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| Coaching Staff |
Coach Russell has coached swimming and water polo for 45 years, over 25 of which with Elmbrook! He has coached a national champion(s) at every level including age group, junior national, senior national, collegiate, and masters. Coach Russell is married to Karen and shares his home with his pet birds Herman and Zuchi.
Coach Boock is in his 19th year as a member of the Elmbrook coaching staff. At Elmbrook he has enjoyed working with hundreds of swimmers striving to reach their full potential including many state champions, zone level swimmers, and national top 16 swimmers. Coach Boock enjoys running, biking, swimming and leading an active life.
For the past 32 years, Coach Zache has worked within the collegiate, USA, and high school levels of swimming, the last seven of which has been with the Elmbrook swim club. Through that time he has had the great fortune to have coached several national level USA, NCAA qualifiers, high school All-Americans and numerous state high school champions. During his coaching career he has also been part of the governing bodies at the USA and High School associations of swimming as a representative attempting to enhance the sport. Coach Zache has also been teaching for the last 22 years, at Germantown High School.
Mike has been involved with Elmbrook Swim Club and Brookfield Swimming as a swimmer and coach on and off since 1974. He has served as the High School Coach at Brookfield East since 1983 and has coached more than 30 Wisconsin State Champions and High School All Americans. Mike teaches Calculus at Brookfield East and is married to Carol who coaches diving at Brookfield East. Mike has daughter who is a member of EBSC and 3 sons who used to swim with the club. Twins Adam and Spencer now swim at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire and Matthew, no longer swimming, is attending the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Coach Kristen is in her seventh year of coaching at the Elmbrook Swim Club. She swam for Elmbrook, Brookfield Central High School, and then completed 4 years as a varsity swimmer at St. Norbert College. Coach Kristen is a first grade teacher at Blessed Savior North and is currently working towards her master’s degree in education. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with her friends and watching good movies.
Coach Paul has been with EBSC for 3 years. He has also coached a combination of club and high school swimming for the 11 years before EBSC. He was a swimmer himself, competing for Wauwatosa East High School and later for UW-LaCrosse. He trained for the sprint events in both freestyle and butterfly. Paul is a current Special Education Teacher. He is no stranger to the Brookfield area, because his wife went to school in Brookfield . He has two boys, Christopher (Dec. 2005) and Dylan (Apr. 2008). Coach Paul is a Disney fan, and worked at the Disney Store for 5 years, that is where he got all of his Disney knowledge.
Coach Krista is in her second year coaching with Elmbrook Swim Club. She competed for Greendale High School and continued her swimming career at UW-Stevens Point. She is also going into her fourth year coaching high school boys' and girls' swimming for Brookfield Academy. In her free time she enjoys swimming with the Elmbrook Master's and training for multi-sport events.
Coach Angela has just finished her first year coaching with Elmbrook Swim Club. She swam for Elmbrook, Brookfield Central High School and is currently on the varsity team at Carroll University. During the off season she has been swimming with the New Senior and Senior group. Coach Angela is going for a major in math and a minor in public health. In her free time she enjoys being with her family and friends
