Asher Green
Head Coach
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brings to the Napa Valley Swim Team a wealth
of coaching experience from numerous programs and regions of the
country. Highlights of Coach Green's career include assisting with
the National team for the Mission Viejo Nadadores, serving as the
Graduate Assistant Coach for the University of Georgia, heading up
the Decatur (IL) Swim Club (where his teams won three Illinois
Senior State titles), assisting at Arizona State University, and
most recently assisting at the nationally renowned Ford Aquatics of
Tucson. Coach Green is an ASCA Level 5 Certified coach. He coached
for the USA Swimming National Select Camp in 1995 and 2003, served
on the USA National Team Coaching Staff in 1995, once earned four
consecutive ASCA Certificates of Excellence, and has coached
swimmers to the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and
2008. Coach Green believes that the high demands of competitive
swimming provide a unique venue for the development of a multitude
of invaluable personal traits, such as team spirit, goal
orientation, work ethic, time management, perseverance, honesty,
and accountability. Coach Green, originally an Indiana native, was
born into a swimming family: his father, the late George "Herr"
Green, retired from coaching high school swimming with over 300
career dual meet wins. Coach Green earned his Bachelor of Arts
degree in Psychology from Butler University, his Masters of
Business Administration from the University of Georgia, and has
taken PhD. courses at the University of Arizona.
Kathy Stacy
Assistant Coach
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brings 30 years of coaching experience to the
Napa Valley Swim Team. She is our
Age Group II and
Advanced Age Group coach. A graduate from the
University of Oregon with a degree in Recreation and a specialty in
Aquatics, Coach Stacy has specialized in developing young age
group swimmers. Her greatest desire is to give these swimmers the
technical tools in which to succeed as swimmers and have fun during
the process. It is also very important to her that each child
develop a sense of "teammanship" and learn the importance of
supporting their teammates both in and out of the
water.
Gina Barsotti
Assistant Coach
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has been
coaching here at the Napa Valley Swim Team for the past 6 years,
working with young swimmers to improve their stroke technique. Gina
has been swimming, teaching and coaching for a total of 27 years.
She first started her coaching career with the Chico Aqua Jets. In
addition to coaching the Napa Valley Swim Team's Tadpoles,
Novice and
Age Group I swimmers, Gina has been instrumental in developing
our successful Tadpoles, and Novice swim programs. For a real
challenge Gina also teaches adult swim classes at both Napa Valley
and Solano Community Colleges .
Caroline Holmes-Beaver
Assistant Coach
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Coach Beaver is a certified level 2 ASCA coach and worked from 2006-2014 coaching beginning through advanced swim team at the YMCA of Orange County in Southern California. Coach Beaver graduated from Vanguard University in 2007 and is fortunate enough to have taught lessons and coached swimming since 2002. She is passionate about helping swimmers reach their ultimate potential in swimming through proper skill instruction, thinking and hard work. She also welcomes questions from any parents or families who are curious about learning more about swimming!
Emily Cocks
Skyline adult Swim coach
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Coach Cocks was an accomplished swimmer for the University of
Michigan from 1995-2000. She was an Olympic Trials Qualifier in the
100 Meter breaststroke in both 1996 and 2000. Emily then
worked as an assistant coach for the University of
Illinois-Chicago 2007-2010. Currently Emily is living in Napa
with her husband and is a professional triathlete.
