Al Rose
Head Coach - 412-906-2583
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Coaching: Al Rose is the Program Director and the US Group
Head Coach of the Jewish
Community Center Sailfish Swimming Team. Al has received his ASCA
Level V coaching
accreditation, the highest level awarded by the American Swimming
Coaches Association.
Al has coached the JCC Sailfish for over
50 years. He has produced hundreds of outstanding
swimmers:one Olympic swimmer, several Olympic Trials and
US Nationals finalists, a World University Games champion and
record breaker, some Junior and Senior Nationals
champions, Middle School champions, City and WPIAL
champions and record setters, more than a dozen PIAA State
champions, Prep-School champions and record setters, and
Maccabia Team Members and champions.
Hundreds of graduated seniors from the
Jewish Community Center Sailfish Swimming Team have been offered
and accepted scholarships to major Universities and Colleges such
as Pitt, Penn State, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Texas A&M, Texas,
Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, the USA Naval Academy, and
Stanford.
The Dapper Dan Association of Pittsburgh
honored Al in January of 1982, and in March of 1991, he was
inducted into the Pennsylvania Swimming Hall of Fame at the
Natatorium at Penn State University, State College, PA. Al
has received the Award of Excellence from the American Swimming
Coaches Association many times, including 2011.
Swimming: Al Rose has lived
his entire life in the Pittsburgh area. He was City Champion
in the 100 breaststroke and 150 IM in his sophomore, junior and
senior years of High School and second in those events in the state
his sophomore year. At Westminster College, he was Conference
Champion both his freshman and sophomore years. Al was also a
member of the 200 meter Medley Relay Junior National
Champions.
In recent years, Al returned to
competition as a Master Swimmer. He placed in the top 3 in the
National Y Master Championships and was a member of the record
breaking relay team.
For those
swimmers who would like individual instruction, private lessons are
available. Please contact Al at
412-906-2583.
John Lynch
Assistant Head Coach 412-400-0179
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John is the Assistant Program Director for
the Sailfish. He has been coaching swimming since 1982.
Prior to joining the Sailfish, John was the Head Coach of the Boys
Swim Team at Greater Latrobe High School, as well as a Volunteer
Assistant with that team. He later served as the Assistant
Coach of the Woodland Hills Aquatic Team. John joined the
staff of the JCC Sailfish as an Assistant Coach in 1990 and is now
the Assistant Head Coach of our team.
John also has served as: AMS Zone Team Coach - 1992-1994, AMS
Age Group Committee Member - 1998-99, and AMS Age Group Committee
Chairman - 1999 to present.
John has coached a Junior National champion, several Eastern
Zone champions, AMS record holders and many USA Swimming Top 16
swimmers. He has also helped coach numerous PIAA champions
and Junior National qualifiers.
Cindy DiNunzio
PA Assistant Coach 585-469-0334
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Cindy has been coaching for over ten years; this
will be her sixth year with the Sailfish team.
Previously she was Head Coach for a USA swim club in Rochester New
York. She assists with the PA and US groups. Cindy
is a Sailfish alumni, a former college & All-American swimmer
and graduate of the University of Pittsburgh were she was a
freestyle sprinter. She has coached swimmers to achieving USA
motivational time standards, District championships, Niagara &
AMS Zone teams, NYS High School States and Speedo
Championships.
Natalie Parker
AGH Assistant Coach 512-771-0557
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Natalie
has been working in aquatics at the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh for 2
years. She has been coaching age group through high school aged
swimmers for 3 years. She swam competitively through college as a
butterflier and IMer. She just recently joined the JCC Sailfish
coaching staff and is excited to continue to push swimmers to their
highest potential.
Megan Kate Greenwood
PGH Assistant Coach 714-450-5293
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Megan
Kate has been teaching and coaching swimmers of all ages for over 5
years. She swam competitively from age-group through college and
loves all things water! Megan Kate is USMS Coaching Level 2
certified, an ALTS certified instructor, USA Swimming Level 2
certified and ASCA Level 1 certified. She is excited to be apart of
the Sailfish team and looks forward to working with the Pittsburgh
group! She can’t wait to meet everyone and to have an amazing
season!
Mindy Stevenson
Escrow Accounts 412-862-6604
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Escrow Accounts
Payments made payable to JCC escrow
Mail: 518 McMahon Drive North Huntingdon PA 15642
Carla Likar
JCC Aquatic Director 412-215-7614
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Carla is the Agency Aquatics Director for the JCC of Greater
Pittsburgh.
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