The coaching staff of the GCY Makos is committed to helping your
child reach his or her goals. We strive to offer the best
program in Greensboro and the surrounding area and welcome your
questions and feedback. If you have any questions or
concerns, please feel free to contact us at anytime.
Dave is in his second
year as Head Coach of the GCY Makos. Prior to arriving in
Greensboro, Dave was the Head Senior Coach with the Fog City
Hammerheads located in San Francisco and El Cerrito, CA. In
the past 20 years, Dave has been the Head Coach of the Oakland
Barracudas in Oakland, CA, the Albany Swim Club in Albany, NY and
the Las Cruces Aquatic Team in Las Cruces, NM. Dave began his
swimming career at the Fairfield YMCA in Fairfield, CT and went on
to swim at Ohio Wesleyan University. There he earned a B.A. in
Exercise Science and then went on to earn a M.S. in Sports Science
from Southern Connecticut State University. In the past 20 years,
several of Dave's swimmers have been NRT Top 16 and have qualified
for every level of competition including Junior Nationals,
Nationals and the 2008 Olympic Trials. Dave is ASCA level 4
and resides in Greensboro.
Sam swam and attended the
University of Rhode Island where he received his Bachelor in Fine
Arts in 2001. In 2003, he moved to Greensboro and began teaching
art after 2 years as the Asst. Mens and Women’s swim coach at
the University of Rhode Island. In 2010, he received his Masters in
Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He
is now working for this same institution while coaching as an ASCA
level 2 certified coach. Sam has coached at the age group level for
the past 10 years and has experience at both the Division 1 and
Division 3 levels. Sam lives with his Australian Shepard/ Border
Collie mix, Madra in Greensboro.
Matt coached Battle Forest for 8 seasons, taking them to their
first undefeated season since the early 70’s in 2006. He also
just completed his first year as the Head Coach for the Adams Farm
swim team. In August of 2003, in an effort to develop his coaching
skills, he began volunteering with GCY and has been there for 8
years. He is now serving as Site Coordinator for GCY at the
Ragsdale YMCA in Jamestown. In 2005, he started his High School
coaching carrier serving as an assistant coach with Page High
school for the 2005 – 2006 season. After one season with Page
he accepted a Co-Head coaching job with the North West Swim team in
2006 – 2007 and Head coached from 2007 – 2009 where he
received Metro 4A coach of the year honors both seasons along with
leading the girl’s team to two undefeated season. Matt is
ASCA Level 1 & USA Level 1 certified. Matt loves the
opportunity to pass on his knowledge to younger generations while
learning from his swimmers as well.
Justine is originally from Long Island and now her family lives in
Wilmington where she attended and swam four years for Ashely High
School. She is starting her third year with the GCY Makos,
where she will continue her work with the Pups and Minis, and is
looking forward to expanding her coaching knowledge as well as
working with all the swimmers. Justine has been with the
Greensboro YMCA for four years where she works as a lifeguard and
teaches swim lessons. Her passion is to continue working with
youth throughout her professional career.
John attended and swam
for Northwest Guilford high school. During
that time he was also a member of Greensboro Swimming Association.
John
went on to swim varsity for Virginia Tech all four years opf his
undergraduate degree.
He graduated with a degree in Economics and is currently attending
UNC
Greensboro for a master’s degree in Business Administration.
John has had experience as a camp counselor/swim coach for the H2okie Swim Camp at Virginia Tech for 2
summers and as a private swim instructor at Oak Ridge Swim Club for
four summers.
