Coach Julie teaches Learn to Swim Lessons and Early development lessons for children and adults. She works to build trust and connection in order to foster a positive and fun learning environment. When necessary, she helps athletes to overcome fears associated with water; all while teaching the fundamentals needed to help reach the athlete's swim goals.

Coach Chris assists with our 10 and over age groups. He has extensive experience working with high school age students making the transition to college. Coaching Philosophy: Work smarter not harder. Focus should always be on technique and mental resilience over hard physical work, although all can be done. And above all, have fun. Background: I’ve been fortunate enough to swim under some of the great coaches in the world in high school, college and beyond including (but not limited to) Mike Bottom, Dave Salo and Nort Thornton. I came from Maryland where I swam for Curl-Burke Swim Club (now NCAP) where I trained with and competed against several Olympians. In high school I competed at junior and senior nationals and won a metro title with my high school where I was captain and swimmer of the year. I was a 5 time finalist at pac 10s in college. After college I competed in the 2008 Olympic trials after training at Trojan swim club as a post grad. I continue to swim masters at West Hollywood aquatics. I’ve been coaching 17 seasons at Loyola high school and for 6 years at West Hollywood aquatics. I’ve been coaching and giving swim lessons since I was in high school as I come from a big swimming family.