NAAC Coaches and Board of Directors
- Norrristown Area High School - Girl's (NAHS): Head Coach 2022 - Present
- Norrristown Area High School - Boy's (NAHS): Head Coach 2022 - Present
- Norristown Area Aquatic Club (NAAC):
- Head Coach 2019 - Present
- Head Mini Team Coach 2018 - 2019
- Mini Team Coach - 2017 - 2018
Coach KaraLee started swimming at 4 years old. She swam for NAAC and Markley Farms Swim Club until she was 17. She is a graduate from Norristown Area High School, where she swam on the high school swim team under Coach Bill Zackey and Coach Beth O’Neil. Her favorite events were the 200 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle. She then went on to earn a BA in Speech Communications from Kutztown University.
Throughout the years, Coach KaraLee has taught swim lessons for all ages and abilities, including kids with special needs. Some of Coach KaraLee’s favorite memories are from swimming. It becomes so much more than a sport, it becomes a part of you. A skill you will never forget.
Coach KaraLee lives in Norristown with her husband, two sons and two of the sweetest pitbulls ever!
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Amy Otto-Chilcoat
Amy started swimming for the Hatboro YMCA Swim Team at 5 years old. She swam on both Summer and Winter teams through middle school. Amy swam for all four years at William Tennent High School and went on to swim for Beaver College (now Aracadia University). Throughout this time, Amy was a lifeguard and taught swim lessons to all ages. Amy has earned a Bachelor’s in Psychology (Beaver College) and a Master’s in International Peace and Conflict Resolution (Arcadia University).
Amy has been coaching her son’s soccer team for four years and loves watching the kids develop their skills and passion for the sport.
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Coaching Roles:
- Norrristown Area High School - Girl's (NAHS): Head Coach 1997 - 2022
- Norrristown Area High School - Boy's (NAHS): Head Coach 2012 - 2022
- Norristown Area Aquatic Club (NAAC):
- Head Coach 2013 - 2021
- Asst. Coach 2005 - 2008
- Upper Merion Stingrays (UMST): Head Coach 2010 - Present (Summer Swim)
- Markley Farms ST (MFST): Asst Coach 1998 - 2002 Head Coach 2003 - 2009
- USA Swimming Certified Coach
- ASCA Level 3 Certified Coach
Coach Beth has been a swimming coach for 20+ years and started her coaching career by giving swim lessons at Norristown Area High School helping kids of all ages learn to better themselves, their strokes and achieve their goals. Coach Beth is very passionate about the Norristown area and swimming and wants to help each child succeed in the pool and in life. Coach Beth has been inducted in to the Suburban Aquatic League's Hall of Fame for Coaches. She is a Norristown High School graduate and swam for Bill Zackey from 1973-1974 during his inaugural year at NAHS. She also swam for Markley Farms and General Washington Country Club swim teams as a child.
She was also a President of NAAC while her three daughters swam for both NAAC and NAHS. They also swam with the Markley Farms and Whitpain Greens Swim Teams. This gives Coach Beth the added perspective of being both a swim coach and swim parent. Coach Beth's goal is to have swimmers learn to love the sport of swimming and make improvements in their times and their strokes. Coach Beth graduated from Lock Haven University and played Lacrosse there. She is a teacher professionally in the Eisenhower Science & Technology Leadership Academy in Norristown Area School District.
Board of Directors
Beth O'Neil
KaraLee Dippolito
Cindy Mosier
Ed Arobone
Tina Arobone
Joel LeBendig
