Coach Bahr has been involved in competitive swimming since he was 8 years old.  He started his coaching career shortly after his collegiate career ended, spending 12 years coaching in Florida before coming to the Ensworth School.  As a swimmer, Coach Bahr was an NCAA All-American and member of the U.S. National Team.  Fun facts about Coach Bahr:  He was once a local TV news producer, wrote a novel, and was the Head Coach for Brunei at the 2012 Olympics.  As the Head Coach at Ensworth Aquatics, Coach Bahr's athletes have qualified for Winter and Summer Junior Nationals, the U.S. Open, and the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Coach Victoria was a high school and collegiate swimmer, in addition to a CrossFit competitor. She started coaching swimming 20 years ago across various age groups. Some fun facts are that she swam the Maui channel and started driving at 13.

Coach Jamie has been coaching for going on 7 years.  Her background (and day job) are in Child Development and Special Education and she absolutely loves teaching, encouraging and pouring into kids and their families.  Swimming runs deep in her family, as her Grandmother was a swim coach in the area and her dad, uncle and aunt have all swam competitively and coached at some point in their lives as well!  Her kids are all swimmers and 2 of them are also teaching, which they love!  Swimming is a way of life around the Burton house, it seems!  One fun fact about her is that she  LOVES to shop second hand!  Find Jamie at a thrift store or garage sale ANY day and you'll find her happy! If she’s not thrifting, She’d prefer to be on a beach somewhere.  Her dream is to have a beach house with a resident dolphin that comes to visit her every day! 

Coach Rachel began swimming at the age 7 and is joining EAQ with 10 years of experience coaching age group swimming in her home town outside of Lexington, Kentucky (Go cats!). She moved to Nashville 3 years ago to pursue her doctorate in Physical Therapy at Belmont University, which she completed in August! Fun facts about Coach Rachel: She is deathly afraid of the ocean, ran a half marathon at Disney World, has never been trick-or-treating and received her high school Van Gogh art award. Having rehabbed several of her own injuries she is passionate about injury prevention and using good technique so swimming can be fun and competitive, and also pain free. She is almost always found with a coffee and can frequently be spotted inside of a Target!

Coach Shannon grew up in Cheyenne, WY and moved to Nashville in 2010. She swam with Nashville Aquatic Club and then collegiately at the University of Wyoming. She swam butterfly and IM in college, but grew up a distance freestyler. Shannon still swims on the Ensworth Aquatics Masters team. She graduated Veterinary School at the University of Illinois and is currently a small animal Veterinarian here in Nashville. Fun fact: Shannon held the Wyoming state records for the 11-12 year old girls 1650 and 1500 freestyle.

Coach Brittany DeValk grew up in Elk River, Minnesota, where she began swimming competitively in 2006. While in Minnesota she competed for the STMA Sea Devils Club and Elk River High School. Brittany continued her career swimming collegiately in the NCAA at California Lutheran University (CA). She began coaching in 2016 with CVMM, a U.S. Masters team in California, and has since worked with age group, masters, and high school programs across California, Texas, and Minnesota. Most recently, as Head Coach at Anderson High School (TX), she led the Trojans to a 6A Boys District Championship, coached multiple All-American swimmers, and was named 2023–24 Coach of the Year. When she’s not on the pool deck, Brittany teaches in Ensworth’s High School history department. Outside of school, she loves to travel and is always looking for her next passport stamp!

Coach Zac has a long history with swimming in Nashville and the greater Tennessee area. He started his swimming career at West Meade Swim & Tennis at the age of six. He attended Ensworth High School where he was the team captain of the high school team. When Ensworth Aquatics first got started, he was one of the first to join. He continued to Rhodes College in Memphis Tennessee becoming a four year NCAA division three athlete. During his swimming career he attended Southeasterns multiple times, qualifying for the SES Zones team twice. He would go on to be a state finalist in multiple events at the Tennessee state meet, as well as multiple conference titles/records once he got to college. In his free time he enjoys performing magic for friends and family, spending time outdoors, and traveling. 

Coach Megan has loved swimming since she started club swimming at the age of 7. She  was inspired by her swimming career to pursue an MA in Sports and Performance Psychology. Since moving to Nashville 12 years ago, she has coached HS, club and summer swim as well as worked with a number of elite swimmers as a Mental Performance Coach. Fun Fact: Megan went to HS in London and swam against international schools all over Europe and Cairo, Egypt. When Megan is not at the pool, she is training clients as a personal trainer or running after her two young daughters.

Coach Cissy grew up swimming at WestMeade and later swam at club teams in Nashville, Pennsylvania and Atlanta. She took a pause in college to play lacrosse for four years at the College of Willliam and Mary. She has been coaching for the past 30 years including summer league, middle school, high school and USA clubs. She is delighted to work at Ensworth Aquatics where she can combine her love swimming with her love of organization and all thing technological. When not at the pool, you can find Coach Cissy at the beach, in the garden, reading, or baking, but especially spending time with family, including her two grandchildren.