Coaches
Coach Mark Moore started
coaching at the Nadadores Masters in 1996. His coaching
philosophy emphasizes developing team excellence in a positive and
confidence building environment. He believes that each
person has an opportunity to use swimming as a
life-long activity, while having fun and swimming fast at the same
time. Physical, mental, emotional, and social traits are all
aspects of his philosophy. His goals include developing
team growth, unity and individual excellence. He has a
purpose, a plan, and is persistence and passionate about what
swimming can do for adults who apply themselves to
excellence. He has dedicated a large portion of his
life to the expansion and enrichment of Masters
swimming.
Mark is constantly finding new and innovative approaches to make
his swimmers feel confident and competent in attaining their
individual goals, while at the same time embracing a strong team
spirit and unity. He loves what he does, and he enjoys making
swimming and the social activities related an enjoyable and fun
experience for everybody.
USMS BIO Article http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?aid=1874
Mark Moore: Making Masters Possible - A coach who is a
leader
Coach Nicole is new to Southern California and the Nadadores team. She moved here from Wisconsin in May of 2018. She is currently employed full time as a Lifeguard Manager with Premier Aquatics, where she also teaches Lifeguarding, CPR and First Aid, and Water Safety Instructor classes.
Mohamed Hassan (Coach Mo) is new to the United States and the Nadadores Team. He relocated from Egypt in 2020, where he was part of the Long Distance Egyptian National Team. In 1997, Mo shifted to Mono Fin Swimming and finished 7th in the 20k at the 2003 World Championships. He was also the head coach for the Egyptian National team for Fin Swimming for 17 years from 2003-2022.
Mo won first place in his first participation at the Mission Mile competition with the Nadadores Masters in the 40-44 age group. Coach Mo has two daughters - Maya age 13 and Diala age 11. Maya is a great swimmer in Egypt and Diala is a fantastic diver. He hopes that one day his girls will come to United States and join the Nadadores team.
Mo is also coaching at the Nadadores Swim School and feels honored to be part of the effective and and professional coaches in the Nadadores coaching family. Mo would like to thank everyone and especially Coach Mark for giving him the opportunity to be part of the great Nadadores!
Coach Robert joins MVN with a long history of swimming accomplishments. After a successful age group and high school swimming experience in Orange County, he was recruited to swim at UC Santa Barbara. A few years later, he turned his love for swimming into a privately owned swim school located here in Mission Viejo. Teaching swimming to young swimmers is a passion for Robert and he vaulted this with starting his own swim team, Aliso Hills Swim Ranch. During this time, he was selected as a coach for the Southern California Swimming (SCS) All-Star Team for five years and received the US Swim Schools Association (USSSA) Teacher of the Year in 1994. He realized he had an expertise in meet management and focused on this endeavor for the past 25 years, administering meets in all facets for Southern California, and throughout the United States, including age group, high school, college, and US Masters Swimming.
Originally
from suburban Chicago, Tim defined his swimming career at the
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, leading the Tar Heels to
a 1983 title, their first ACC Championship in 19 years…while
pursuing his degree in Television Production Arts.
Garnering
1984 Olympic Trials qualifying time standards, he instead chose to
pursue his tv sports career, and accepted an ABC Sports production
job for the US Swimming & Diving Trials and Olympic
Games. That
began a 40-year journey directing and producing TV Sports across
America and around the world.
Additionally,
he coached club level and high school swimmers in the early
1980’s and periodically coached both age group and master
level swimmers - while personally training and competing in
Triathlons from 1988 through today. In 2021, he achieved a
bucket-list highlight, completing the Escape From Alcatraz
triathlon.
In
the winter of 2023, he became a Certified Adult-Learn-to-Swim
instructor through the Mission Viejo Swim School and US Masters
Swimming.
