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HEAD COACH - Scott O'Reilly
Email: [email protected]
After a very pedestrian swimming career, Coach Scott began his coaching career in the summer of 1994 at Germantown Country Club. After establishing his first “empire” there, he began his USA Swimming career at Memphis Tiger Swimming in 1999, first as an Age Group Assistant, then as the Head Age Group Coach, under Dave Smith. Scott’s coaching positions have taken him to College Station, TX, where he worked with the nationally-ranked women’s varsity team under the legendary Steve Bultman, Northern Kentucky and Northern Virginia, with stops in Memphis in-between. While he has been a swim coach his entire professional career, Scott also spent 7 years teaching high school religion and philosophy at Christian Brothers High School and St. George’s Independent School in Memphis. Scott is happy to be settled in Memphis with his wife, Carleen, and sons, Linus and James. In his free time, Scott enjoys running and watching Notre Dame football. Coach Scott’s coaching philosophy has always been focused on long-term swimmer development with particular emphasis on stroke efficiency and kicking strength. He challenges all of his swimmers to take responsibility for their own swimming careers and be goal oriented. Every lap that is swum in practice has a purpose. The swimmers who realize the most success in Coach Scott’s program are those able to think their way through practice and races and give the highest commitment to their training. Career
Education
HEAD AGE GROUP COACH - Kelsey McDonald
ASSISTANT COACH; Performance and Blast Groups - Rich Suhs ASSISTANT COACH; Performance and HS Development Groups - Adam Byars ASSISTANT COACH; Bolt, 101 and White Groups - Ellen Doxtater ASSISTANT COACH; Bolt, 101 and White Groups - Sabine Fayad ASSISTANT COACH; Black and HS Development Groups - Kathryn Booth ASSISTANT COACH; Bolt Group - Maggie Cackler
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LEAD ASSISTANT COACH - Nina Bailey was born and reared here in Memphis, TN. She grew up swimming for Memphis Tigers before transferring to Memphis Thunder to swim for Coach Dan. Nina set multiple records for her high school, St. Benedict and qualified for junior nationals twice in the 100 fly. After high school, Nina continued her swimming career at Missouri State University. She was a part of an elite group of swimmers that never lost a conference championship in the Missouri Valley Conference. Nina has a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Hospitality and Psychology. She is now married to Andrew, her high school boyfriend whom she met on a swim team. Nina and Andrew live in Collierville, TN with their son, Parker.
