Kyle Harris
Head Coach
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Harris was previously the head coach for the
Revere SandSharks Swim Club in Boston, MA. Info from simple
Internet search of the SandSharks does not do Coach Harris’
efforts in Boston justice. Through the Search
Committee’s and Board’s multiple interviews and
reference checks, we found that he
took on
the challenge of making the best opportunity for a rec league
program in in one of the most economically disadvantaged areas
of suburban Boston.
Though the initial competitive team is small when
compared to the Barracudas, it was a big first step, and a
successful one. He
guided one of his first-year competitors to a 2nd place
finish at the Bay State Games in the 100 Meter Backstroke for
the 11-12 Girls Age Group. Additionally, in his first
year as Head Coach in the New England LSC, Harris received the
honor of being selected as coach of the LSC Boys 15-18 Zone Team
for the 2017 Eastern Zone Long Course Championships.
That’s pretty heavy stuff and we look forward to his energy,
enthusiasm and dedication to take the Barracudas to higher levels
of success both in swimming and in life.
Before his time with the SandSharks, Harris
coached both high school and other larger; more
established USA Swimming clubs and worked in marketing for
University of Utah Athletics. Some of Coach Harris’
experience involves working with 10+ Utah HS State Finalist, USA-S
State Qualifiers and Finalist, and USA-S Western Zones
Qualifiers.
Harris is a Colby-Sawyer College and University
of Utah Alumni. He obtained his Coaching Certification and
Associates from Colby-Sawyer, which involves Sport Physiology,
Sport Psychology, Coaching Fundamentals, and a myriad of other
coaching courses. Harris obtained his Bachelor of Science from the
University of Utah in Sport Management making Dean’s
List.
During his years as
a Colby-Sawyer Charger, though he swam events of all
strokes, Harris primarily competed in the 200 Free, 100 Free,
and 100 Butterfly.
Coach Harris' Coaching
Philosophy
Coaching Experience, Education, and Honors
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2017 Eastern Zones Coach; New England Boys 15-18 Coach
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Eastern Zones Long Course Champions
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ASCA 4 Educated
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ASCA Coaching 8 & Unders Certified
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Coaching Certification; Colby-Sawyer College 2015
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Head Coach; Revere SandSharks Swim Club 2016-17
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Head Coach; West Jordan High School 2015-16
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Age Group Coach; Kearns Youth Aquatic Team (KYAT) 2015-16
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Assistant Coach; Riverton High School 2014-15
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Head Coach; J.L. Sorenson Squids Swim Team 2014-15
Swimming Experience and Honors
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Colby-Sawyer College Men’s Swim Team; New London, NH
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Member of the current 400 Free Relay Record
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New England Championships (NEISDA) 2012, 2013,2014
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Athlete of the Week Awards 2013
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Varsity Letter winner all years competed
Janelle Munson-McGee
Lead Explorers Coach
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Janelle was born and raised in Hawaii, where she competed as an
age-group swimmer for the Kamehameha Swim Club. Her swimming
experiences range from the collegiate pool, to open water, and
triathlons. Being a 5'2" woman, she likes to swim smarter and learn
to leverage what she's made of. Janelle has teaching experience
with Kindergarten through eighth grade students and swim coaching
experience at the local and international stages of swimming
competition. In addition to coaching the Explorers group, she is
the head coach for the Bozeman Masters Swim team and works full
time at Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital.
ASCA Level 2 Coach
ASCA 8 and Under Coach
USMS Level 2 Coach
Jason Schoper
Lead Challenge Coach
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Coach Jason was born in Corvallis, Oregon, and relocated to
Bozeman in 2010 to attend Montana State University. He began
swimming in 2000, adding swimming to a host of other sports that
included basketball, baseball, and track. He quickly fell in love
with the sport, and the challenge that came along with it. Over his
10 year swimming career. he learned not only about swimming, but
was lucky enough to enjoy many lessons about having a good
character, and what is important outside of measurable success,
which he attributes to his Club and High School Coaches. These
lessons helped him work with his team to win 4 straight district
titles, as well as a state title his freshman year. He hopes to
pass on not only the knowledge he has gained about swimming over
years of both competing himself, and teaching lessons, but also the
lessons he has remembered for far longer, and create swimmers that
are both good athletes, and good people. He believes that if you
work for it, you can achieve it, and believes that the ups and
downs in sports, are what create truly well-rounded
individuals.
Lisa Patchin
Lead Development Coach
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Coach Lisa has a myriad of experience that elevates the coaching
staff with the Bozeman Barracudas. Growing up swimming in
Oregon, she competed at the Junior National level, and won numerous
events and high point awards at the Regional and Wester Zone levels
while she was a club swimmer for the Canby Gators Swim Club.
She went on to swim in college at Texas Christian University
(TCU), a Division 1 school in the Big 12 Conference, a school well
known for their athletics. She also served as the
team’s manager for 2 years, learning the interworking’s
of a high level collegiate swim team.
Lisa received her Master’s Degree in Clinical Exercise
Physiology from Baylor University, which studies the effects of
exercise on improving health and fitness for individuals with
chronic diseases. Her education background also includes
courses in motor development from birth to adulthood, with an
emphasis on the development of fundamental skills and their effects
on future performance.
Lisa is now in her second year with the Barracudas and has been
able to work with all of the groups, but is now the lead coach for
the Development group. She is also using use her knowledge and
experiences to help develop a more well-rounded dryland
program. Lisa is excited to continue learning more about
coaching and developing not only versatile athletes, but also the
skills that help them develop personally and succeed outside the
pool.
Rikki Berk
Assistant Coach
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Coach Rikki began swimming competitively at age ten with the
Wyckoff YMCA Sharks back in New Jersey. Rikki grew to become a
strong competitor in the sport and continued her swimming on her
YMCA and High School teams. She then swam throughout College
becoming a record holding at her school, Rowan University, and team
captain her senior year. She was one of the first groups of
girls to qualify as a National YMCA swimmer and finalist back in
her YMCA swimming years and still currently holds records for all
teams she competed with.
Rikki started coaching for the Pines Lake Predators, in New
Jersey, back in 2012. Her goal was to provide a safe and fun
environment for kids and teenagers to discover their athletic
talents and enjoy their summer in an encouraging and supportive
environment. She then continued coaching at her college for kids
needing to improve on their technique and training skills before
trying out for other, more competitive, teams in the area.
Many of Rikki’s athletes, ages five through eighteen, have
gone on to receive awards, scholarships, and recognition from their
community for their swimming ability and positive attitudes.
Rikki has only been in Bozeman for a little over a year and has
loved that she was able to connect with all of the swimmers and
coaches on the team so easily. She is now in her second season as a
Barracudas coach and could not be more excited for another
successful one at that.
