Coaches and Directors
Hannah Martin
Head Coach/Platinum Group Coach
Hannah Martin learned to swim through the Guppies program with the Sonoma Sea Dragons and advanced through the levels of the program to the senior group, competing in Junior National and U.S. Open swim meets. Hannah was awarded a full athletic scholarship to San Diego State University where she served as team co-captain her junior and senior years, and worked as the Student Assistant for the Aztecs the following year. Hannah coached for the University of San Diego High School as well as Sonoma Valley High School.
Peter was an age group swimmer in the Hanford and Visalia Ca. After high school, Peter went on to swim UC Berkeley where he was an All-American distance swimmer in the mid/late 70’s. In 1979 Peter was a member of Cal’s first NCAA Championship Swim Team and proudly wears Cal gear daily.
After graduating from Cal, Peter was able to be an assistant coach at UC Berkeley under the leagendary coach Nort Thornton. Later he moved to Sweden and coached there for three years. Returning to the US he coached the age group team for the Golden Bear Swim Club.
Coach Peter was offered a physical education teaching position in Clovis Ca and left Northern California for the Central Valley. Peter taught Physical Education and coached swimming and water polo at Clovis High School for 30 years. Peter retired from his teaching position in June 2022 and moved to Sonoma. Soon thereafter he began coaching for the Sea Dragons.
Beside coaching swimming Coach Peter loves to spend time getting his dog Stella ready for the next duck season. Peter has a wonderful wife, Grazia, and three adult children.
Jane began her swimming career in 1976 on Ann Curtis swim team in Marin County, CA at the age of 5. She was taught to swim by Olympic Gold medalist, Ann Curtis Cuneo. Growing up in Marin and in the Houston, Texas area she swam for the Woodlands swim team, Indian Valley Aquatic Club, Terra Linda Orcas and SwimMarin. In high school Jane swam for her Terra Linda Trojans and began playing water polo in her sophomore year (the first girls team). In her Senior year she was the first girl ever to be on the boy's Varsity team. She played water polo in college at UCSD, winning 2 National Championships. She was also a member of the Junior National water polo team and was chosen to train at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Jane has taught swim lessons since the age of 15, as well as coaching high school water polo and swimming. She has also been a masters swim coach in Sonoma for several years.
Jane has been a teacher and coach in the Sonoma Valley for since 1998, teaching both first grade and PE at St. Francis Solano school and coaching youth soccer. "Coaching and teaching go hand in hand. Working with young athletes everyday and seeing them work so hard inspires me to be the best coach I can be."
When her own children became old enough to join a swim team, Jane was disappointed that none existed in Sonoma. In 2007 she decided to ressurect the Sonoma Sea Dragons. Pulling from children that she had taught swim lessons and stroke classes to, she started the team.
