Meet the Coaches!

All FAST Coaches have the necessary certifications and qualifications set out by Wisconsin Swimming

Coach Tony Maffiola

 

Position: Head Coach

 

College/Current Job: UWW/Business & dominos manager

 

How long you swam: 16 years

 

Different teams you’ve been on: F.A.S.T.  & Fort Atkinson High School

 

How long you’ve been coaching: 2 years (Since 2022)

 

Teams you’ve coached: F.A.S.T.

 

Strokes & Events: Butterfly & sprint freestyle

 

Favorite Swim Memory: Making solo state my senior year, and being seeded top 6 at state for our relay with some of my closest friends.

Coach Kendra Miller

Position: Assistant Coach

 

College/Current Job: Account Executive for American Overseas Transport

 

How long you swam: competitively 7, but in water for entire life

 

Different teams you’ve been on: West bend east highschool, west bend swim club stingrays

 

How long you’ve been coaching: 2 years (Since 2022)

 

Teams you’ve coached: F.A.S.T.

 

Strokes & Events: 500 and 200

Coach Brian Thiess    

Position:  Assistant Coach

College/Current Job:   Michigan State University / Technical Architect at CDW

How long you swam: 15 years

Different teams you have been on:  Plymouth/Canton Cruisers, Saline Area Swim Team, Travis Pointe Country Club, and Saline High School

How long I have been coaching:  4 years swimming, 8 years soccer, 4 years tennis

Strokes and Events: backstroke & sprint freestyle

Favorite Swim memory: The friends and camaraderie on the various teams I swam with and being the announcer for the 11/12 Championships while I was in high school. Watching my son on the podium at his first State Meet.

Coach Emmi Belzer
 
Position:  Assistant Coach
 
College/Current Job: I am a Physical Therapy student at UW-Milwaukee and will graduate in 2026
 
How long I swam: 11 years
 
Different teams you have been on: FAST and Fort Atkinson High School 
 
How long I have been coaching: this is my first year as an official coach but I have taught more advanced swimmers swimming lessons for over 5 years 
 
Strokes and Events: Butterfly and Breaststroke
 
Favorite Swim Memory: Placing 6th in a relay at the high school state swim meet with 3 of my best friends.
 
 
 

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