Will Chidsey
DWSC Head Coach, Black Team Head Coach
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Will Chidsey is
beginning his sixth year with DWSC and his Third year as head
coach. He is a graduate of
Lemoyne
College
with a B.S. in Business Administration. During his
college swimming career, Will was a 5 time All American, a 7 time
All American Honorable Mention, 2 time Swimmer of the meet for the
UNYSCSA, Swimmer of the year for the Northeast 10’s for 2004
and 2005, and Captain of his team in 2006. He also holds 7 school
records. Will swam for
Liverpool
High
School
in central NY where he was swimmer of the Section 3
meet his Senior year and NY State Champ in the 100
backstroke.
Adam Zaczkowski
Red Team Head Coach
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Adam has been swimming
since he was 2. He made his first district cut at age 5 and was
ranked in the National Top-16 in the 200 IM, 200 Free, and 100 IM
at 12 years of age. He represented Connecticut in the Eastern Zone
Championships and won the 400m Freestyle. He also swam for
Westport/Weston YMCA team where he was a 3-time YMCA National
Qualifier. Adam is a graduate of Le Moyne College, where he
received a Political Science degree with minors in Philosophy and
History. At Le Moyne, he set 9 school records and was the
conference champion in the 200 Butterfly (2003) and the 400 IM
(2004). Adam has been coaching for 9 years and brings a great
source of experience and knowledge to the team. He is a founding
member of CNY Aquatics, LLC.
George McNamara
Assistant Coach
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George McNamara began
his swim career in New Jersey at age 8; eventually earning the
senior state 200 meter backstroke title. As the captain of
his high school team he was undefeated in the backstroke and IM.
George swam for Colgate University. He was an age group coach in
New Jersey and the head coach for Hornell High School. He moved to
DeWitt and coached the DeWitt Swim Club in the
70’s. George is an active Masters Swimmer, is
ranked in the top 10 nationally in the 200 meter backstroke and has
held numerous masters records in New York and won many Empire State
Games medals. He competed in his first triathlon at age 49,
coming in second in his age group. Since then he has taken at
least a dozen first places. Coach George is retired from 31
years as an elementary school teacher at JD. He also served as a
volunteer fire fighter and paramedic for the DeWitt Fire Dept. for
25 years. He was also the assistant chief of crash rescue for the
National Guard.
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Erin Brown
Assistant Coach
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Erin Brown is a
graduate of Le Moyne College. She has been involved in
swimming for 12 years and started swimming with her local club
team, the Pine Bush Piranhas. Once old enough, she joined the
Pine Bush High School Girls Varsity Swim team. She swam for
her club and high school teams for all four years of high school
and her senior year was elected captain of the team. Erin
then attended Le Moyne College where she studied Biology and
pursued her swimming career. She swam all four years for Le
Moyne College and her senior year was elected captain of the
women’s team. While at Le Moyne College she taught
one-on-one swim lessons to children. Being able to share her
talent and passion with children is something that she greatly
enjoys. Erin is now a Physicians
Assistant.
