Benji E DeMotte
Head Coach
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Coach DeMotte
became the Episcopal swimming’s head Coach in March 2007.
Among Head Coach Benjamin
“Benji” DeMotte’s greatest accomplishments was
coaching one of his swimmers to compete in the 2004 Olympics in the
50-freestyle, and recruiting
Binghamton
University
’s first
Olympic medalist in the process. His swimmers
hold the Austrian 200-backstroke and Hungarian 50-freestyle
records and he has coached seven All-Americans in Divisions I, II
and
III
. Additionally, he
has coached six Conference Athletes of the Year and earned the
Conference Coach of the Year on six separate occasions. His
coaching career holds 11 conference records, 92
Binghamton
team records,
six
University
of
Arkansas
team records and he
has coached four Binghamton Athletes of the
Year.
Most recently, he was the
head age group coach for the Northwest Arkansas Aquatics
in
Bentonville
,
Arkansas
. Before that,
he held the positions of assistant coach for women’s swimming
and diving at the University of Arkansas, associate and then head
coach for men’s and women’s swimming and diving at
Binghamton and president of the Metropolitan Intercollegiate
Swimming Conference in Binghamton, New York.
He earned his Bachelors of
Science in exercise physiology from
Syracuse
University
in 1994 and his
Masters in Business Administration from
Binghamton
University
in
2002.
Cell: 904.735.7417
Pool: 904.396.5751, 1643
Doug Schuster
Head Age Group Coach
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Coach Schuster joined the Episcopal swimming staff in June
2007. Before joining the Episcopal
coaching staff, Coach Schuster most recently was an assistant coach
for the Savannah swim team and served as the head high school
coach in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. He
has also been an age group coach with The Bolles School
and the Coast Guard Swim Team in Mobile,
Alabama. Coach Schuster has knowledge and
experience in all levels of age group and senior programs;
including seasonal plans, practice structure, junior coach
development, all phases of day or overnight camps, swim lessons,
clinics, home meet preparation, championship meet prep. Coach Schuster is a graduate of
WesternKentuckyUniversity and
currently serves as Episcopal’s Director of Campus Safety
& Security.
Cell: 904.868.1490
Office: 904.396.5751, 1607
George Garcia
Senior Assistant Coach
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Coach Garcia joined the Episcopal swimming staff
in January 2007. Coach Garcia was a FirstCoast high
school all-star in Jacksonville. After high school he attended the University of Florida where he was a team manager for the Gator
swimming and diving teams. Coach Garcia was the head coach
for the Ponte Vedra Country Club swim team and is currently the
Associate Episcopal High School Head Swim Coach and the Senior
Assistant swim coach with the Episcopal AmberJax year round swim
team.CoachGarcia is also in his second year at Episcopal, teaching
History for seventh and eighth grade.
Susan Schuster
Administrative Assistant
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Susan Schuster joined the staff of the AmberJax in June 2008 as
the administrative assistant. Susan also currently serves as Episcopal’s Head of
Attendance.
Susan’s swim experience is
extensive; Susan held a similar position at Bolles for 8 years
prior to her move to Episcopal High School. Susan was the Head
age group coach with the Coast Guard Swim Team in Mobile, Alabama where she grew a 20 swimmer program to over
100. During her tenure in Alabama the
team quickly rose to South Alabama Champions
and Susan was the GMSDL Coach of the year in 2000 & 2001. Susan
grew up and competed for the Plantation Swim Team in Louisville, Kentucky through high school. She was the first
female swimmer at the University of Louisville.
Susan is a graduate of the University of Louisville BS in Business. During college Susan taught
swimming and gymnastics for LouisvilleParks and
Recreation Department.
Susan is married to Doug Schuster, Head Age Group Coach for the
AmberJax swimming program, and mother of Stephanie 20 and Taylor
13.
Office: 904.396.5751, 1608
