Michael Kauveh Jafari
Executive Director
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This is Coach Michael's tenth year at MAX Aquatics. Before
joining the MAX Coaching staff in 2009, Coach Michael competed for
UC Berkeley's Men's Swim Team and Team USA’s Olympic
Development Triathlon Team, giving him a wide variety of training
backgrounds.
Coach Michael grew up in Glendora and trained at Industry Hills
Aquatics Club, before being recruited to UC Berkeley’s Swim
Team (#1 NCAA) as the second fastest distance recruit in the
country. (From 2004-2008) At CAL, his senior year he captained the
team that went 11-1 to finish second in the Pac-10 and helped
recruit the team that later became back-to-back National Champions.
His swim experience consists of many USA Swimming Nationals, a
NCAA Championship, and Olympic Trials; Coach Michael brings
knowledge in the sport from the highest level. At the highest level
of his success he was ranked 55th in the world for
his 1500m Free in 2006.
After 2008 Olympic Trials he retired from the sport of swimming
to become a part of Team USA’s Olympic Development team for
triathlon. While training, he coached directly under CAL Head Coach
Dave Durden as the Grad Assistant Coach during the 2008-2009
season. Competing for tri's brought him back down to Southern
California to start coaching with Jan Lopez and MAX.
Metro Committee’s Age Group Coaches Chair 2012 - 2014
Metro Committee's Diversity Chair 2015-2016
Metro Committee's Vice Chair 2015-2016
Southern California Swimming’s Diversity Chair 2014 - 2016
Southern California Swimming's Vice Chair 2015-2017
Southern Caliornia Swimming's Chairman 2017-2020
2014 Assistant Manager for
CA/NV vs. Itoman Japan Team
2014 Southern California Swimming's
METRO committee's Coach of the Year
2015 Southern California Swimming's METRO committee's
Coach of the Year
He is very enthusiastic to bring his knowledge of the sport and
continue to grow the MAX Aquatics family!
Coach Michael can always be found body surfing some waves at the
beach.
Tyrone Brown
Head Age Group Coach and Silver 2 Coach
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Coach Brown brings over 38 years of coaching experience,
coaching College, High School, Club teams, and Masters. As a four
year scholarship Varsity athlete at Cal State Northridge, he
received a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology, and was an
accomplished Swimmer competing in Backstroke and Butterfly for the
Matadors were CSUN won the NCAA Division 2 national title three out
of four years.
Coach Brown enjoys giving back and helping his swimmers reach
their full potential as an athlete and a person. He feels that the
journey is what all swimmers will remember and take with them for a
life time.
John Zoll
Bronze 2 and Silver Coach
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After
more than 25 years in the sports of swimming, I know what it takes
to swim at the highest level. I stand by MAX Aquatics because it is
committed to developing the next generation
of swimmers.
Under
the influence of my father who was an open water swimmer, I learned
swimming at early age and started swimming competitively at age 5
for Shanghai Sports Club at YMCA Headquarters. In the
1980s, after capturing titles at the China Junior National
Championships, I was recruited to the state team and competed
professionally at national and international levels as part
of the rising power of Chinese swimming in 90s. After the 1996
Olympic Trials, I retired from competitive swimming, and
took a project manager role for Shanghai Administration
of Sports in biding the Olympic Game. I was fortunate
enough to have the opportunities be part of various high level
sports events and projects, and started the first swimming team for
the City of Shanghai Pudong. As the Executive Director and head coach,
I recruited and trained both coaches and swimmers. While pursuing
new career opportunities at financial industry on Wall Street, I
taught swimming at local YMCA helping kids with special
needs. Later, I have been volunteering at Southern
California Swimming as an official, and started training for US
Masters Swimming when my kids followed my steps and became
swimmers.
For me, coaching is more about
participation and giving back to the local community. Swimming is a
mental sport, I aim to develop strong, disciplined swimmers who
have a passion for the sport. As an educator, I believe in
developing creative training methods that complement each
individual swimmer and encourages them to pursue their personal
goals. For all of us who love this sports, it is important that we
develop the next generation. My swim philosophy is always
do your best and have fun!
Professional
Experience
Coach
MAX
Aquatics, Southern California Swimming 2019 -
Present
Life Member
Award
USA Swimming 2019
Official
USA Swimming 2018 -
Present
President & Head Coach
Shanghai Pudong Swimming School
1997-
Vice Chair
Shanghai Pudong Swimming Association
1996-
Sr. Lifeguard Instructor
Shanghai
Swimming Association
Registered Swimming Coach
CSA
Referee/Official
CSA
Education
B.S. in
Kinesiology with emphasis in Exercise Science
Summa
Cum Laude Shanghai University of Sports
Highlights:
2019
FINA World Masters Championships - Gwangju Korea: 50M Fly 11th;
100M Fly 12th
2018 UANA Pan American Masters
Championships - Orlando FL: 100 Fly 13 th ; 200 Fly 11th
2018 Rose Bowl Masters Meet: 200 Fly
1st; 100 Fly 2nd; 50Fly 4th
2017 US Masters Southwest Zone
Championships: 100 Fly 2nd; 50 Br 4th
2001, 2000 FINA World
Cup Official
1990-1996
China National
Championships Top 10
National Southern Region Top 3
China Workers Games Top 3
National University Games Top 3
1986-1990
Junior National Championships Top Qualifier
China National Age Group Titles
Myo Min Paing
Bronze and Gold Coach
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My name is Steven Paing. I live in Arcadia, CA. I’ve been
swimming since I was 3 years old. I’ve only swam in 2
different teams in the US, Arcadia Riptides Swim Club and MAX
aquatics. Now that highschool swimming is done, my desire to
nurture a newer generation of swimmers has led me to search for the
job of a coach. My goal as a coach is to improve an individual
athlete’s technique. Suffering from burnout in the past, I
want to prevent future kids from feeling the same way I did.
I’ve had experience with a variety of coaches that taught me
different values in the sport and I want to pass on my knowledge to
the younger swimmers.
Ryan Wang
Bronze, Interim Silver Coach @El Monte
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Coach Ryan grew up in Arcadia and started swimming at 6 years old.
He briefly swam for the Arcadia Riptides before joining Rose Bowl
Aquatics for 10 years. In college he swam for Pasadena City College
team for one year.
While growing up Ryan was surrounded by swimming and coaching
alike, both his parents swam and coached. Drawing from this Ryan
started to help his parents with their lessons before coaching swim
camps during the summers.
He primarily swam breaststroke and IM, getting nationals in the 200
breaststroke and junior nationals in the 100 breaststroke and 200
and 400 IM.
Tenny Yee Yeung Chong
Coach El Monte
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Coach Tenny started swimming at the age of 6 to try to overcome
his fear of getting his face wet when showering. From an early age,
his passion for competing and improving reeled him into the
sport. Tenny went on to swim for 14 years, up until his freshman
year at UC San Diego.
He has had experiences on many teams, such as El Monte Sharks
and Rose Bowl Aquatics. His best events are the 100 back and 100
free however, his favorite events are the 50 free,100 butterfly,
and the 100 breaststroke.
Andrew Tran
Coach
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My name is Andrew Tran and I started swimming when I was 8 years
old. I started at Arcadia Riptides before moving to MAX Aquatics.
During high school my favorite events were the 50 and 100
freestyle.
Growing up with a family full of swimmers I was happy to take away
tips and tricks from my siblings. I am excited to help swimmers
discover a passion for swimming just like my family did for me. I
have had a lot of coaches in the past and I hope to pass down all
that I've learned to new swimmers interested in the sport.
