Coaches & Directors

NVST Caoches

We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and other swimming related needs, please contact one of the coaches. For all questions related to dues, safety, or policy or administrative issues, please contact our team administator, Karen Bland .

Coaching Staff

Asher Green

Head Coach

brings to the Napa Valley Swim Team a wealth of coaching experience from numerous programs and regions of the country. Highlights of Coach Green's career include assisting with the National team for the Mission Viejo Nadadores, serving as the Graduate Assistant Coach for the University of Georgia, heading up the Decatur (IL) Swim Club (where his teams won three Illinois Senior State titles), assisting at Arizona State University, and most recently assisting at the nationally renowned Ford Aquatics of Tucson. Coach Green is an ASCA Level 5 Certified coach. He coached for the USA Swimming National Select Camp in 1995 and 2003, served on the USA National Team Coaching Staff in 1995, once earned four consecutive ASCA Certificates of Excellence, and has coached swimmers to the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1992, 1996, and 2000. Coach Green believes that the high demands of competitive swimming provide a unique venue for the development of a multitude of invaluable personal traits, such as team spirit, goal orientation, work ethic, time management, perseverance, honesty, and accountability. Coach Green, originally an Indiana native, was born into a swimming family: his father, the late George "Herr" Green, retired from coaching high school swimming with over 300 career dual meet wins. Coach Green earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Butler University, his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Georgia, and has taken PhD. courses at the University of Arizona.

Kathy Hague

Assistant Coach

Kathy Hague, brings 30 years of coaching experience to the Napa Valley Swim Team. She is our Age Group II and Age Group III Coach. A graduate from the University of Oregon with a degree in Recreation and a specialty in Aquatics, Coach Hague has specialized in developing young age group swimmers. Her greatest desire is to give these swimmers the technical tools in which to succeed as swimmers and have fun during the process. It is also very important to her that each child develop a sense of "teammanship" and learn the importance of supporting their teammates both in and out of the water.

Gina Barsotti

Assistant Coach

Gina Barsotti has been coaching here at the Napa Valley Swim Team for the past 6 years, working with young swimmers to improve their stroke technique. Gina has been swimming, teaching and coaching for a total of 27 years. She first started her coaching career with the Chico Aqua Jets. In addition to coaching the Napa Valley Swim Team's Olympic Way, Novice and Age Group I swimmers, Gina has been instrumental in developing our successful Pre-Olympic Way, Olympic Way and Novice swim programs. For a real challenge Gina also teaches adult swim classes at both Napa Valley and Solano Community Colleges .