Head Coach

Coach Sarah has been with the team full time since 2022, and previously coached as a volunteer assistant since 2017. She is certified through USA Swimming, ASCA, and AHSAA. 

Coach Sarah served as the Head Coach and Asistant Coach for Enterprise High School and Head Coach for Wiregrass Aquatics Club at Ft. Rucker, AL from  2019 to 2021.  Under Sarah's leadership, Wiregrass membership doubled in her first season as Head Coach and she lead swimmers to Southeastern Swimming Championships each season that she coached with Wiregrass. Her first seasoin with Enterprise High School, EHS Swimmers took the largest number of athletes to the Sectionals level of AHSAA competition for several years prior with a team of 16 out of 22 swimmers qualifying in relays and individual events.  She coached the team to qualify at State level competition the following 2 seasons, also for the first year in their recent history.  

Coach Sarah's aquatics background extends to being a Red Cross Lifeguardig instructor, Water Safety Instructor, and Certified Pool Operator.  While working at the Enterprise YMCA as Aquatics Director, she also formed a recreational swim team for community youth to explore the joys of swimming and compete against other rec teams in the area.  She also restructured and managed the progressive swim lessons program, and opened pool access to accomodate an expansion of aquatics programs at the facility.

Since moving back to Gulf Shores in 2022, Sarah has coached at all levels with GSST, run swim lessons for youth and adults, and helped to manage the team and full range of aquatics programs.

Sarah earned her degree in Human Biology with focuses in physiology, nutrition and immunology from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.  After graduating, she worked as a medical technologist in the healthcare field and her favorite job experience in the field was as a Senior Research Associate at Gatorade Sports Science Institute  Coach Sarah likes to draw on her science background in teaching swim technique, athlete lifestyle guidance like drylands and nutrition, and practice planning.