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 & Cyclone 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
Typhoon & Hurricane Lead Coach, Sr IM
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Rich Morris is the current Lead Coach of Typhoon and Hurricane
and the Senior IM Coach for the past 4 years.
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
Tsunami & Wave Lead Coach & Website
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Lisa has been coaching
with NAAC since 2015 and is our Lead Tsunami and Waves Coach.
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. As a coach for the
Kingfish team she was privledged to coach 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, and reminds her swimmers that "back in the stone
age" she didn't wear goggles at meets because at that time
goggles were thought to slow you down! 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 web and social media
advertising.
Jennifer Schimming
Ripple & Breaker Lead Coach
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Beginner Talent
Development
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 Barnes
Assistant Coach
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Olivia Barnes hs
been coaching with NAAC since 2015 as both a Lead and an Assistant
Coach and will be Assisting across groups this season. She
graduated from New Albany High School in 2011, is a member of the
NAHS "Wall of Fame", and also swam for NAAC during her HS years. In
college she coached with the Bobcat Swim Club in Athens,
Ohio.
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 this spring from Miami where she
majored in Kinesiology/Pre-Med. She will be staying in
Columbus and attending PA school at Ohio Dominican University next
fall. Abby has taught swim lessons in the summer for the past
four years and is excited for the opportunity to coach 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.
Brent Axline
Assistant Coach
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Brent returns to the central Ohio
swimming community after nearly 30 years as a lawyer and then FBI
Agent. Brent grew up in Westerville, attended Westerville
North HS, and is a member of the Westerville North Sports Hall of
Fame having won 4 state swimming titles for the Warriors.
Brent previously swam with , and later coached, at the Westerville
Aquatic Club. After high school, Brent swam all four years
and graduated from the University of Southern California.
Brent then obtained a J.D. from The Ohio State University College
of Law and worked as an Asst. Prosecuting Attorney in Franklin,
County prior to his 21 years of service with the FBI. Brent
began his FBI career in Texas from 1999 to 2016 and completed his
remaining years with the FBI local Columbus office. Brent
enjoyed coaching swimming prior to his career in law enforcement
and jumped at the opportunity to return to swimming having
such admiration for the sport growing up. Some of
Brent’s fondest memories growing up include attending and
competing in the state AA meet (now JO’s) with his teammates
and friends. Brent and his wife, Jenifer, have two boys
(Lleyton and Luke) who both are members of the local New Albany
swimming community.
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.
Jennifer P Parmentar
Financial
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Jennifer is our Financial Manager beginning in the Summer of
2018.
