About Me
As a kid, I doubt my parents realized how deeply I'd fall in love with the sport of swimming when they put me in their backyard pool at 3 months old. 30 years later as a varsity collegiate swim coach at New York University, I can truly say that I have dedicated my career to the pursuit of excellence within this sport. I grew up swimming for Chattahoochee Gold in Atlanta, Georgia where I lead my team as a captain and record holder. In college I swam Division I as a distance for Gardner-Webb University where I was a 3x conference team scorer. My approach integrates technical training with a championship mindset. My coaching style is directed towards helping athletes reach their peak performance through rigorous training and mental preparation.
I believe that a team's success has as much to do with its brand as it is about its speed.
Parallel to my coaching, I take pride in using my undergraduate degree in Graphic Design. I've been passionate about creating visually appealing graphics and marketing materials in the sports industry since I was on my high school's journalism staff. Working for Engine Swim in Melbourne, AUS gave me some real world experience of what it's like to create a global campaign from the ground up. I've leveraged these skills and knowledge in partnership with the NYU Athletic Department manage the NYU swimming and diving's social media presence. Together we created content that generated over 2 million views (200k being from a single video), which generated to the department's overall views across all sports teams.
My primary goal as a coach is to transform high-performance athletes into successful, holistic individuals. The sport of swimming has taught me invaluable life lessons about resilience, discipline, patience and working towards/achieving success. The coaches I worked with over the years poured into me, and were incredible mentors that gave their time, effort and energy. My hope is to use the skills swimming has taught me in order to give back to the coaches and athletes I work with today. I hope to leave every situation I encounter a little better than I found them.
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EXPERIENCE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | MEN’S & WOMEN’S SWIMMING (2022-Present)
LEAD ASSISTANT COACH
CONFERENCE ACHIEVEMENTS
UAA CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
- 2026
NCAA TEAM STANDINGS
2023 - WOMEN: 5TH / MEN: 13TH
2024 - WOMEN: 3RD / MEN: 4TH
2025 - WOMEN: 2ND / MEN: 4TH
2026 - WOMEN: 1ST / MEN: 2ND
INDIVIDUAL NCAA TITleS
KALEY MCINTYRE
50 FREE (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) *NCAA RECORD
100 FREE (2024, 2025, 2026) *NCAA RECORD
200 FREE (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) *NCAA RECORD
NICOLE RANILE
200 FLY (2024, 2026)
MAX NECHYUDUK
400 IM (2026)
TEDDY CROSS
200 BACK (2026)
DEREK MAAS
200 IM (2024) *NCAA RECORD
100 BREAST (2024)
200 BREAST (2024)
Relay NCAA Titles
Women's 200 free relay (2026) *ncaa record
Women's 800 free relay (2025) *ncaa record
NATIONALLY RANKED RECRUITING (WOMEN)
2025 - #1 OVERALL
key contributions:
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Contributed to athlete preparation through individualized training, race strategy, performance analysis, and season planning.
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Contributed beyond traditional coaching responsibilities, supporting program operations, marketing materials, social media management, alumni relations, athlete communication, team development, and the continued growth and identity of NYU Swim.
chelsea Piers | Assistant Coach to All groups
stamford, ct (2022)
key contributions:
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Contributed to athlete preparation across all age groups, managed and wrote practices, assisted in meet set up and take down.
Engine Swim | Graphic Designer & Engine Bikini project manager
Melbourne, AUS (2019-2020)
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Managed social media account, assisted in designing and building brand of engine bikini, oversaw photoshoots and model relations, assisted in production design.
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Managed and taught swim lessons out of the engine swim school.
Entrepreneur | Graphic designer, photographer & website designer
atlanta, GA (2019-2022)
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worked with clients to meet a variety of digital requests, creating unique brands and assets, managing social media accounts.
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Education
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MS, Sports Business & Management
New York University, Expected 2027
New York, NY
BA, Graphic Design
Gardner-Webb University, 2019
Boiling Springs, NC
skills
Organizational Leadership • Recruiting • Communication • Relationship Building • Strategic Planning • Creative Problem Solving • Fundraising • Event Planning • Research • Social Media •
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