Randy Reese
Director of Aquatics
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Randy Reese has been coaching
swimming for the past 34 years. He started his career in
Clearwater then moved to the Bolles School, Episcopal Amberjax, and
then to University of Florida where he coached the Men’s and
Women’s teams to two National Championships each (Men 1983
& 1984) (Women 1979 & 1982). He has over 14 National
Championships for his age group teams. Most recently the Longhorn
Aquatics team where he was head coach has been ranked the number
one club team in the country for the past three years by USA
Swimming Club of Excellence program.
Coach Reese has personally led over 35 Olympic swimmers to a
combined total of 18 Gold medals, 8 Silver and 9
Bronze. He has coached 6 swimmers who achieved 16 world
records and led 79 Women to achieve over 500 All-American honors
and 60 men reach 200 All-American honors.
Coach Reese’s personal accomplishments
include:
· 1979 Pan
American Games Assistant Coach
· 1980
(Moscow) & 1984 (Los Angeles) USA Olympic Assistant
Coach
· 1982 &
1988 NCAA Women’s Coach of the Year
· 1984 &
1985 NCAA Men’s Coach of the Year
· 1987 Pan
Pacific Games Assistant Coach
· 2005
International Swimming Hall of Fame Inductee
· Level 5
ASCA Coaching Certification
Cathy Frazier
Coaching Staff
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Coach Cathy joined CAT in the Fall of 2006, and has been
coaching both age group and senior swimmers for the past 5
years.
Coach Cathy’s
accomplishments include:
· Assistant Coach, Lansbrook
Aquatic Club (’01)
· Assistant Coach, East Lake
Woodlands County Club
(’03-’05)
· Junior Varsity Coach
East Lake High School
(’03-’05)
· Head Swim
Coach, YMCA North Pinellas Stroke Clinic
(’01-’06)
· Level 2
ASCA Coaching Certification
Alex Steger
Coaching Staff
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Alex Steger started coached in 1996 in
St. Louis, MO, which is where he also grew up and went to
college. He coached there for six years at the Bridgeton Swim
Club and HEAT Swimming at first as an assistant coach and later as
a head coach. After graduating from the University of
Missouri – St. Louis he moved to North Carolina where he
lived for almost five years. The first four years was spent
as an assistant coach at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club (Gold Medal
Club) and the last part was at the Marlins of Raleigh (Silver Medal
Club) as the head site coach for the north location. After
leaving Carolina, he moved to Portland, OR for two and half years
to coach with the Tualatin Hills Thunderbolts (Silver Medal Club)
as the head assistant coach. In his last stop before coming
to Clearwater, he spent fifteen months coaching with the
Men’s Team at the University of Texas at
Austin.
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Alex’s personal accomplishments include:
· helping the
Texas Men finish 2nd at the 2009 NCAA Swimming
& Diving Championships
· helping
swimmers achieve 5 World Records (2 individual, 3
relay)
· helping
swimmers achieve 9 American Records (5 individual, 4
relay)
· helping six
swimmers qualify for the 2009 USA World Championship
Team
· helping
swimmers ages 18&Under achieve approximately 50 ranked swims by
USA Swimming
· helping
swimmers ages 18&Under achieve approximately 20 state/LSC
records
· helping
numerous swimmers ages 18&Under qualify for USA Junior
Nationals and above
· Level 4
ASCA Coaching Certification
