John D Coffman
Head Coach, Elite Lead & COO
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John Coffman has been with NAAC as Head Coach since 2010 and will
lead the way for NAAC again this year. He has been a Swim
Coach since 1990, helped to create the Faster Swimming program with
former NAAC Coach Brad Burget, and has presented at the National
Level on swimming and athletic performance. John has helped
make NAAC what it is today through his expertise as well as the
ever present help of all of the NAAC Coaches, Staff, Board, and
Team Families, both past & present.
John
originally joined NAAC as a Coach in 2001 and has been with the
team since his family’s return from Florida in 2010. He
has been coaching at the HS and Club level since 1990 and has
coached State Champions in multiple sports at the HS level
(Swimming, Diving, Track & Field), as well as Top 10
individuals and relays at the Jr. National level in both Swimming
and Track & Field. John has coached over 50 seasons at
the HS level across sports and well over 100 seasons across sports
at the HS and Club levels combined.
John has
worked with a multitude of high-level athletes as a Performance
Coach across many sports and professions (Track & Field, MMA,
PGA, WTA, NFL, Special Forces, SWAT, etc) and prides himself on
being able to keep up with his athletes in any type of strength,
conditioning or speed work. He practices as he preaches in
regard to training, nutrition and sleep and asks the same of all
his athletes. John has also been a Sailing Instructor since
1991 and hopes to one day sail around the world with his wife,
Sacha, and daughters, Jenica & Sunshine.
As a
successful Coach with well over 100 seasons of practical experience
across several sports, a veteran performance coach, and a
competitive athlete himself - John has a true understanding of
elite performance.
Jen D Bernsdorf
Assistant Head Coach & Kahuna Lead
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Jennifer Geschke
Bernsdorf has strong roots in the field of swimming dating back to
her childhood. Jen graduated from The Ohio State University with a
Bachelor’s of Science degree in the College of Human Ecology
majoring in Child and Family Development and then earned a
Bachelor’s Plus degree in Education with a concentration in
grades one through eight at Ashland
University.
During her early
years, Jen was a competitive swimmer in the summer league with
Highlands Swim Club. Swimming also in USSA swimming for the Greater
Columbus Swim Team and Westerville Aquatic Club she excelled in the
Backstroke and the Individual Medley. Jen was recruited by a number
of Ohio colleges to swim but decided to concentrate more on her
studies at the college level.
During her college years, Jen continued her love of swimming by
coaching her alma mater, Westerville South High School swim team.
After graduating she expanded her coaching abilities by coaching
the summer league at Highlands Pool in Westerville. In recent
years, Jen worked for the City of Westerville as an Aquatics
Manager for a multi-million dollar facility, continuing to stay
certified with CPR, First Aid and Water Swimming Instruction
qualifications.
Currently Jen is currently the Assitant Head Coach for the New
Albany Aquatics Club, and the Co-Lead Cyclone Coach with Coach
Coffman. She is also very active with volunteering in her
children’s school and does the bookkeeping for her
husband’s business.
Jen’s family includes her husband, Chad, and together they
have three children, Matthew, Andrew and Alaina, all of whom are
excellent swimmers and continue to exhibit their love of the
sport.
Rich L Morris
Bombora Lead Coach, Sr. IM Coach
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Rich Morris is
the Lead Coach of Bombora and the Senior IM Coach.
Rich has been
swimming since the age of 5. He grew up in Montreal, Canada and
swam for Pointe Claire Swim Club. When Rich was 15, he moved to
Florida and swam with Jack Nelson at Fort Lauderdale Swim Team. He
was a multiple state qualifier in IM and Backstroke. In his senior
year, he won the Florida State High School Title in the 200 IM and
was runner-up in the 100 Backstroke. He achieved All-American
Status in both events. That same year he won 2 Junior National
titles in 200 Backstroke and 4x100 Medley Relay.
Rich competed for
his birth country of Canada several times, including winning a
British Age Group Championship in the 200 Backstroke in 1979 in
Manchester, England. (the birthplace of his mother). In 1981
he competed and medaled in the Maccabi Games in Tel Aviv,
Israel. Rich attended LSU as a freshman and was a finalist at
the SEC championships in 200 Backstroke. Rich transferred to
FSU, and finished out his career swimming for the Seminoles. He has
qualified and competed at US Senior Nationals and Canadian World
Championship Trials, where he was a finalist.
Rich is the former
Head Swim Coach at Westerville North High School and had several
All American Swimmers on his team including NAAC’s very own
Andrew Bernsdorf and also continues to swim Masters for New
Albany.
Rich is a Family Law
Attorney in Gahanna, Ohio and is Married to Dakeena, and has 2
daughters, Morgan and Marissa. Rich loves the sport of swimming and
believes that it is a lifetime journey, having been involved in the
sport for over 52 years.
Lisa A Ross
Hurricane & Tsunami Lead Coach & Website
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Lisa has been coaching
with NAAC since 2015 and is our Lead Hurricane and Tsunami
Coach and she assists across all of our training groups.
Lisa has been our
webmaster since 2008 and has four sons who all swam with
NAAC. Coaching our NAAC age group swimmers, Lisa
has coached many Junior Olympic, Zone Qualifier and Top 16
athletes. She is the former President and Coach of
the Chevington Woods Kingfish Swim Team in Pickerington
and coached the Pickerington North and Pickerington Central
High Schools swim teams. As a coach for the
Kingfish and Pickerington High School teams she was privledged
to develop a foundation of sucess for three 2016, and
2020 Olympic Trial
Qualifiers and many NCAA division 1
and division 2 swimmers. Lisa coached swimming during her
college years in Canton, Ohio. As a swimmer she loved Breastroke
and the IM. She is an Ohio
State University graduate and a veteran of the United States Air
Force. She is a professional photographer and owns a multimedia
business that specializes in photography, and social media
advertising.
Maura Delany
Wave Lead Coach
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Maura grew up in Euclid, Ohio and
started coaching summer swim team there in 2016. Maura graduated
high school from Notre Dame - Cathedral Latin in 2017 and went to
swim at Ashland University for four years. She is finishing up her
degree in Integrated Social Studies Education and will graduate
December 2021.
Maura has coached Age Group
Swimmers and taught lessons since 2016 - at University Swim Club,
the Euclid Panther Swim Team, Ashland University Rec Center, and
founded her own swim club – the Euclid Open Water Swim Club
– during the pandemic shutdowns of 2020. Maura brings
both competitive and coaching experience and is looking forward to
the new season!
Jennifer Schimming
Ripple & Breaker Lead Coach
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Beginner Talent
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Jennifer has been part of
the NAAC family since the 2012 season. Prior to moving to
Ohio in January of 2012 from the Nashville, TN area, she worked as
the head coach for the Brentwood YMCA for seven years before
coaching for the Nashville Aquatic Club. Jennifer grew up in
Michigan where she swam for Michigan State University and graduated
in 1998 with a B.S. in Fisheries and
Wildlife.
Jennifer also helps
coach for the Plain Local Township Gators, under Coach Megan
Labuhn. Jennifer lives in New Albany with her husband
and three children.
Tyler B Prose
Sr Sprint Coach & Assistant Coach
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Tyler grew up in Westerville. In
high school he competed for Westerville North High School and New
Albany Aquatic Club. He competed on the OSU Swim Team and
graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in
Construction systems management. He was the head swim coach for
Dublin Jerome High School for eight years. He has been the lead
coach of the Wave, Tsunami, and Hurricane groups.
Olivia A Peters (Barnes)
Assistant Coach
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Olivia has
been coaching with NAAC since 2015 as both a Lead and an Assistant
Coach. She will be assisting across many groups this season. Olivia
graduated from New Albany High School in 2011, is a member of the
NAHS "Wall of Fame", and also is a past swimmer of NAAC. Olivia
coached many years for the PTAC Gators & The Bobcat Swim Club
while attending college. She currently works full-time as a
Sourcing Analysis and lives in New Albany with her husband and 2
dogs
Matthew D Bernsdorf
Assistant Coach
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Matthew Bernsdorf grew up in
Westerville, Oh and attended WNHS, graduating in 2015. He
went on to swim at Ashland University for 4 years. He will
graduate in Dec 2019 with a degree in Special Education and plans
to become a Special Education Teacher in the Central Ohio area
after graduation. Matthew was a swimmer for NAAC for many
years and is the oldest son of NAAC Coach Jen Bernsdorf, and still
has family competing for the team. He has been a lifeguard
and taught swim lessons at Highlands Park Aquatic Center since
2013. He is happy to be coaching at NAAC and is excited to
watch all of the NAAC swimmers learn & grow in the sport of
swimming!
Ross L Hartley
Assistant Coach
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Ross has been a part of NAAC
family since the 2010 season. He is a Robotics Teacher at Ridgeview
Junior High School in Pickerington. Ross is
the Head Coach - Team USA ITU Age Group World
Championships for USA Triathlon! Ross is a former competitive triathlete having
won over 35 triathlons and finishing as national champion runner-up
twice (2009 and 2013). Ross is the Head Coach of the Granville High
School Cross Country Team. Ross helps out across groups and leads
our Summer Open Water group as well as our Summer Triathlon intro
group.
Abby Stone
Assistant Coach
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Abby Stone grew up in Granville
and swam for NAAC for several years. She attended Granville High
School, where she was a 15-time High School All-American and was
the DII State Champion in the 100 back her senior year.
During her time at NAAC, she achieved qualifying times for Winter
Nationals, Winter Junior Nationals, Summer Junior Nationals, and
NCSA’s. She went on to swim in college for four years,
spending one year at Virginia Tech and the next three at Miami
University. Abby graduated the spring of 2020 from Miami
where she majored in Kinesiology/Pre-Med. She is attending PA
school at Ohio Dominican University now. Abby has taught swim
lessons in the summer for 4+ years, joined the NAAC staff
in 2019 and is excited for the opportunity to continue
coaching for NAAC.
Dustin Gerken
Assistant Coach
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Dustin has been coaching with NAAC since 2014 and is again assisting with the Typhoon, Cyclone & Elite groups. Dustin swam and played water polo for Upper Arlington, graduating in 2003. He swam distance events and was an All-American in the 200 and 500 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay.
Dustin swims competitively with the New Albany Masters Team and competes in triathlons for fun. He works full-time as a designer based in Granville.
Erin Romero (McGinnis)
Assistant Coach
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Erin has been involved with the
sport of swimming since a young age. Erin grew up in Grandview
Heights and graduated from GHHS. Erin started teaching lessons and
coaching in high school.
Collegiately, Erin swam for one
year at Ashland University and three years at the College of
Wooster where she graduated with a degree in Mathematics.
Erin has over 20 years of coaching experience at many different
levels. She has coached at the high school level, two local YMCA
teams, and most recently she spent 4 years as both the level 1 and
3 head coach at GCSTO.
Erin has worked with all age
groups with most of her time spent coaching swimmers ages 10-14.
She is currently finishing up her 13th school year as a high school
math teacher and got married in 2019.
Morgan A Morris
Assistant Coach
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Morgan Morris grew up in Gahanna
and she attended Westerville North High School where she played
volleyball for 4 years and swam for the swim team for 3 years.
After graduation she attended Kent State University up until her
sophomore year where she then decided to come back home and
transfer to The Ohio State University of Newark to earn her
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood education.
Morgan’s family includes her
father Rich who is the Bombora Lead coach, her mother Dakeena, her
younger sister Marissa who graduated from Miami University and
her boyfriend Kevin who is in the US Army.
This will be Morgan’s
3rd year of coaching, having Coached at NAAC 2017-19, and now
returning to the deck again with NAAC! She is very excited to
be a part of NAAC and get to know the swimmers again
and help them succeed throughout the season.
Jodi Sagle
AG Dryland Coach, Assistant Coach
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Jodi will be leading the strength
training and dryland for the Bombora, Hurricane, Tsunami and Wave
groups on the weekends. She previously was on the coaching
staff at the Ohio State Swim Club serving as a lead
group coach one season and an assistant the year before. She
has over 20 years of total coaching experience (summer rec teams,
country club teams, high school, club). Jodi began her coaching
career in high school at a local city pool in the Cleveland area
where she coached for several years. Once graduating from college,
she coached a club and high school team and then moved to Columbus
where she has coached summer rec teams in Westerville and Delaware,
was an assistant for one season with WAC, and also was the head
varsity coach for Westerville Central and Olentangy Liberty. The
past 3 summers she was a part of the Lakes Golf & Country Club
coaching staff.
Jodi lives in Lewis Center with her
husband, Ken, her 13-year-old son, Matthew (who is in our Bombora
training group), 11-year-old daughter, Natalie and 9 year old son,
Tyler (who are in our Hurricane training group) and is a 7th
grade science teacher at Hyatts Middle School in the Olentangy
School district. When not at the pool you most likely could
find her on a soccer field as 2 of her children also play
soccer.
Jennifer P Parmentar
Financial
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Jennifer is our Financial Manager beginning in the Summer of
2018.
