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2009 Coaching
Staff
Matt Zachan- Co-Head
Coach
Matt began swimming competitively when he was six years old for the
Dana Hills Swim Team. After four years, he lost his interest in
swimming and decided to take a break. He began swimming again for
Dana Hills and Clayton Valley when he was fifteen years old. In his
final year of swimming, he earned the Most Valuable award for
Clayton Valley and the High Point Award for Dana Hills. After high
school, Matt moved on to play water polo for Chico State where, in
2007, he was the captain and club president. Next fall, he will be
taking over the position of head coach for the team. Matt began
teaching swim lessons when he was fifteen for the Dana Hills
Homeowners. After five years of swim lessons, he wanted to move on
and become a full time coach for Dana Hills. He was given the
position of assistant coach for the summers of 2006 and 2007. Matt
is extremely excited to be returning as the co-head coach with
Kelly. He truly believes that Dana Hills is one of the best
recreational teams in the area and is thrilled to be part of it. GO
OTTERS!
Kelly McCabe –
Co-Head Coach
Coach Kelly has been coaching rec swimming for the past 7 years
with Gehringer and Valley Vista, but her career in swimming goes
way beyond that! Kelly started swimming when she was three
and competed on the Gehringer Gators until she was 18. She went to
Ygnacio Valley High School where she swam, played water polo and
basketball. She was able to compete in the NCS championships and
place in the top 10 for the 100yd breaststroke and 100 yd IM. She
continued her sports career at Diablo Valley College where she was
named an All-American water polo player and swimmer. She swam
in the State Championship Swim Meet both years and placed in the
top 10 for the 100 yd breaststroke, 50 yd breaststroke and the 100
yd IM. Although her long stint as a competitive swimmer has
ended, she still enjoys getting in the pool and of course coaching.
When Kelly does have free time away from school, she enjoys working
out and nannying. She is currently at American River College in
Sacramento, pursuing her major (Phychology/Child Development). She
is really excited to be coaching Dana Hills for her third year and
can’t wait for the season to start!
Ashley
Jennings
Ashley has been swimming competitively since she was 4 years old.
She swam for the Gehringer Gators until the age of 12 and joined
the Dana Hills Swim Team when
she moved to Clayton. In the
summer of 2007, Ashley swam for the Terrapins, but returned to Dana
Hills for the summer of 2008, where she received several high point
awards and broke 2 records. Last summer she spent many hours at the
pool as a swimmer, junior coach and lifeguard. Ashley will be going
into her senior year at Clayton Valley High School where she
participates on the varsity water polo team and is a captain on the
varsity swim team. Outside the pool, Ashley has played piano for
over 10 years and enjoys music, reading and snowboarding. This will
be her 1st year as an assistant coach for Dana Hills and she is
greatly looking forward to leading the Otters to success in 2009!
Go Otters!
Kelsey Brassil
Kelsey is returning for her third year as an assistant coach. She
has been swimming with Dana Hills since she was four years old and
last year finished out fifteen years of swimming with the Otters.,
where she earned most improved, and multiple high points and
coaches awards throughout the years. She swam for four years and
played water polo for three years at Carondelet High School, ending
her senior year with 2nd place in the NCS Championships in water
polo and as captain of the NCS Champion swim team. She is now a
sophomore at the University of Oregon and studying as a business
major. She is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and is
pretty well adjusted to the wet lifestyle in Oregon. She is very
excited to return to Dana Hills yet again this summer, but this
time solely as a coach and no longer a swimmer!
Matt Bishop
Matt is in his first year at UC Santa Cruz and loves it! His major
is Bio-Chemistry so he is taking a lot of Health Science and Math
classes. Mat was on the swim team until he broke my foot and tore
the ligaments at the end of October, but is now getting back into
the water 3 days a week and will be able to start competing again
in June and then back on the team full time in September. Santa
Cruz is awesome. His dorm looks out over the pool and the ocean,
what could be better! he is really looking forward to coaching
again this summer and seeing everyone.
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