BILL DRAVES - HEAD COACH
Coach Bill has been coaching swimmers of all abilities since 1990. He swam in high school and Buffalo State College in New York. He started and ran two highly successful Master's programs at North Penn YMCA and Boyertown YMCA. He was head coach for North Penn YMCA and Lansdale Borough and assistant coach at Boyertown YMCA, Boyertown Borough, and Pottstown Family YMCA. For the past 9 years Bill has worked tirelessly building the TOPS Swimming Program, a winter age-group program that also participates in USA Swimmming. TOPS has become very sucessful and is ranked in the top 8% nationally among USA Teams. Certifications: ASCA Level 3 and USA Swim Certified
Carrie Houde - Assistant Coach
Coach Carrie swam competitively from age four to age nineteen. She spent her summers swimming for Overbrook Golf Club in Bryn Mawr (where she held the 25 breaststroke record for over a decade) and her winters at UMLY, Malvern Swimming Association, Suburban Swim Club, and Conestoga High School.
She is a graduate from Providence College with degrees in Elementary and Special Education and she received her Master’s in Special Education from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Carrie is an Emotional Support teacher at Conestoga High School, teaching resiliency and coping skills to students who suffer from anxiety and depression. Certifications: USA Swimming Certified
Favorite Quote: "Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared and humble when you are victorious." Michelle Moschetti
Chris Pierce - Assistant Coach
Coach Chris started swimming competitively at age five. Chris was a district and state qualifier in Breaststroke while swimming at both the Ridley YMCA and Ridley High School. He held the 100 Breaststroke record at Ridley for 15 years, before it was finally broken in 2013.
Chris began his coaching career at age sixteen as an assistant coach at Nassau Swim Club in Delaware County, from there he became the head coach at Nassau for the next five seasons. He also coached at the Ridley Area YMCA and the Lionville YMCA, where he coached many district, state and national qualifiers. Certifications: ASCA Level 1, USA Swimming Certified
Favorite Quote: "Don’t worry about tomorrow. Just win today. Then win the next day and the day after that. That’s how you win the future. Day by day." – Jon Gordon
Tay Oman - Assistant Coach
Mandi Wagenseller - Assistant Coach
Kristen Lourie - Assistant Coach
Sarah Smith - Assistant Coach
Diane Csekitz - Team Manager
