Dennis pioneered the Marlins swim team and has been coaching here for 52 years. Dennis also coached Fox Lane High School as well as Mount Kisco Summer Swim Team for many years. Known by every Metro Swim Coach for his enthusiasm and dedication to all swim-mers, Dennis coached countless Junior Olympics, Senior METS Junior Nationals, and Senior Nationals throughout his tenure. He lives with his wife in Fairfield CT, where he raised his two children Kat and Chris. We hope to have him on deck for many years to come!

Connor has been working with the Marlins since 2015, after swimming as a Marlin for 13 years. As a Marlin swimmer, Connor was a multi Junior National qualifier, HS Section 1 Champion in the 100 Fly & 100 Back, and was a NY State top 8 finalist. He graduated from Ithaca College in 2014 with a B.S. in Health Science, with an emphasis in Exercise Science & Physiology. At Ithaca, Connor swam from 2010-2014 qualifying for NCAA Div. III and earning All-American time considerations. He currently holds three school records. After graduating college, he traveled to Sydney, Australia where he worked as a swim coach for athletes of all ages. Connor is passionate about educating swimmers on proper biomechanics and how it applies to competitive swimming. Connor has also coached for several years as a head coach for Pound Ridge Swim Team and The Tokeneke Club in Darien CT. His hobbies include traveling, surfing, skiing, scuba-diving, wood-working and spending time with friends and family.

Eric swam on the Marlins for 10 years and enjoyed a fruitful swimming career. He set a Metropolitan Record and qualified for Junior Nationals in five events. He is excited to be here as Aquatics Director and Coach in role that provides leadership and guidance to swimmers as they prepare themselves for successful futures. Eric was Aquatics Director and Head Coach of Men’s and Women’s Swimming at Sarah Lawrence College. Eric also served a five-year stint as Head Swim Coach for Red Tide of NYC, where he coached five U.S. Masters champions, four Masters World Record holders and a U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier. He also served as Head Coach at Brooklyn College and as Aquatics Director at Brooklyn Sports Club. In 2012, he was selected by United States Masters Swimming to serve as one of four team coaches at the FINA Masters World Championships in Riccione, Italy. He graduated with a B.S. in recreation and leisure from Old Dominion University, where he was a four-year competitor for the Monarchs. He earned an M.S. in Sports Management from Columbia University in 2011. Eric resides in Yonkers, with his wife Gina, and two daughters, Francesca and Raffaella.

Katie brought her years of skills and knowledge of swim instruction to the BGC in 2019 working under Coach Eric as a swim instructor and lifeguard and soon began working with Marlins coaching staff in August 2020. Over the past few years, she has developed a knack for improving her coaching skills to be able to provide the support needed for her swimmers to be successful both in and out of the pool. She enjoys traveling for swim meets and has volunteered to represent our LSC, Metropolitan, at Long Course Zones in 2023 and 2024, and represent the Marlins at Short Course Zones in 2024. 

She was captain of the White Plains Girls Varsity Swim and Dive team her senior year of high school in 2015. In 2020, she graduated from Manhattanville College with a degree in sociology and is currently taking her passion for working with and helping children succeed in their future endeavors to Cuny Hunter College to pursue a Master’s Degree in Childhood Special Education and Behavior Disorders. Now entering her 5th year as a Marlins coach, she works with our 12 & Unders, the lead of Mini Marlins, and occasionally assists with our 13 & Overs when she’s not running Senior Flex. You’ll always see her at the club with a big smile showing her dimples! When she’s not at the club, which is very rare for her not to be, she’s spending time with her fur babies, friends, painting or napping!