Coaches & Directors

Please use this page to let us know if you have a question or concern about your swimmer. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, goal setting, and other swimming related needs, your first contact should always be your child’s primary coach.

For all questions related to membership, fees or credits, please contact Sue Grant (S.Grant@mvymca.org).

Coaching Staff

Dan Reilly

Head Coach

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Dan Reilly joined the team as Head Coach in September 2006.

Dan is a Level 4 American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA)-certified coach. Dan also has worked as the head coach at the Mill Pond Branch at the South Shore YMCA, Weymouth High School, North Quincy High School and Archbishop Williams. He was head coach of the Southeast/Coastal Team, which came in second at the 2006 Bay State Games. He is certified as an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, American Red Cross Lifeguard Training and First Aid and American Red Cross CPR.

A Massachusetts-certified general science teacher for grades 6-12, Dan earned his B.S. degree in human physiology in 1996 from Boston University, where he also was an instructor in the Department of Physical Education. He has taught high school physical science in the Hanover Public Schools and high school biology in the West Bridgewater Public Schools.

Carlton Cronin

Head Senior Coach

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Carlton has had a long and illustrious career as a coach in the Merrimack Valley. He coached at the Haverhill YMCA before founding the Haverhill Youth Swim Team and the New England Barracudas. His swimmers hold New England YMCA and USA records in many age groups and many have gone on to swim at division 1 Colleges and Universities. Carlton is a long time member of the Merrimack Valley YMCA and he is a great addition to the team. This season Carlton will be the Head coach of the Senior group.

Erin Cammann

Head Age Group Coach

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Erin joined the team in 2001 and is currently the Head Coach of our Monsoon Group. Erin has two children who swim for the team as well. Erin also swims for the Andover/North Andover Masters Swim Team.

Prior to joining the Hurricanes, Erin was the Masters Swim Coach at the SoCal Aquatic Club in Los Angeles, California from 1999-2001. She was also an Age Group Coach from 1996-1999 with Team Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California

Erin has a Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University, and a B.A. in History from Yale University where she was a member of the varsity swim and volleyball teams.

Erin Shanahan

Head Juniors Coach

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Erin is a Theology teacher at Austin Prep. H.S. in Reading and Lieutenant of Lifeguards at Hampton Beach during the summer. Erin swam at Haverhill High School and earned her B.A. at the College of the Holy Cross where she also swam and captained the team in 2000-2001.
Erin has coached high school teams at Salem, NH and Methuen, MA; she also coached with New Wave Swim Club and currently coaches at Austin Prep.
Erin is a level 1 coach with the American Swimming Coaches Association.
 
Erin is the Head Coach of the Junior group.

Tami Fraser

Tidal Wave and Typhoon Coach

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Tami Fraser joined the team in 2006 as an assistant coach. She works with the Tidal Wave and Typhoon swimmers focusing on stroke development. She has four children who swim for the Hurricanes as well.

Prior to joining the Hurricanes, Tami worked at the Tuckahoe YMCA in Richmond, VA and was an aquatics director and the Keene Family YMCA in Keene, NH. She has also worked as a waterfront director, boating, and swimming instructor at resident and day camps in MA, NH, and VT. In addition to working with our swimmers, Tami is a substitute teacher in the Tyngsborough schools. She is certified as a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard Instructor as well as First Aid and CPR. Tami is a level 1 ASCA coach.

Missie Bankes

Assistant Monsoon Coach

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John D'Ambrosio

Assistant Senior coach

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John Zitz

Assistant Seniors Coach

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John Zitz began his coaching career in 1989 in Illinois. As a swimmer, John was a Senior National qualifier and a YMCA National Champion.

John joined up with ANA in the summer of 2008 as a Senior and Nationals coach.

Krista Galligani

Assistant Monsoon Coach

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Dana F Medaglio

Assistant Juniors Coach

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Samantha Sutherland

Silver, Bronze coach

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Allison Alwan

Assistant Coach

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Allison graduated from Andover High School in 2008 and currently studies Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is also a member of the MIT swim team. She has been swimming competitively since 1997 and began her coaching career in the spring of 2008. She was a member of the ANA Hurricanes since 2001 and also competed 4 years at Andover High School.

Veronica Faller

Assistant Coach

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Lisa Zanchi

Assistant Coach

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Lisa Zanchi currently swims at Bryant University and swam competitively at ANA for 8 years. Lisa began coaching in the summer of 2007 with ANA.

Tony Sakakeeny

Assistant Seniors Coach

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Kathy Medaglio

Special Consultant

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Board of Directors

Jim Frey

Co-President

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Maribeth Netishen

Co-President

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Kristen Vaughan

Treasurer

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Paula Colby

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Peter Belanger

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Christina Curtin-Orsmond

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Beth D'Entrement

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Ed Hunter

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Paula Quinlan

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Frances Russolillo

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David Sweetser

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Marianne Sweetser

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Sean Doyle

Officials Coordinator

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