Coaches & Directors
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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. WE ARE ýALWAYSýLOOKING FOR NEW TALENTED COACHES...CONTACT COACH GREG IF YOU ARE INTERESTED! The board contact information is at the bottom of the page. |
| Coaching Staff |
Elizabeth Rachel Ellis
Head Developmental Coach
Coach Rachel is the new Head Developmental Coach. She grew up swimming competitively in Texas and was a Sprinter with a Primary of Backstroke and a Secondary of Butterfly. She started coaching with ASL in the Fall of 2015 and has worked with all the ASL groups at all our sites. She has coached and worked with the Augusta Master Swim Team, Petersburg Racquet Club Summer League Swim Team, Lakeside High School Swim Team, Episcopal Day School Swim Team, Georgia Zone Swim Team, Wounded Warriors Swim Team at Fort Gordon, Tri-Augusta Triathlon Club and the BlazeSports Team. Coach Rachel is a U.S. Army Veteran who deployed to Kuwait, Afghanistan, Iraq and Qatar. She was injured while on Active Duty, but that didn't stop her. She started working out with Coach Fred Lamback and the Wounded Warriors Swim Team and started competing in Disability Swim Meets. She competed in the Fred Lamback Disability Swim Meet, The Wounded Warrior Games, The Roosevelt Games and the Dixie Games. She loves kids, has a passion for helping others and looks forward to coaching our young swimmers and watching their progression and passion grow for a sport she loves so dearly. She enjoy Swimming, Yoga, Boxing and spending time with her dog Luna.
Fred Lamback
Assistant Coach
Coach Fred’s love of swimming began at the original YMCA in downtown Augusta in 1948. As a mostly self- taught swimmer, he trained and competed in triathlons, training with the Augusta Triathlon Club at Fort Gordon. As a parent volunteer, he helped at ASL home meets as a stroke and turn official as his 3 children swam for ASL. He started to coach at the national level when his son began competing in disability swimming in 2001. He was named to the 2004 Paralympic staff in Greece as a support person. Coach Fred continued to coach and support Paralympic swimming and was named USA Swimming Jimmy Flowers Disability Coach of the year in 2010. For the London 2012 Paralympics, Coach Fred had 3 swimmers named to the team, including his son Lantz. He is currently Head Swim Coach for BlazeSports America and travels across Georgia coaching athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. He coaches veterans with disabilities, increasing their overall fitness through swimming. He has been named to the Georgia Zone team for the past 5 years as an Assistant Coach. Coach Fred began coaching with ASL in 2009 as an Age-Group Assistant Coach and enjoys working with swimmers of all ages. Fred is currently coaching the High School and White Groups at the Aquatic Center. Coach Fred was also recognized in 2014 as an Augusta American Red Cross Community Partner Hero for his amazing work with Disability Sports, Wounded Warrior, the now nationally acclaimed ASL Fred Lamback Disability Meet and his continued coaching and mentoring with our current ASL swimmers also.
Naomi Buck
Assistant Coach
Naomi began her swimming career at Fermata in the summer of 2005 when she was seven years old. She swam for the Aiken/Augusta Swim League (ASL) for eight years. With ASL, Naomi and her teammates were Georgia State Champions in the 800-freestyle relay in 2012 at the 14 and under State Meet in Atlanta. Naomi swam for South Aiken High School, and is the Region 4A record holder in the 100 Breaststroke. She also placed 3rd in the 100 Breaststroke at the South Carolina State Meet. Naomi is a student at Aiken Technical College and is studying Radiology. She has been coaching for the Club swimming since 2016, and she has been the assistant coach for the Fermata summer swim team for the past 3 years and was the head coach summer of 2018.
Eric Hofstetter
Assistant Coach
Eric has been an ASL coach since May 2019 and primarily coaches at the Aiken site. Coach Eric is currently a high school science teacher at Silver Bluff High School in Aiken. He has been teaching Biology, Anatomy, and Marine Science at Silver Bluff since 1992. During that time, he was a varsity football assistant coach for 25 years and the varsity head coach of the softball team for 22 years. The teams that he has coached played in 8 state championships and brought home 4 state titles. In 2003, Eric was named South Carolina Softball Coach of the Year and was nominated for National Coach of the Year. Coach Eric graduated with a Biology degree and played football for Slippery Rock University. In 2013, he obtained his Master’s Degree in Education from Walden University. Eric has been married to his wife Melissa for 15 years and has 2 daughters Gina and Lauren, both have been swimming for ASL the past 5 years.
Jackie Jeschke
Assistant Coach
Jackie joins ASL with a wealth of swimming knowledge. She swam competitively for 16 years with 10 of those being for ASL. Some of Jackie’s accomplishments include 2012 Olympic trials qualifier in the 200 back at age 14, world trials qualifier in 2013, USA swimming top ten in the nation: 5 times in 200 back, 400 IM, 1650 free, 37 state titles and 3 sectionals titles. Jackie recently graduated and swam all four years for the University of Nebraska under former world record holder Pablo Morales. At Nebraska , she recieved numerous awards including University of Nebraska’s Heart and Soul Award, Nebraska Swimming and Diving’s Husker Award, Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award (3 consecutive years), University of Nebraska’s Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award, CSCAA Scholar All-American, and Academic All-Big Ten. She currently is working on her doctorate in physical therapy at Augusta University. In her spare time Jackie enjoys spending time with animals (especially cats), outdoor activities ( like spike ball ) , and cheering people on doing what they love.
Emily Perry
Assistant Coach
My name Emily Perry and I am so excited to begin my first year as an ASL swim coach! I swam competitively from ages 9-18 and also have experience teaching swimming lessons and coaching summer swim league. I have taught for 13 years and am loving my position in Kindergarten. I look forward to helping your child grow to love swimming as I do and teaching them valuable skills that will help them in the pool and out!
Devyn c Collins
Assistant Coach
Hi everyone, I am Devyn Collins & I have been a part of the Riverwood Rapids swim team for the past 12 years. I swam for ASL and for Greenbrier High School. My favorite stroke is Breaststroke, but I enjoy teaching them all. I recently graduated from the University of Georgia & am in the process of applying for medical school. A fun fact about me is I am a graphic designer & can speak Spanish!
Evan Freed
Assistant Coach
Evan grew up swimming summer league until the age of 11 when he began competing for ASL. During his time with ASL he became a 5 x Winter Junior National qualifier, 2 x Winter Nation Qualifier, and 1 x Summer Junior National Qualifier. Evan Swam 8 years with ASL before he continued his swimming career at the University of South Carolina. Where he graduated with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. In his spare time, he enjoys mountain biking, soccer, all things outdoors, and playing games.
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