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
.
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, 2000, 2004, and
2008. 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.
brings 30 years of coaching experience to the
Napa Valley Swim Team. She is our
Age Group II and
Advanced Age Group coach. A graduate from the
University of Oregon with a degree in Recreation and a specialty in
Aquatics, Coach Stacy 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.
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 .
has been
actively involved in the swimming world her entire life, beginning
from her infancy while attending the swim meets watching her
siblings compete. Later, as Lisa began swimming to catch up and
compete to win – first to beat her siblings, and to compete
for a team. In 1980 through 1984 Lisa was a High School
All-American/ USS Junior National and National participant.
From 1984 through 1988 Lisa was a four time NCAA Division 1
All - American/ USS National participant. Most impressive was
Lisa’s participation in the 1988 US Olympic Trials in the 100
Fly.
Her swimming
career as a coach began soon thereafter as an Assistant Coach for
Swim Marin, then Montclair Swim Team, UC Berkeley’s
women’s swim team assistant coach, St Helena Swim Team, and
Justin Siena High School swim team as a Head Coach. We are
very fortunate to have Lisa’s years of coaching expertise and
love of swimming attitude on the deck for NVST and our youngest and
newest members to the sport, swimmers in the Olympic Way
programs.
Coach Cocks was an accomplished swimmer for the University of
Michigan from 1995-2000. She was an Olympic Trials Qualifier in the
100 Meter breaststroke in both 1996 and 2000. Emily then
worked as an assistant coach for the University of
Illinois-Chicago 2007-2010. Currently Emily is living in Napa
with her husband and is a professional triathlete.
