. He has coached high school swimmers to multiple Individual State Champions as well as National Swimming All American status. Chris brings great passion for the sport of swimming as well as experience and knowledge to the BASH program. Chris’s favorite saying is Thannkk Yoouuuu!

Coach Bill -  Coach Bill was the Blue Ash YMCA Swim Team head coach until June 2022, however he is still involved with the team today. He came to Blue Ash in 1988 from the Dynamo Swim Club in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the top teams in the Southeast and at the National level. There he helped develop and coach world-ranked swimmers, Senior National swimmers, and many Top 16 Age Group Qualifiers during his tenure in Atlanta. He also has coached YMCA teams in South Carolina and Florida, and he was a Graduate Assistant at James Madison University. He was a collegiate swimmer for the University of Maine. Coach Whatley holds both a BS in Education and an MS degree in Physical Education.

Coach Erica -  I have been on the pool deck coaching since 2004. I started coaching summer swimming at the Cincinnati Sports Club in 2004, and then transitioned into coaching high school swimming in 2005. I am currently coaching high school swimming at Purcell Marian and Roger Bacon High School. I have been coaching at Purcell Marian since 2005 and Roger Bacon since 2016. I then started coaching at the Blue Ash YMCA in 2017 where I have coached Dolphin, AG4, and AG3. Currently, I work with primarily AG4. 

Coach Maura. I have been a coach at the Blue Ash Y since 2018. I coach Age Groups 3 and 4. I swam for BASH as a child, and continue to love the sport to this day. Coaching is one of the joys of my week, I’m always excited when swimmers achieve their goals and improve their skills!

Coach Jake has been a part of the swimming community for most of his life. He grew up swimming for the South Toledo YMCA and attended Toledo Christian, where he was a three-time Ohio Division I State Qualifier (2003-2005) and named Great Lakes Zone Swimmer of the year in 2005. He went on to swim for The Ohio State University (2005-2009), serving as team captain, qualifying for the 2008 US Olympic Trials, and earning multiple NCAA All-American and ALL-Big Ten Honors. Jake and his wife Brittany moved to Cincinnati in 2016 and have three children who swim for the Blue Ash Dolphins, where he now shares his love of the sport as a coach helping young swimmers build confidence and resilience that last far beyond the pool..

Please contact the BASH Swim Team Administrative Assistant with any general questions you may have. Thank you!