Coaches & Directors

We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and other swimming related needs, please contact one of the coaches. For all questions related to administrative, such as dues, safety, or policy issues, please contact one of the board members.

 

Swim Team Office Hours

Andy:  M - W - F      12:00 - 4:00 pm

Glenn:  M - T - Th     1:00 - 4:00 pm

Tony:  T - Th - F        1:00 - 4:00 pm 

Dan:  By appointment only

 

Coaching Staff

Andy Rose

Head Coach

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Highly respected for his enthusiasm and passion for the sport amongst his coaching peers, Coach Rose is in his 3rd year with the Palatine Park District Tiger Sharks.  In Andy’s first three years, PPD has come to produce some of the finest swimmers in Illinois and the team has shown remarkable improvement in all areas, had 5 meets with at least a top 6 Junior Olympic team finish and a Speedo Sectional team title.

Rose came to PPD from the National powerhouse Sarasota YMCA Sharks Swim Team.  Prior to being in the Sunshine State, Rose was the Head Coach of the BR Ryall / NW DuPage YMCA Swim Team in Glen Ellyn.  In his leadership at BR Ryall, his senior athletes won four consecutive Illinois Senior Championship team titles, four consecutive YMCA State Championship team titles and perennial top ten finish at YMCA Nationals.  Between 2004-2006, BRRY athletes scored more points in Illinois Championship meets than any other programs in the LSC.  Coach Rose has been coaching at the National level since 1998, and has coached at several prominent programs including Michiana Marlins as Head Age Group Coach, Cincinnati Marlins as a Senior Coach, Northern Kentucky Clippers as Head Senior Coach.

Andy has coached all levels of athletes from the Novice swimmers to Olympic Trial Qualifiers.  A native of Southwest Florida, Coach Rose enjoys Frisbee golf, is a capable golfer on the links... and supports the Cincinnati Reds!  Coach rose is a member of the Illinois Swimming Age Group Committee.

Rose File:

  • 2 US Junior National Team members

  • 9 Olympic Trial qualifiers

  • 13 US Senior National qualifiers

  • 27 Junior National qualifiers

  • 150+ Speedo Sectional qualifiers, including champions and record holders.

  • Numerous high school state qualifiers, including champions and

  • All Americans from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Florida

Athletes have continued on to the following institutions:

University of Texas, University of Southern California, Harvard, Penn State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Kentucky, Carthage College, Monmouth College, University of Illinois, University of North Carolina, Southern Illinois, Indiana University, University of Chicago, North Central College, Butler, Western Kentucky University, Ball State University, Western Illinois University, Saint Louis University, Wright State University, Miami University, Northwestern University, Eastern Michigan University, University of New Orleans, Centre College. 

 

Glenn Brown

Assistant Coach

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Head Age Group Coach

 

Coach Brown is in his third year with the PPD Tiger Sharks. In his first year he assisted with the senior program and led the TAG 2 group to many successes. Brown grew up here in Chicagoland having swam for Homewood Flossmoor HS, and the Joliet Jets YMCA Swim Team, Glenn swam for Drury University and earned All-American honors in both breaststroke events his sophomore year. Glenn’s last coaching position was with the Naperville YMCA Swim team, as Head Age Group coach. While with NAPY, he coached numerous athletes to sectional, state and even national championships. Swimming is in Glenn’s blood as his father was a coach when Glenn was younger and his brother is assistant head coach of the YMCA National champion Sarasota Shark YMCA swim team in Florida . Glenn led our program to a team 4th place finish at this past winters Junior Olympic Championships having swimmers win many medals and make many speedo sectional time standards. PPD is proud to have Coach Brown as our Head Age Group Coach.



 

 

 




Dan Cempel

Assistant Coach

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Coach Dan Cempel – Lead Senior Coach
 

Coach Dan is in his 2nd season with the team. Dan is ASCA level 2 certified and level 3 educated. Dan will work primarily with the Senior Group. His last coaching position was with the Joliet YMCA  Jets where he spent 14 years and was the head age group coach. Dan began coaching in 1980 and has coached many levels of swimmers, from novice to YMCA national qualifiers to finalists at Age Group State. Dan has also had swimmers make the YMCA top 16 list. It is Dan’s passion of swimming that has contributed to his swimming and coaching accomplishments. Dan’s favorite event to swim was the 200 butterfly .Dan has two daughters, Laura who swims for the Tiger Sharks and will swim for the University of New Orleans next fall, and Sarah who swims for Northern Michigan University wehre she is team captain.




Tony M Gallagher

Assistant Coach

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Head Developmental Coach

 

Coach Tony Gallagher returns to the Tiger Sharks this fall as our Head Developmental Coach. Gallagher has three seasons experience as an assistant coach for PPD, and in the last year was an assistant coach at Western Illinois University , The University of Georgia Swim Camps, and in his home town with Munster Swim Club. Gallagher is looking forward to his new challenges of leading the charge with our youngest athletes here at PPD.  A strong seasonal plan in stroke mechanics, and progression throughout the program. Before PPD Tony was an assistant to Andy Rose at BR Ryall, and a national team swimmer at Ryall and PPD, in addition to team captain at WIU. Tony has his degree in Physical Education from Western Illinois .