Before becoming our Head Coach, Magda coached a San Francisco swim team for eight years and coached for five years in the City of Pacifica's Annual Junior Olympics. Magda has local knowledge as she grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and she and her family reside in Pacifica. She also brings to the team a wealth of experience with children of all ages. Her own three sons are in college, middle school and elementary school. Magda welcomes parents to contact her with any questions.
Mary Germano has long history with our team; she has been with the City of Pacifica's Aquatics staff for 35 years and is a well known swim instructor in Pacifica. Mary has served as a PSL Assistant Coach since 2002 and has been part of the team for 17 years. She swam for the Sea Lions in high school and to continue the tradition, so did all three of her children.
Vicki Russo's coaching background is extensive and based with the PSL. After swimming age group for over 9 years herself, she started as a PSL assistant coach in 1987, moved to head coach in 1991, and continued until 2000 when she was promoted to head the Aquatics Division for the City of Pacifica. Vicki has also had two opportunities to coach Pacifica Swimming Western Zone all-star teams (1993, Santa Clara and 2001, Hawaii) and has coached numerous Pacific Swimming age-group camps. Several swimmers that she coached went on to swim and compete at college level.
