Coaches and Directors

Coaches and Directors
Coaching Staff
Jeff King HEAD COACH, Co-Owner J&MSwim, LLC.

Head Coach

43 years coaching 

ASCA level 5

Matt Murray AST HEAD COACH - Co-Owner J&MSwim, LLC.
Paul Makin HEAD AGE GROUP COACH
Ken Dicesare Franconia - Age Group 2/Performance
Trish Buswell Franconia- Age Group and Age Group 1

Trish is originally from Washington state where she started swimming at age 7. She had a successful competitive swimming career spanning age group, high school, college, and US Masters swimming.  She graduated from the University of Washington as a four year varsity swimmer (fly and free) and a BA in Political Science.  Trish coaches Age Group 1, Senior Prep/Age Group Performance, is head coach at Edison High School and Springboard in the NVSL. 

Katie McWilliams Franconia- AGE GROUP 3
Marye Carter GW and Franconia - AG1/LT/SS
Hadley Rowland Franconia- AGE GROUP 1
Jill King Providence Age Group
Patrick Morris Providence and Franconia Age Group

Patrick joined a swim team when he was 5 years old and has liked swimming ever since! He enjoys working with swimmers to acheive their goals.

Tim Taylor Franconia - AGE GROUP 3
Christopher Derks Franconia- Distance Group
Trista Kogut High School Fitness- Franconia
David Askin GW Age Group AM/PM
Alicia Sendmeyer Franconia- Age Group AM
TIM BOYD Franconia - AM Senior
Christian Petretich Age Group Coach -GW Rec

Christian is an Alexandria, VA native and began swimming at age 6. He had a successful competitive swimming career spanning age group, high school and college.  He graduated from North Carolina State University with a BS in Computer Science.  Christian has the distinction of swimming in one of Jeff King's first morning senior groups at Franconia. He has a strong love of swimming, and likes to spend his free time walking, swimming, reading, traveling and playing with his 2 year old Golden Doodle LeeLee.

Kate Murray GW- Age Group 2 and 3
Kaitlyn McNutt Age Group- Franconia
Jackie White Certification Specialist/Media

Jackie has been coaching swimming since 2005 and with J&M since 2011. She currently runs our social media accounts on instagram and facebook.  She also supports professional development for our coaching staff by providing safety training and CPR certification. Jackie went to Radford University for undergrad where she swam. She attended George Mason for a Masters of Special Education and again for Educational Leadership. Jackie is currently an Assistant  Principal in Fairfax County. 

Angelina Palmer Franconia Stroke School/LTC
Megan Faherty Age Group Coach
Board of Directors