Archives: Coaches

Dexter Bligh is currently the Head Coach & Director of Sport at Wayland Swim Club in Vancouver, where over the past four years his swimmers have rewritten the club’s record books.

Dave Burgess is a USA Triathlon Level 2 and ASCA Level 3 certified Coach. Dave is also a US Masters Swimming Level 3 certified Coach.

Coach Ward has been coaching professionally in Canada for 20 years. The past eight years, Darren has been the Head Coach of the Scarborough Swim Club.

Chris Villa finished his eighth season as head coach at IUP in 2013-14 with another record setting year and was named the PSAC Coach of the Year.

Chris Morgan brings over 20 years of coaching experience to the legendary Gator Swim Cub. Most recently, Morgan served as Head Coach of the YMCA of the North Shore and prior to that, was the Varsity Assistant Coach for the Harvard Women’s Team.

Chris DeSantis is a personalized swimming consultant. He offers mental skills training, one-on-one technical advice and personalized workouts. In each area, he brings the best of his own experience to improve your coaching.

At age 18 Coach Craig left his home in Ireland for an internship at Arizona, a desert fox mentored by Bob Gillett as an Age Group Coach. He then moved to Canada to take over a fractured team combined of two different teams joining forces to turn out performances again under new leadership.

Brad Robbins is the Head Coach of Prosper Aquatic Club and has developed age group record breakers, multiple Senior Sectional qualifiers, Futures qualifiers, and Junior National qualifiers, as well as a Junior National runner up and Olympic Trials qualifier.

Loreto Normanhurst is excited to announce the full-time appointment of Bobby Hurley to Loreto Normanhurst Swimming in the capacity of Head Coach.