Casey Coble
Head Coach
Casey is an alumni of LAC who has returned
to coach the team. As Head
Coach, he oversees the entire LAC competitive swim program, working
directly with the Senior and Senior Prep training
groups. Casey came on as an assistant at LAC
in 2005 before being named the Head Coach in 2008. As an
assistant coach, Casey helped LAC develop its Age Group swimmers
into successful Senior level swimmers. His swimmers broke
multiple team records, qualified for the Eastern Zone All Star
team, were Junior Olympic Champions, and placed top 16 in the
country. Also, in the summer on 2007 Casey helped coach the
13-14 girls to a team championship at Junior Olympics.
In the time since Casey has taken over as
the Head Coach of LAC the team has broken over 30 team records
including multiple relay records. At the Sectional meet in
Boyds, MD in 2009 LAC placed 6th overall (4th in women, 9th in
men). He has also coached a PIAA state Champion, both an
individual Sectional Champion and a relay Championship, a USA
Junior National finalist, 4 USA Junior National qualifiers, and a
National Select Camp qualifier.
Before coaching at LAC, Casey was the assistant coach for Durham Academy in Durham, NC from 2004-2005.
As a swimmer at LAC, Casey was a 3 time Jr
National Champion, qualified and swam both the 200 and 400IM at the
2000 Olympic Trials and placed 20th in the 200IM at the 2001 Summer
Nationals. Casey still holds several LAC team records. A graduate
of North Carolina
where he attended on a swimming scholarship, Casey was a 6 time ACC
individual finalist and 5 time ACC individual Consolation finalist.
His 200IM time ranks 10th fastest all time in UNC swimming
history.
Casey is ASCA Level 4.
