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 Roland "Greg" DavisHead CoachEmail
Greg was born in Fairfield, Ca. in 1970
while his dad (Ro) was stationed there in the Air Force. After
living in California, Nevada, Tennessee and then again in
California, he graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1988. He
attended De Anza Community College, Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV), and
the University of California at Davis where he majored in Exercise
Physiology and minored in Sports Psychology. Greg is a
certified Level 4 USA-Swimming coach by ASCA (American Swimming
Coaches Association).
Greg was a high school All American swimmer in the individual
medley and butterfly, and also achieved AA honors while swimming at
De Anza College and UC Davis. Greg was a Junior National finalist
(top eight) as well as senior national qualifier. He was a Top
three finalist at the NCAA Championships and finished his career at
Davis with seventeen All American selections and a school record.
Greg finished his competitive career participating, as a finalist,
in national lifeguard competitions as a member of the National
Lifeguard Association.
Greg’s employment history, while certainly centered around
swim coaching, includes three years experience with the elite
Lifeguard Service for the City of San Diego. Greg was medically
retired from this service due to a knee injury suffered on the job
while in the course of making a double rescue. Greg has also been a
pool manager, lifeguard, and Red Cross Water Safety, CPR and First
Responder Instructor for several municipal recreation departments.
He has been certified in Pool and Spa Operations and Oxygen
Administration. Greg has also been a fitness instructor at
YMCA’s and other fitness clubs.
Greg’s coaching career began as an assistant at De Anza
Cupertino Aquatics (DACA). It includes Head Coaching positions at
University of San Diego High School, where his team won a San
Diego/CIF Championship in 1996 as well as three consecutive league
titles. He also coached the Coronado High School Swim teams to
their best ever finishes in 1998. Greg has also been Assistant Head
Coach at Palo Alto High School, a perennial power in the Central
Coast Section of the CIF. This program annually places numerous
athletes on the HS All American lists.
Greg’s USA Swimming experience includes assistant coaching
positions at Coronado Navy Swim Association, De Anza-Cupertino, San
Jose Aquatics. and Palo Alto Swim Club. While at Palo Alto Swim
Club, Greg was the coach of record for a female Olympic Trials
qualifier and top ranked high school All-American. He served as the
Head Coach for Coronado Navy from 1996-99. His accomplishments
include elite national level competitors (Senior and Junior
National Qualifiers), numerous high school All Americans, as well
as two swimmers being placed on the Mexico National team.
Greg also served as the Assistant Coach for San Jose State
Women’s team under Pablo Morales, former World Record Holder
and Olympic Gold Medalist This Division I position included
detailed assignments with swim training, recruiting, weight
training, mental preparation and stretching.
Prior to moving to Mobile, Greg was a founding coach for Swim Kauai
Aquatics (SKA) in Hawaii. Greg served as the head coach, senior
coach, advanced age group coach, and master’s coach while
helping to bring the club from two swimmers to seventy-three in
just over two years.
Swim Kauai Aquatics has produced numerous Hawaii State qualifiers
and finalists and top three medalists. He also coached Island
School in Hawaii State High School competition, producing several
top eight finishers.
Greg welcomes the opportunity to coach
with CMSA!
 Tyler KernsHead Age Group CoachEmail
Coach Tyler Kerns enters
his third season coaching at CMSA and has recently been named
the club’s new Head Age Group Coach. Tyler is an
American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Level 2 and United
States Swimming certified coach. He will be leading all
coaches for age group swimmers, and directly
coaching Age Group 2, Age Group Elite, and Junior Group.
Tyler has been the Head Swim Coach for the
last seven years (2003-2009) at Spring Hill Swim
Club in the Mobile County Aquatic League (MCAL). He also served as
the club’s Aquatics Director for
three years (2006-2008). During that time he has
grown the team from 80 swimmmers to 200
swimmers. Tyler has led Spring Hill Swim Club
to four consecutive league titles. Before
2006, another team held the title for nine consecutive
years. In July 2008, Tyler was selected as the MCAL Coach of
the Year for the fourth time and third year in a row
(2006-2008). In his six year tenure his teams have
accomplished: four consecutive league titles
(2006-2009), two sportsmanship awards (2003, 2005), two spirit
awards (2003, 2005), ten MCAL swimmers of the year,
twenty-eight MCAL individual records, and eight MCAL
relay records.
Tyler created, hosted, and coached the first ever "Battle
of the Bay Meet," an All-Star Meet between Baldwin and Mobile
county, in July 2008. In his swimming career, Tyler swam sprint
freestyle events. As a Senior, he placed 4th in the 50 yard
freestyle and anchored the State Champion 200 Freestyle Relay at
the Alabama High School State Meet for St. Paul’s Episcopal
School.
In addition to Tyler’s coaching success, he finished a
formidable college baseball career at Spring Hill College and the
University of South Alabama. Tyler started in 48 of 56
games as a freshman for Spring Hill before transfering to
USA. He pitched for the Jags during his three varsity letter
seasons, and was a team captain during his junior and
senior seasons. During the 2007 season, he earned
the win against #10 Nationally Ranked Wichita State University
in his last college performance.
Tyler graduated from South Alabama with honors, receiving his
bachelor’s degree in Business Management, December
2007. Tyler plans to begin work on his MBA in the near
future. Tyler married Amanda (Berry) in October 2008. Tyler enjoys
all sports and has a special appreciation for the level of skill it
takes to be a successful swimmer. He welcomes the opportunity as
Head Age Group Coach for CMSA and looks forward to continued
success from the entire program.
 Anne Marie SimsHead Masters Coach/ Assistant CoachEmail Anne Marie Sims is a lifelong resident of
Mobile. She has been a swimmer on CMSA, parent and a coach. She is the first CMSA swimmer to attend the Olympic Trials, in 1980. She is the 1978 YMCA National Champion in the 50 free and the 1978 Junior Olympic Champion in the 100 Free. She attended the
University of
Alabama on scholarship and became a 5-time college All-American. She has two children, Caitlin 19, a student at the University of Montevallo, and Zachary 15, who swims for CMSA. Anne Marie is the Head Masters Coach and also coaches the Senior 1 program for CMSA. Brian DukeAssistant Age Group CoachEmail
A former CMSA swimmer, Brian joined the
coaching staff in August 2009. His past coaching experience
includes working the past eleven summers as a coach for summer
league teams in Mobile. Brian is a certified USA-Swimming
coach and a member of the
American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA). Brian
attended Spring Hill College where he was a member of the Spring
Hill College swim team. During his time at Spring Hill, the
men’s swim team recorded three consecutive third place
finishes at the National Association Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) National Championships. Brian gained NAIA All-American
honors and Academic All-American honors. Recently, he
completed a master’s degree in History at Auburn
University. While coaching at CMSA Brian is working toward
earning a teacher’s certificate. He works primarily with
Age Group One and the Junior Group.
Phoenix FiskAssistant Age Group CoachEmail Kelcee SmithAssistant Age Group CoachEmail Erin LunnAssistant Age Group CoachEmail
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