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.
Coaching Staff

Billy Doughty

Head Coach

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Billy Doughty is an ASCA level 4 certified coach who has coached athletes from novice to Olympic Trials.  In 2009, Billy qualified for the USA National Team Coaches List. He will be joining the Davis Aquadarts as Head Coach in August 2009. 

 

Billy has served as the CEO/Head Coach for City of Mobile Swim Association since August 2006.  During this time the team has seen dramatic success in the pool, in the classroom, and in the community.  CMSA has earned the USA Swimming Bronze Medal Excellence Award from USA Swimming during the three years since Billy arrived.  In 2008, CMSA swimmers won multiple AHSAA state champioships, multiple junior national individual titles, and have consistently placed top 5 in Southeastern Swimming team scoring. CMSA currently has multiple swimmers ranked in the top five in Southeastern Swimming and ranked in the top ten in USA Swimming.  CMSA sent swimmers to the 2008 Olympic Trials and currently has a swimmer on the USA National Junior Team.
 
Before joining CMSA, Billy worked as a Head Site Coach for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics running the University Club site for six years.  The University Club site grew from non-existent in 2000 to a site of 140 swimmers.  At PASA, Billy worked with all levels of swimmers from Junior National qualifiers, Pacific LSC record holders, to beginners. 
 
Billy swam at Clemson University and for Huntsville Swim Association.  He is married to Jen "Davis" with two young boys (JT & Will). 

Brad L Winsor

Head Age Group Coach

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Brad began his swimming career in Citrus Heights, CA at the age of five. His first experience was summer recreational swimming with the Citrus Heights Piranhas and soon moved to the year round team Sierra Aquatic Club. When his family moved to Fairfax, VA, Brad swam with the AAU team, Starlit Swim Team, for five years and the local summer recreational team. Brad returned to the Sacramento area at age 12 and swam with the Sierra Marlins Swim Team. He earned a National Top 16 ranking in the 200 meter free at age 14. Brad attended Casa Roble Fundamental High School and was named one the Sacramento Bee’s scholar athletes of the year in 1990. Brad attended University of California, Davis, where he set two individual school records in the 500 free and 1650 free and was a member of two school record setting relays. During his freshman year, Brad was the NCAA Division II National Champion in the 1650 free. During his senior year, Brad was honored with the L. P. Lindley Scholar Athlete Award for athletic and scholastic achievements. In 1995, Brad was inducted to the UC Davis Athletic Hall of Fame.
Brad started coaching with the Sierra Marlins in high school teaching the youngest swimmers. He progressed to coaching the 9-14 year olds during the summers while attending college. In 1995 Brad started coaching with the Davis Aquadarts. While coaching with the Aquadarts, Brad has worked with all the age group programs becoming the Head Age Group Coach in 2003. Brad has also worked with Sierra Nevada Swimming LSC as head coach or assistant coach for the Western Zone All Star Team for seven years.

Carolee B Gregg

Age Group Coach (Blue, Bronze, Gold)

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This is Carolee’s 13th year of running the Summerdart program. She began her coaching tenure with Aquadarts back in 1984 while in college at UCD, and has been coaching regularly with the Darts since 1993. After graduating from UCD, she was the head coach of the Greenhaven Swim Team in Sacramento for three years, and also coached the Kennedy High swim team. Her initial coaching career began at age 16, when she was an assistant coach with her hometown swim team in Quincy for six years. Carolee swam on summer swim teams throughout her youth, and competed for the UCD swim team in college. 

Carolee is married to Bill Gregg (her former swim coach!). Bill works in Davis at the Foundation for Teaching Economics and is also the Davis High School Cross Country and distance track coach. They have four children: Kaitlin, 22, Brendan, 20, Kallie, 13, and Bryce, 8.   Bryce is a Summerdart, Kallie and Brendan both coach for Summerdarts, and Kaitlin coached Summerdarts for 7 years. Kallie and Bryce swim for Aquadarts during the school year, as well playing soccer, water polo, and baseball. Kaitlin is a senior at UCD, where she competes on the Cross Country and Track teams. Brendan is a junior at Stanford, where he too runs Cross Country and Track.            

In her spare time, Carolee enjoys photography, reading, skiing, camping, running, watching sports (especially her own kids!), and spending time with her family. When not coaching swimming, she can be found coaching fitness running with Fleet Feet’s Running For Women program. Her most favorite thing to do is enjoying family reunions with her family in Quincy and her husband’s family in Chico.

Mary J Kahn

Age Group Coach [Silver]

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Mary began swimming at the age of 15 in Sacramento for Southgate Aquatics AAV team. She finished her swimming career as team captain, All American and Team Record Holder at Diablo Valley College and California State University at Chico. Mary has coached three summer recreational teams in Contra Costa County from 1979-1982. In 1984, Mary was assistant coach for Campolindo High School, winner of the 1984 National High School Championship. From 1989-1997, Mary coached a U.S.S. team in southern California. She has also been the Co-Director of an award winning Spirit Swim Camp.

Jamie Owen

Coach (Red, Bronze, Varsity)

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I swam for the Aquadarts for ten years. Have coached summerdarts for the last 11 summers. I have a  bachelors degree in Child and Family Development with a minor in History from San Diego State University. After taking a year off, working at Club Med. I went to Sacramento State and got my  Masters Degree in Social Work with an emphasis in  School Social Work
 

Catie Day

Coach (Red, Bronze)

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Catie began swimming at the age of 7 with the Davis Aquadarts.  She continued with the team until the age of 14, when she began focusing on other sports (soccer, basketball, and track).  She has coached for Summerdarts for 11 summers, coaching every age group.  Catie went to the University of Oregon (Go Ducks!), where she focused on a degree in Education, Special Education and Psychology.  After college, she returned home to Davis to continue her studies in Education at UC Davis.  At UCD, she earned a Multiple Subjects Credential (Elementary) and a Masters in Teaching and Learning.  Catie has been subbing in the past year, and will continue to this year while coaching.  Say hi if you see her on campus!  For fun, Catie loves watching Ducks football, hiking and running, just completing the Disneyland Half Marathon.

Board of Directors

Steve Nadler

President

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Kerry Halsted

Volunteer Coordinator

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Debbie Gritts

Secretary

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Greg Stoner

Vice President

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Sally Hamilton

Treasurer - Receivables

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Tracy Van Deynze

Treasurer - Payables

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Ona Micke

Member-at-Large

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Kathy Csaposs

Registrar

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Amy Rieger

Member-at-Large

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