Head Coach for the Coffman YMCA Swim Team since 2021. Previously coached with the Germantown Gators summer league swim team (2016, 2018), YMCA of Central Florida Recreational Swim Team (2017), and Valley View High School Swim Team (2018-2022). 

 

Christian has been with the YMCA since 2009 beginning as a lifeguard and swim instructor at the Marion Family YMCA in Marion, Ohio. Christian has been with the YMCA of Greater Dayton since 2013 starting at the West Carrollton YMCA then at the Coffman Family YMCA in 2018 as Aquatics Coordinator then as the Aquatics Director until 2021 to lead the swim team. 

 

Tucker joined the CFY coaching staff in August 2011 and works with the Green Group.  Tucker began competitive swimming in high school and was a high school state champion in Colorado.  He was a collegiate All-American at the United States Air Force Academy and was a qualifier for the Olympic Trials. Tucker coached summer programs in Arizona, South Carolina, and Virginia during his Air Force career and officiated for summer leagues, high school, and USA Swimming. 

Many of you already know Tucker as the head coach of the Springboro High School Girls’ and Boys’ Swimming and Diving Teams.  Tucker is beginning his 17th year with Springboro and his 11th season as Head Coach.

This is Chris' fifth season coaching for the Coffman YMCA.  Chris previously coached at the Beavercreek YMCA from 2003 to 2013.  He is the lead coach at the Fairborn YMCA training site for the Green group.

This is Chris' 25th year coaching competitive swimming.  He has coached in the Cleveland and Greater Dayton area since 1993.  Chris is originally from Fairview Park, Ohio.  He was the MVP and captain of Fairview High School swim team his junior and senior year.  He also swam for Lake Shore Swim Club (LSSC) in Rocky River, Ohio.  In the Summer, Chris is also the Head Coach at Idle Hour Swim Club in Beavercreek.  Idle Hour has won the Southern Ohio Swim League (SOSL) Championships 16 of the last 18 Summers.

Chris is a 1998 graduate of Wright State University and has a Bachelor's of Education in Physical Education and Health.  He is currently an adapted physical education specialist for the Fairborn City School District.  Chris resides in Fairborn with his girlfriend, Julia, and his daughters, Mackenzie and Brynn.  Mackenzie (13), Brynn (10), and Julia's daughter, Mallory (15) all swim for the Coffman YMCA swim team.

Chris prides himself on coaching all swimmers important fundamentals in which they can build their swimming skills as they get older.  He believes swimming should be "FUN" and provides a stable environment for the young people that he coaches.

I have lived in Springboro for over 10 years now with my wife, Stephanie, and two children, one current and one graduated Coffman swimmers.  I grew up in Danville, Kentucky where I was an all-state cross-country runner and all-state sprint freestyle swimmer.  I continued running and swimming collegiately at Centre College where I was fortunate to set school records in the 50 and 100yd Freestyle events.  After graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology I moved to Ohio and began racing all distances of triathlon, running half and full marathons, and competing in road cycling events.  I won my age-group at the USA Triathlon Long-course National Age-group Championship, completed 3 full Ironman distance races, and worked up to racing at the professional level.  During this time I was also a USA Triathlon Level-2 certified coach, and head swim coach for Waynesville High School.  Triathlons led me to my current hobby of open water “ultramarathon swimming”.  The complete opposite end of the swimming spectrum from sprinting.  My favorite marathon swims so far have been completing a swim across the English Channel in 2013 and swimming 27 miles around Manhattan Island in 2017.  To say swimming has been a big part of my entire life is an understatement, and I look forward to being on deck coaching for the next few years, along with continuing to do some in-water training.  I will be coaching the Gold and Open-water groups at Coffman this season.

I have been coaching for 10 years. Started with the maroon and grey group. Now I coach the gold and y elite. I have also coached Fairborn and Carroll High Schools.