Parkshore Piranhas Coaching Staff

 

Head Coach Jean Bartlett

The Parkshore Pool's Board is pleased to announce that Jean Bartlett will be the new head coach of the Piranhas for the 2010 season. Jean swam as a youth, and on her college team. She has experience coaching swimming; indeed that is "in her blood" since her father was a long-time swim coach. Jean obtained Bachelors and Masters degrees from Simmons College in Boston, taught four years in Colorado, and is in her third year at Ashley Hall, where she teaches Social Studies in the Intermediate School.
We were fortunate this year to be able to hire well ahead. That extra time gave us the opportunity for a fuller search and will enable Jean to choose her assistants and prepare for the season.

Coaching Staff

Abby Zisk will be joining the Piranhas for her third straight season. Abby is currently a student at Duke University where she swims on the club swim team. Abby will be at all the practices and will be working with all age groups this season. She will begin coming to practices as soon as her final exams finish up for the year. We will be welcoming her on May 10!

Brianna Rindge is joining the Piranhas for her first season in the capacity of swim coach. She has worked for several summers as a lifeguard at Parkshore, so I am sure her face will be familiar to many of you. Brianna will also be at most of the practices and will focus her attention on the 10 and under swimmers at Parkshore. Brianna has been involved in summer swimming in Charleston for many years. She swam a for many summers for Shadowmoss. Brianna is currently at student at Georgia Tech and will be joining us once her final exams have finished up. We will be looking forward to seeing her on May 10!

Brett Bracken is also joining the Piranhas for his first season. Brett is currently a graduate student at the Citadel. He works for Progressive Fitness and has spent his spring coaching the Ashley Hall track team. Brett has a strong background in track and will be bringing his fitness and nutrition background to the pool. He will be working to develop a dryland portion of the practice to strengthen our swimmers and develop some more flexibility. Brett will work with the 11 - 18 year olds. He will be joining the Piranhas on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. We will be looking forward to seeing him at Parkshore!

Matthew Hughes has also joined the Piranhas as an assistant coach. Matthew has been a Piranha since the age of three and is considered one of the fastest swimmers on the team. Matthew coaches the mini-piranhas, the 6 & Unders, and the 10 and Unders. He is entering his senior year at First Baptist, where he also competes in the high school swim season.