
Coach Spano
Head Coach
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Spano is a graduate of the University of Houston, with a
BS in Kinesiology/Sports Administration and is ASCA Level II
certified. He has been coaching swimming since 1999, and takes
great pride in developing swimmers by not only emphasizing stroke
development but also educating swimmers and parents in all aspects
of the sport. "My goal is to help educate young athletes to
manage their lives both in and out of the water."
Coach Spano has coached swimmers of all ages and abilities,
including Gulf All Stars, TAGS, Sectionals, and Gulf Zones.
As an active coach within the Gulf, he was a 2009 Gulf
Southern Zones coach and has been a Gulf Gold Medal Clinic
volunteer coach with Olympic Medalists and World Record holders,
Eric Vendt and Jason Lezak. He was also a volunteer coach for the
Gulf USA Swimming "Swimposium" Clinic with Open Water World
Champion Erica Rose. As a coach with the Southwest Houston
Recreational Swim League, his teams sent multiple swimmers to
All-Stars, achieved division championships and divisional
sportsmanship awards. "The greatest feeling I have as a coach is to
watch the reaction of a swimmer, as they get out of the water with
a big smile, knowing they have just achieved a personal best."
Coach Spano and his wife Mary have been married since 1991.
We have 3 children who were all High School and USA swimmers,
daughter Lauren swam for the University of Houston, Son Geoffrey
was a Marine and Daughter Molly swims at Southwestern University.
When he is not coaching, Coach Spano loves spending time with his
family and friends, being outdoors, cooking on the grill and
watching football (GO COOGS!! and GO TEXANS!)

Coach Mary Spano
Age Group Coach/Lesson Coordinator
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Mary is
a graduate of the University of Texas where she played for 5 years
in the Longhorn Band, Hook 'em Horns! She holds a BA in
Psychology, with a minor in English, and is currently working on
her masters degree through WGU. Coach Mary and her husband Greg are
co-founders of Platinum Aquatics, a 501(c)3 non-profit member
team of USA Swimming. This is their passion
project! "My life-long love of the water drives my passion
that every child should be safe in the water." This passion
has led to the development of the First Stroke Swim
School.
Coach Mary serves as Vice-President on the PLAT
Board of Directors, she also serves as an Assistant
Coach. She has been
coaching pre-competitive swimmers and learn to swim lessons since
2002. Coach Mary holds ASCA II certification and is ASCA III
approved. "I have had the pleasure to attend clinics and work
closely with several Olympic swimmers including: Brendan Hanson,
Jason Lezak, Jessica Hardy, Tyler Clerry,
Josh Davis, RIcky
Barrons, and Cammile Adams. Prior to Olympic trials in 2016,
I had the opportunity to attend a Pro-Series meet and see Olympians
compete. I also had the opportunity to attend a
training session of the 2016 Olympic swim team - SO COOL!! But my
greatest love is to see our developing swimmers learn to love the
sport!"
"Greg and I were married in 1991. We have 3 wonderful
children and 5 amazing grandchildren. If you ask, I will be
glad to share pictures! In my spare time you can find
me
at the pool coaching, working
on a computer project, taking photos, reading a book, enjoying my
Starbucks, and spending time with my family and friends!"

Coach Tawnya Roupe
Assistant Coach
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Coach Tawnya (Coach T) is a graduate of Pennsylvania State
University with a Bachelors in Recreation and Park Management and a
Masters in Education Administration from Concordia University in
Austin.
Coach T started swimming when she was 10 years old and continued
her swim career through high school. "I was that kid that
tried every sport until I found swimming, and it just "clicked."
One of my favorite meets was attending the Texas Junior Olympic
Swim Meet and getting the opportunity to be coached by Coach
"Buddy" Amina who was a 1968 Olympic Swimmer. Coach T started
her coaching career during college, teaching learn-to-swim lessons,
and has been a coach ever sicne. Her goal is to be a
"passionate leader who helps athletes develop their own love of
swimming."
Coach T is married with three children. She is an elementary
teacher and is currently the Varsity Head Coach for Salado High
School.

Coach Lesleigh Reynolds
Assistant Coach
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Coach Lesleigh is a graduate of the University of Mary Hardin
Baylor with a Bachelors of Science in Education.
Coach Lesleigh started her coaching career as a learn to swim
instructor and a lifeguard in high school. She is a former
TISD and club swimmer and continues her passion for swimming
through coaching and competing in Triathlons. She is excited
to “help swimmers develop a lifelong love of swimming,”
and “loves to see swimmers accomplish things they thought
they couldn’t.”
Coach Lesleigh is married, with 3 children who love swimming at
PLAT. She and her husband own Ocean Quest Service (OQS), a
local small business. She Loves to swim, run and compete in
triathlons. She is a full time teacher, specializing in reading
instruction and Dyslexia intervention.