Head Coach Matt Sanspree came to Eagle Swimming Association in August 2018 from Tidal Wave Swimming in Georgia. During his time at Tidal Wave he helped swimmers reach the Georgia Zones Team, Age Group State Team, and Senior State team. Coach Matt is currently an ASCA level 5:4 certified coach and a certified International Swim Coach Association coach that brings over 12 years of experience at three of the best clubs in the country to Eagle Swimming Association. 

Before his most recent position, he was the Head Site Director /High-Performance Coach for Santa Clara Swim Club. As site Director, he handled all the day-to-day operational tasks needed to run a large club effectively. While at SCSC he coached every level from learning to swim to Junior National swimmers and Olympic Trial Qualifiers. He has helped numerous swimmers that have gone to compete at NCAA Division 1 Championships, Olympic Trials, Nationals, and Junior Nationals and was a Lead Coach to a National Age Group Relay Record. Apprenticing under great coaches such as John Bitter, Dave Meck, Allison Beebe, Brad Meacham, Mark Taliaferro, and Luba Popilenco helped lead to a nomination for ASCA Age Group Coach of the Year.

While working at Dynamo Swim Club, coach Matt was on staff for two Junior National titles under as an assistant coach. During his time at Dynamo he got to be a part of a Gold Medal Club who eventually put three kids on Olympic teams. 

Coach Matt’s coaching philosophy is simple. He believes that setting a high standard rather than enact rules is the best way to help teach student-athletes. He believes through positive reinforcement about not only swimming techniques but also hard work, dedication, and dealing with success and failures is the best way to help swimmers succeed.

Coach Matt was born near Gulf Shores, Alabama and then moved to Carroll County Georgia.  After graduation at Villa Rica High School he went on play soccer at Atlanta Christian College. In addition to his time on deck, Coach Matt loves to spend time with his Great Dane (Barkley) and two cats (Aubie and Bo) all named after his favorite football team Auburn University. 

Coach Matt’s goal is to create a positive, supportive, competitive and fun team culture for the swimmers at every level at Eagle Swimming Association. Coach Matt brings a passion for the sport of swimming, promises the pursuit of excellence in swimming, and will strive to be a model 18 and under club not only for Gulf Swimming but also USA swimming.

Jeremy Sisemore has over 25+ years in the Diving community both as an athlete and as a coach. He grew up in New Caney, TX and was a State Finalist, ultimately gaining a College Scholarship to dive at the University of Missouri (2 years Big 8, 2 years Big 12). At Mizzou, Jeremy was the Diver of the Year two out of his four years as a student-athlete. Jeremy was Big 12 Academic All-American and qualified for the Big 12 Finals several times and also the NCAA Zone's as a springboard and platform diver. In Jeremy's Jr./Sr. year at Mizzou he was the Head Diving Coach at Hickman H.S. in Columbia, MO where he coached 2 State Champions and a State Record Holder (Aaron Ashworth and Ashley Rubenstein). Those 2 divers went on to dive at Alabama and Auburn respectively. Ashley later earned a 4th place finish at the Olympic Trials on 3M Springboard (an Olympic Alternate).

After graduating from Mizzou, Jeremy was a Collegiate Diving Coach for Saint Louis University (Division I, Conference USA) and earned Conference Diving Coach of the Year honors. In St. Louis, Jeremy was one of the coaches of Clayton Diving Alliance, a US Diving Program hosted at the Washington University (Div. III) pool. CDA coached the Wash U. divers for free in exchange for pool-time to coach our Age-Group program. Many of our divers went on to win state championships in Missouri, qualify for state, and earn college scholarships to Mizzou, Stanford, Princeton and other collegiate programs. Our program consisted of over 40 divers from Age 6 to 21.

In 2006, Jeremy moved back home to the Kingwood/Atascocita Area to start a business with Erek Gerth (husband to Je' Janes of Kingwood and sister of Char Janes). Jeremy is married and has 3 kids, all of which are actively involved in Swimming for ESA (year-round) and for Walden (summer league). Though he hasn't been coaching diving for a few years, he's been motivated to consider starting a Diving Program in the Humble/KW/New Caney Area with a true belief that our kids should have an opportunity for expert coaching without having to travel to The Woodlands. Our divers should give our swim teams an equal chance to compete with the best programs in the State of TX and give our kids/parents an opportunity to earn college scholarships.

Coach Pink is one of ESA's founders and is also the Head Swim Coach at Atascocita High School.  Growing up in Colorado, Coach Pink was a state finalist all three years while in high school.  He swam collegiately for the University of Wyoming.

Coach Pink has a proven background of success with both high school and USA Swimming athletes. He has coached numerous All Americans, Texas high school state champions & Texas high school state record holders; including one “State Swimmer of the Year".  For all of his accomplishments, he has been named High School District Coach of the year four times, and the National Federation of High School Sports - Girls Coach of the Year for the State of Texas in 2017.

Frank comes to ESA from Davenport, IA where he was the Associate Head Coach of the Piranhas Swim Club and the Head Girls Coach for Pleasant Valley High School.  Originally form Rochester, NY, Frank was named the Adirondack Swimming Male Scholar Athlete in 2009.  Swimming collegiately at Eastern Michigan University, he competed in the distance events and was part of the MAC Conference Champions team of 2012 & 2013.  He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.B.A. in Finance & Management.

Frank began his coaching career by serving six years on staff at the Wolverine Swim Camp at the University of Michigan.  Frank’s first coaching stint was with Club Wolverine in Ann Arbor MI.  While in Michigan, Frank was able to learn from such coaching greats as Gunnar Schmidt (Club Wolverine) & Jim Richardson (U of M Women).  While with Club Wolverine, he also coached with the Michigan’s All-American Swim Camps form 2013 – 2017.   And if that didn’t make him busy enough, Frank also coached two local high school teams during his time in Ann Arbor.

Under Frank’s tutelage, his athletes have qualified for both NCSA’s and Winter Juniors.  Both club and high school athletes have obtained numerous team records and several of his high school athletes have gone to qualify for their respective State Championships.  In his relatively short career, many of Frank’s athletes (high school & club) have gone on to compete collegiately at all levels (Division I, II & III).

Starting on May 6th, Frank will work closely with Coach Matt, and serve as our Head Age Group Coach; coaching both AG3 & 4.  Please help us give a warm welcome to Coach Frank DeMaria!


 

Leading AG2 and AG3, Coach Huerta brings several years of experience coaching elementary age swimmers.  He has swum competitively in Mexico as well as in Texas. Coach Huerta teaches at AHS and serves as the Assistant Swim Coach at AHS. 

Kelly brings approximately 20 years of competitive swimming experience to ESA.  She has participated in USA, YMCA, summer league, high school, Division 1 college and Masters swimming.  As an age group swimmer, Kelly won numerous Illinois State Championships, broke numerous team, pool, meet and state records, many of which still stand over 30 years later.  In addition, Kelly earned high point at Zones and made it onto the USA Swimming Top 10 list nine times. 

Furthermore, Kelly was awarded a full athletic scholarship to attend the University of Illinois at Chicago where she was named the Female Student Athlete of the Year in 1994.  A conference record holder in the 200 Back, Kelly was also a two-time conference champion in 1993 & ‘94.  She also holds several university records to date.  When Kelly was not training and competing, she worked as a learn-to-swim instructor for young children in the Chicago area. 

Currently, Kelly is a proud mother of four children who are ESA team members and works part-time as a hospital pharmacist. 

We are so excited to welcome Coach Mark Dix to our team.  Coach Dix swam competitively for seventeen years, and was a member if ESA’s inaugural team back in 2006.  Mark swam high school at Humble High School and Kingwood Park High School.  At K-Park he was part of back-to-back 4A Texas state championship teams. Following high school, Mark attended the University of Texas at Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas where he swam competitively and received his bachelor's degree in kinesiology. 

Mark begain his coaching career as summer league team for two years (the Trailwood Gators) and worked as head coach for the LifeTime Aquatics club team.  Most recently, Mark worked as an assistant coach with Blue Tide Aquatics, and was this year’s head coach for the Summerwood Stingrays.  Mark is a special education teacher & JV swim coach at Atascocita High School.  

In his spare time, he enjoys kayaking on the San Jacinto River, camping, and visiting the Renaissance Fair in full costume.  

Coach Terry Thompson brings over 18 years of competitive swimming experience to ESA. He started swimming at 5 years old and went on to swim for Kingwood High School, earning multiple honors including 4-time First Team High School All-American, Regional champion, and Texas 5A State Champion, as well as TAGS age group champion. He was part of the record breaking 200 Free relay at LC Zones in 2001. He continued his swimming career at BYU where he was part of the Mountain West Conference Championship team and earned NCAA Academic All-American honors.

Coach Terry loves developing young swimmers and is excited to bring his passion for swimming to ESA. He is a proud father of two sons, one of which swims for ESA.

In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, camping, photography, woodworking, and anything creative.