Amie Adams
Head Coach
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Coach Amie has been the Head
Coach of the Dundee Dolphins since 2013. She is also the JV Coach
for the Dundee Crown High School Girls Swim Team.
Her swim career started as a kid where she swam five years split
between the Rolling Meadows and Mount Prospect Park District Swim
teams. Amie then swam four years at Rolling Meadows High School and served
as Varsity Co-Captain her senior year. Her coaching career also
began at Rolling Meadows High School where she was the Assistant
Coach for both the boys and girls swim team for two seasons and
also helped run the Township High School District 214’s
summer camp for two years.
Coach Amie has a B.A. in
Psychology and received her M.S. in School Counseling from Eastern
Illinois University in 2009. In addition to coaching, she works at
Oakton Community College as a Dual Credit Specialist and enjoys her
role in Academic Affairs.
Coach Amie's coaching
philosophy in her own words is, “I believe involvement in
sports fosters success later in life as athletes learn the
importance of hard work, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Swimming is
more than just a competitive sport. It teaches self-discipline,
encourages healthy habits, can enhance a child’s self-esteem
and shows the athlete what they are capable of both in the water
and in life. I think it is extremely important to engage all
swimmers and promote a positive environment so the athlete enjoys
the spirit of competition and growth."
Deidre Morgan
Lead Assistant Coach
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Coach Deidre jumped into the swimming world when she was 9 years
old with the Freeport Aquatic Swim Team (F.A.S.T.). At her 1st team
tryout they recommended that she get swimming lessons before she
tryout again the following season but ended up letting her join
reluctantly. Within her 1st year, she qualified for the age group
state championship meet and went on to win a few age group state
championships to top it off. So anyone looking to join our team for
the 1st time, please keep that in mind! And to our veteran swimmers
as well, the sky is the limit!!
Coach Deidre went on to compete for Freeport High School where
she also won an Illinois High School State Championship and was
awarded All American 9 times. She finished out her swimming
career with the University of Minnesota where she also majored in
Elementary Education.
Coach Deidre now has two young daughters that you might see
around deck occasionally as well!
Pat Tucker
Assistant Coach
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Pat Tucker has been around pools for most of her life. She grew
up with a pool in her backyard, joined the Coho Swim Team
(Deerfield, IL) as a child, swam on her high school team, and
continued swimming for all four years at Augustana College, where
she was a two-year National Qualifier. It is also at Augustana
where she met her husband through the hazy fog of chlorine while he
was the Assistant Men’s coach.
Through the years, Pat has taught swimming lessons, lifeguarded,
coached a high school team, and still enjoys swimming laps in the
morning before heading to her full time job as Human Resources
Manager at International Teams in Elgin where she does her part in
bringing people together to help the oppressed. Pat has worked at
this organization for over twenty years, and loves the meaningful
work she does there.
All three of her adult children swam competitively at some point
in their lives as well, so she brings experience as a swimmer,
coach, instructor, and parent to the team. She has been a fantastic
addition to our team as she shares her love of aquatics with
your children.
Paul Damato
Assistant Coach
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Paul Damato has been
coaching or managing various youth sports programs for over 25
years. His focus includes boys baseball and basketball, girls
softball and swimming. Paul was also the assistant swim coach
with the Dundee Dolphins from 2010 through 2013.
He began coaching
baseball before having children of his own and was immediately
hooked. Paul considers himself blessed that he was able to
coach both of his kids and many of their friends throughout their
childhood. He knew he wanted to continue to be involved in
sports and coaching once they grew up. Currently, both his
son and daughter are students at the University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point.
Paul's coaching
philosophy is simple; “Figure out what motivates each
athlete to excel and how he can help bring that out of
them.” Paul is excited to be back with the Dundee
Dolphins and looks forward to getting to know all of the swimmers
and their families.
Olivia Zawadzki
Assistant Coach
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Faith Terlecki
Assistant Coach
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Coach Faith graduated in May from Carroll University with her
Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration, and minors in
Management and Leadership, and Communication. She is currently
working full time at Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb as the Volunteer
Coordinator.
Coach Faith was a competitive swimmer for 13 years, swimming on
various teams including Elgin Cyclones, Dundee Dolphins, and
Trails. She also swam varsity for Jacobs High School and was a
captain her senior year. Coach Faith swam in college for a couple
of seasons until her shoulder injury, followed by surgery, stopped
her. She was a coach for Trails for 3 years and absolutely loved
it. She is very excited to begin coaching again, back at the team
where it all began.
Faith Kenaga
Assistant Coach
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Faith Kenaga started coaching for the Dolphins in the Fall of
2016 as a senior at Dundee Crown High School. Having grown up on
the dolphins and having swam competitively for Dundee Crown High
School, Faith brought years of coaching techniques she learned as a
swimmer while also building on her experience as a swim lesson
instructor and as a coach for the Jr. Dolphins Swim Team. She
is currently studying Nursing at Carroll University and we
enjoy the positive energy she brings back on holiday and summer
breaks.
Reid Coyle
Assistant Coach
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Reid has been coaching with the Dolphins since 2017, inititally
starting out as a dry land coach for the 13+ age group. With his
extensive swim background, he quickly adjusted to a full coaching
role for the following season and brings a great energy to the
team. Reid will be attending Maryvale University starting Fall
2018.
Natalya L Damato
Assistant Coach
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Natalya has been swimming since she was in
elementary school and swam for the Dolphins throughout middle
school. She swam Varsity all four years of high school, served as
Captain and qualified for State her junior year. She is
currently a student at the University of Wisconsin Stevens
Point studying Marketing and Spanish. Natalya had also taught swim lessons since
she was 14 and is excited to be back with the Dolphins as a
coach!
