
Fred Russell
Senior Head Coach, Senior I&II
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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.

Brent A Boock
Administrative Head Coach
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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.

Dick Zache
New Senior Coach
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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 Rose
Age Group Transition Coach
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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.

Kristen Malloy
Novice Coach
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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.

Paul Vasquez
Stay In Shape Group
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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.

Krista Nowak
Senior Assistant
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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.

Angela R Illgen
Novice Assistant
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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