Eddie Ware is originally from
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Brian Ware grew up in Clinton, MS, achieving several state
records and Junior National time standards as an age group swimmer.
He began coaching for the Mississippi Makos in 1991 with only
8 swimmers and has steadily built the program to become a state
champion with a current team roster of over 250
swimmers. Brian is a graduate of the University of Kentucky
where he was a three-year scholarship swimmer. While swimming
for UK, Brian was a three-year conference scorer and two year SEC
academic all-conference.
Marcy Warriner Rushing grew up in Brandon, Mississippi swimming at the age of four. She swam with the Sunkist swim team throughout her high school career earning a full swimming scholarship to the University of Alabama. There she was a three time NCAA Division I All-American, three time school record holder, two time Olympic Trial Qualifier(2000 and 2004), and a Canadian National Champion.
Rushing is currently in her thirteenth year coaching as an assistant coach for numerous club teams throughout Mississippi and Alabama. She has served four years on the Mississippi Swimming Board, served as a Mississippi Zone coach, and has helped numerous athletes win college scholarships.
Marcy and her husband Tim have three children, Abbie, Ellie and Kent. They currently live in Clinton. Marcy coaches for the MS Makos Swim Team at the Clinton Healthplex.
Natalie Tatum Johnson grew up in Madison, Mississippi where she started summer swimming at the age of four. As an age group swimmer, Natalie swam for the Sunkist Swim Team for 10 years and swam on the Madison Central High School swim team 7th grade through 12thgrade, breaking several MHSAA and MSI relay records and earning individual state championships. Natalie competed on the Mississippi Age Group zone team in 2008 and 2009.
Natalie is in her fourth year coaching for the Mississippi Makos Swim Team. She also recently served as the assistant coach for the Mississippi Age Group Zone Team. Natalie is a sixth grade math teacher at Germantown Middle School and coaches the Germantown High School swim team.
Natalie lives in Madison with her husband Davis. She is an assistant coach for MS Makos at the Madison location.
Charles swam a five-year tenure with the University of Alabama (including a medical red-shirt freshman year after his diagnosis with Type 1 Diabetes), holding down letterman-scoring positions in the 200 Fly and 200/400 IM for four years. He represented UA in his respective events in numerous SEC Championship finals and in his second round at the US Olympic Trials in 2016. While at Alabama, he was a 5-time SEC Academic All-American, a CSCAA Scholar All-American Runner Up, and was awarded the team award for Most Competitive. Charles graduated from UA in the spring of 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics. He graduated in 2021 from the University of Mississippi Medical Center with a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences.
Charles is in his second year of coaching with the Makos, leading Bronze and assisting Senior groups at the Lakeland location. He has coached athletes to acheive their first MS State Championship, Sectional, Futures, and Junior National time standards, as well as a handfull of MS state records and college scholarship positions. Charles is also the Head Swimming Coach at Jackson Prep. He currently lives in Flowood with his wife, Keely, and his dachshund, Grignard.