Coach Jeff

Coach Jeff has joined us following 18 years as Head Coach of Rose Bowl Aquatics, where he took the program from 146th in the nation to being a top 25 team and back-to-back Western Junior National Champions and winning USA Swimming’s West Speedo Summer Championships in 2021.

As a swimmer, Jeff spent his entire career based in Southern California, representing Industry Hills Aquatics Club and the University of Southern California. During his time at USC, he was an 8-time All-American, Pac 12 Champion in the 200 Fly and 800 Free Relay and finishing his NCAA career with a 2nd place finish in his specialty event. Racing nationally and internationally, Jeff was a US Open Champion, a member of the USA Swimming National Team, and silver medalist at the World University Games (97).

As part of his 18+ years at Rose Bowl, his swimmers broke 100’s of team records, earned spots on the USAS National Junior team, and moved on to become NCAA Champions and All-Americans. Jeff also has experience at both the pro level, while working with the ISL team Cali Condors as their head coach and at the college level as an assistant coach at USC. At USC, he worked mainly with the breaststrokers and flyers, who became National Champions in individual and relay events. He also worked closely with Jason Lezak from 2007-2012 and was honored to be selected by Jason for the Ikkos Award at the 2008 Olympics.

On the personal side, Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from USC and his master’s degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University. He is married to USC Hall of Fame swimmer and award-winning coach, Kristine Quance Julian, and has one son, Trenton Julian, who just finished his collegiate career at the University of California, Berkeley by helping the Bears win the 2nd National Championship during his time there. Trenton was a 10-time All-American and a multiple-time Pac 12 Champion.

Coach Sarah

Coach Sarah Dawson began coaching with the Nadadores in September 2009.  After completing her undergraduate degree from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (B.S. in Biology), she obtained a job in Thousand Oaks working for a biotechnology company.  While there, she decided to get back in the world of swimming, as she had a long history as an athlete in Southern California Swimming, and decided she would like to return to the sport that she loved, but in a coaching capacity.  She started her coaching career as an Age Group I coach in 2002 for CLASS Aquatics in Westlake, CA.  While working there, her love of the sport drove her to re-define her career priorities and decided to return to Cal Poly and receive her M.S. in Physical Education and Sport Studies with an emphasis in Sport Psychology.  While going to school for her graduate degree, Sarah became the head coach for the San Luis Obispo Girl’s Swimming and Dive Team in 2006.  In her two years of coaching at the high school, she coached two League Championship teams and brought many individual athletes to CIF.  In 2006, Sarah also became the Senior Coach and Head Age Group coach of the San Luis Obispo Seahawks, bringing many athletes from being unable to make a JO cuts to Sectionals athletes.

Sarah’s coaching philosophy encompasses the positive attributes of the team’s philosophy and also allows for her athlete’s to make their own informed choices with a complete understanding of the appropriate consequences that come along with their personal choice.  Sarah is here to solely coach and to guide based off of her expertise in swimming and in coaching and to utilize her background in Sport Psychology to aid her athletes in their personal journey towards success in sport and in life.          

Coach Kevin

Coach Kevin, originally from Vancouver, Canada, brings a wealth of experience both in and out of the pool. Coach Kevin swam collegiately at the University of Calgary. Although his initial career path led him towards research, where he explored motor control and muscle physiology in various clinical populations, Kevin’s passion for sports and coaching eventually became his focus. Notably, he co-authored a chapter in Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussions during this time.

Coach Kevin developed coaching experiences with an internship at the Canadian Sport Institute in Calgary and continued abroad at the University of South Australia, where he used GPS load monitoring to make informed decisions about training. Kevin then relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a Master's of Sport Science at Long Beach, where his thesis examined heart rate variability in relation to specific breathing techniques. While completing his degree, he interned at UCLA in Athletic Performance  and worked alongside strength and conditioning coaches to implement training programs and monitor performance metrics such as force plates, Velocity Based Training (VBT), and heart monitors with the swim and dive TEAMs. He also served as Assistant Coach for the National Group at Rose Bowl Aquatics.

Kevin's most recent position was at Bellevue Club Swim TEAM, where he played a key role in developing the TEAM into a top-30 age group program. He also helped swimmers reach national and international standards. Coach Kevin is excited to bring his diverse experiences and passion for the sport to inspire others, focusing on the lessons swimming offers and the value of TEAMwork in achieving collective goals.

Coach Kimi

Coach Kimi is enjoying her 3rd year with the Nadadores and looks forward to continuing her role as Head Age Group Coach and 11/12 Bronze Lead Coach.

Prior to Nadadores, Coach Kimi was previously the Head Coach of Swim Torrance for 2 years and the Head Age Group Coach for 3 years. Before coming to California, she was the 10&U and 13-14 Division Lead at SwimMAC Carolina in Charlotte, NC for 3 years and the Head Age Group Coach and Senior Assistant Coach at South Carolina Swim Club in Charleston, SC for 3 years.

Within USA Swimming, Coach Kimi has served on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council, was a SCS DEI Committee member, was the Pacific Committee DEI Chair, was a 3x attendee of the National Diversity Select Camp as an assistant coach and manager, was an assistant coach at the Southern Zone Select Camp, and coached on the South Carolina Zone Team and their Select Camp. She has attended the Women in Coaching Clinic, the ASCA World Clinic, USA Swimming's Women's Leadership Clinic, was featured in two Wednesday Webinars through USA Swimming, was was selected to attend the Ethnic and Minority Women in Coaching Leadership Conference, and was nominated for South Carolina Swimming’s Age-Group Coach of the Year.

As a swimmer, she lettered all four years at The University of Akron, where she graduated with a B.A. in Communications and a M.A. in Sports Science and Coaching. While completing her degrees, she was a 5th-year assistant coach to the University's team, head coach of the intramural club team (Akron Swim Club), an age-group assistant at Firestone Akron Swim Team, an assistant coach at the University at Buffalo Swim Camp, and an assistant coach at The University of Akron Swim Camp.

From novice to Olympic Trial finalists, Coach Kimi’s experience has allowed her to work with swimmers of all levels. Throughout her career, Coach Kimi has found that great technique, committment, and enjoying practices aid in developing character traits which will last a lifetime. When not at the pool, she enjoys traveling, being organized, reading, playing Animal Crossing, and watching Disney+ and Netflix.

Coach Chris

Coach Chris joined the Mission Viejo Nadadores in 2019 and has been coaching since 2015.

Before coming to MVN, he grew up in Fairfield, CA, where he swam for SASO Swimming (now DART-Solano) through 2014. He went on to attend UC Santa Barbara, earning a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Asian American Studies. While in Santa Barbara, he served as the Head Developmental Coach for the Santa Barbara Swim Club.

After graduating, Coach Chris returned to SASO as the Lead Age Group Coach and Head Satellite Coach. Concurrently, he worked as an enterprise pipeline associate and strategy consultant with Amihan Global Strategies. It was during this time that he recognized his true passion lay in coaching. Inspired to pursue that passion full-time, he made the move to Southern California to join the storied Nadadores program.

Since joining MVN, Coach Chris has led multiple 12&Under practice groups and has served as the 11/12 Division Director since 2024. He has coached athletes across a wide range of levels—from novice to Far Western qualifiers and SCS Age Group Champions.

Beyond his work at MVN, Coach Chris has been actively involved in the broader swimming community. He served as the DDEI Chairperson from 2021 to 2023 and currently holds the position of Age Group Chairperson for the Orange Committee (2023–present). He has also represented Southern California Swimming as part of the coaching staff for the All-Star Festival (2022, 2023) and the Pacific Coast All-Stars (2024, 2025). Additionally, he coached at Mission Viejo High School for two seasons, serving as the Head JV Girls Coach in 2022 and Head Varsity Girls Coach in 2023.

Coach Chris is excited to continue sharing his passion for swimming and teaching with the 11/12 Division, and is committed to helping Nadador athletes grow both in and out of the pool.

Coach Kristeen

Kristeen Gracia started swimming competitively at a young age for San Jose Aquatics in Northern California. Her accomplishments, drive, and love for the sport inspired  her first job in high school. Working with the Swim America program, she began teaching swim lessons and water safety to swimmers of all ages at her local community pools. Shortly after, she started coaching entry-level and competitive Novice level swimmers in 2006 with Monterey County Aquatics.

In 2009, she took a break from coaching to pursue her college education and returned to the pool deck 3 years later. Under the management of Mark Schubert and Tracy Maurer,  Kristeen began teaching private swim lessons and coaching age-group swimmers at Golden West Swim Club. In 2016, she added high school swimming to her coaching career as Head JV coach for Ocean View High School (Golden West League Champions 2016(M/W) and 2017(M)). Kristeen is excited to join the Mission Viejo Nadadores community and is looking forward to sharing and broadening her knowledge and expertise with its swimmers and staff.

Coach Asami

Asami has spent the last 20 years poolside - first as an athlete and then as a coach. 

Her swimming career began with the Mission Viejo Nadadores at the age of 10 and she continued swimming with them for almost 10 years. She had the privilege of swimming under Coach Bryan Dedeaux and Coach Bill Voigt. She competed with her high school, Capo Valley, for 3 years and then with Saddleback College. During her 2 years with Saddleback College she earned records in all freestyle events and 200 fly, 200 back, 200 breast and 400 IM. 

She spent one year working as a sales associate with Competitive Aquatics Supply before beginning her coaching career with the Nadadores. From January 2007 through July 2008, she coached the 10 & Under Division with Coach Bryan and was Co-Director of the Novice program with Coach Siga Rose. 

After transferring to Cal State Long Beach, Asami began coaching with the Irvine Novaquatics at their Fountain Valley location where she coached the Bronze, Silver and Senior Varsity level athletes ranging from ages 8-18. After three years at this location she transferred to the Irvine Woollett Aquatic Center and became the Head Bronze Coach for 5 years coaching athletes 9-18 years old. 

Asami has her Bachelors in Science in Kinesiology emphasis in Sports Psychology with a minor in Psychology from Cal State Long Beach. She has also been with Irvine High School Boys swimming as an assistant coach since 2012.

Coach Kristine

Coach Kristine brings a depth of experience in swimming that not many can match. Whether it be her years of experience on the US National Team and multiple international competitions as an athlete or her years spent at every level of the sport as a coach, it is that knowledge and experience that she is excited to share with our Nadadores family.  

On the coaching side, Kristine has spent time at USC, CLASS, Rose Bowl, and UCLA before joining the Nadadores, with 18 years being building Rose Bowl’s move from 149^th  in the nation to Junior National champions. During her time in Pasadena, Coach Kristine spent time at every level of the team, including winning multiple American Swimming Coaches Association Age Group Coach of the Year awards in the process. She also spent time leading the National Group to new heights and helped start the run to Rose Bowl being back-to-back Winter Juniors champions.  

As an athlete Kristine accomplished incredible things during her 10-year career on the US National Team. During those years Coach Kristine had accomplishments including being named the Swimming World Magazine American Swimmer of the Year in 1997, earning a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics, and breaking an American record in the 200 Breaststroke, just to name a few. On the college side, she was instrumental in leading USC to its’ first and only Women’s swimming NCAA team title, its’ first ever NCAA relay title, 8 individual NCAA titles, was a 23-time All-American, and is now a member of the USC Athletics Hall of Fame.  

Coach Kristine is excited to be joining the Nadadores family and looks forward to helping the team move into the future. Married to new pro/post-grad coach, Jeff Julian, and mother of national team athlete, Trenton Julian, it is a special experience to be on deck together as a family and helping build a bright future for the Nadadores.

Coach James Reynolds brings over twenty years' experience to our program. Coach Reynolds' athletes have earned Junior Olympic, Sectionals, Futures, and Jr. Nationals. He was selected to attend the USA Swimming Leadership summit, has help run Southern California All Star Festival for the past 16 years, coached Southern California North American Challenge Cup for 7 years, coached and help run Pacific Coast All Star for 3years, and Selected to be the Head Coach for Western Zones. Coach Reynolds is a USA swimming Coach, and he is certified in American Red Cross lifeguard, First aid, CPR, AED, Oxygen administration and WSI. In the past has worked for Aquatics Programs for 17 years. He ’ s even coach Para athletes.

Coach Christian

Christian Bayó is a member of the national team of Puerto Rico who specializes in distance freestyle in pool and open water. Has experience coaching age group, triathletes, and Masters swimmers back in Puerto Rico.

Coach Christian has participated in a total of 6 FINA World Championships, 4 Central America and Caribbean Games, as well as 3 Pan American Games.

Coach Ryan

Coach Ryan started swimming when he was 6. He joined Rose Bowl in 2007,   and found a passion and love for the sport under the guidance of Coach Jeff Julian and Coach Kristine Julian  . In 2013, Ryan was selected to represent his home country, Myanmar, at the 27th South East Asian Games. He went on to record multiple national records in the 400 Free, 200 Back, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 IM and 400 IM.

Driven by an unwavering dedication for the sport and appreciation for the process, Ryan naturally gravitated towards coaching. His earliest experiences came from leading swim summer camps at Rose Bowl.

In 2021, he started as the Bronze Age Group coach at Max Aquatics. And ran the elite group at Lifetime Athletics in Virginia as the Assistant Head Coach. These chapters paved the way for his subsequent transition to the prestigious Nadadores. Coach Ryan remains dedicated to nurturing and shaping the future of swimming and   continuing and advancing Mission Viejo's legacy of excellence.
 

"Coaching is an extremely rewarding process for me. I think back to the amazing coaches I had as a swimmer myself and seek to carry on what they taught me to the next generation."
 

In his free time, Ryan enjoys playing volleyball and is an avid cat lover.

Coach Anton
 

My name is Anton Latkin, and I’m originally from Belarus. I was a professional swimmer and a member of the Belarus National Team from 2015 to 2020. During that time, I earned three bronze medals at the European Swimming Championships (2015 – Netanya, Israel; 2017 – Copenhagen, Denmark) and a bronze medal at the 2016 World Championships in Windsor, Canada. I also competed at multiple World University Games and was an Olympic hopeful for both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. In Belarus, I am a multiple-time national champion, record holder, and consistent podium finisher at national championships and cups.

I hold a degree in Physical Culture (Science) from Polotsk State University, as well as a two-year specialized coaching certification in swimming.

I began my coaching career in 2020, working with children aged 6 and up in Belarus. In 2023, I moved to the United States and joined the JBarracuda’s Swim Team in San Diego, where I coached swimmers aged 6 to 18. I also taught learn-to-swim classes for children as young as 3 years old and led adult Masters groups, helping prepare swimmers for U.S. Masters Nationals.

As a coach, I’m passionate about teaching not only technique, but also discipline, confidence, and a love for the sport. I believe that swimming — like life — is built on consistency, patience, and support, and I strive to create that environment for every athlete I work with.

Coach Bill Rose

Coach Bill Rose's brilliant career began at the University of the Pacific (1968-1974) where his team won two PCAA championships. He then built the DeAnza Swim Club in Cupertino, CA into the nation's largest club during his tenure (1974-1976). For the next three years, he coached the Canadian Dolphin Team of Vancouver, before taking the Head Women's Coach Position at Arizona State University in 1979.Coach Rose has served as U.S. National Team Coach in Bremen, Germany, and Head Coach of the Canadian Pan-American Women's Team, the Canadian World Championship Team, and the Canadian Commonwealth Team.

After a successful ten-year stint as vice-president with Dean Witter and Prudential Bache, Coach Rose returned to his first love, coaching, joining the Nadadores in 1992. Not missing a beat, Coach Rose served as a coach for the United States team in the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar Del Plata, Argentina and has been named to the staff of the U.S. World University Games Team competing in Sicily, Italy in August, 1997 and again on the 1999 WUG team competing in Palma de Mallorca, Spain as Head Women's Coach. Coach Rose then placed Chad Carvin on the 2000 US Olympic team as well as six athletes from other nations. He was then named Head Olympic Coach for Mexico after placing a number of swimmers on their team.

The recent years with the Nadadores have continued to be a "whirlwind" of accomplishment. In August 2001, Coach Rose was a coach for the Philippines in the Southeast Asian Games held in Malaysia. In 2003, he was the U.S.A. Head Coach for the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The year of 2004 was very special. Coach Rose was able to put Larsen Jensen on the U.S. Olympic Team in Athens, Greece. It was there where Larsen achieved his dream and became a Silver Medal Winner in the 1500 meter freestyle and demolished the American Record by 11 seconds! Coach Rose was being named to the staff of the U.S.A. World University Games held in Turkey in August 2006. His protégé swimmer there was Justin Mortimer, who earned a Gold Medal in the 1500 meter freestyle. In 2007, Coach Rose was the Head Coach for the U.S.A. Open Water Team at the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. At the same time, Coach Rose held a position on the Swimming Staff for the Melbourne events as well. In 2008, Coach Rose was named to the USA Olympic Team Coaching staff and was the Head Coach for the Olympic debut of the 10K; one of his swimmers, Chloe Sutton, was the first American woman to compete in this Olympic event. In 2009 he was appointed to USA Swimming's World Championship staff in Rome. In 2013, he coached the U.S. Junior World Cup Tour Team in Beijing, China, and Tokyo, Japan.

Along the way, Coach Rose received the highest honor that can be bestowed by his peers as he was inducted into the American Swim Coaches Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2006 and 2008 Coach Rose was named the Developmental Coach of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee. In 2013 and 2014 Coach Rose was selected as the Southern California Swimming Coach of the Year. Coach Rose's unique approach has allowed him to positively influence the lives’ of 1000's of swimmers throughout his career.