Crozet Gators Swim Team

After taking a one year hiatus, Doc returns as Head Coach to the Crozet Gator Swim Team. This will be Doc's fifth year of coaching the team. He brings over 20 years of coaching experience and is a certified ASCA (American Swim Coaches Association) Level 5 Coach, the highest professional level recognized. Doc began his swimming career with his summer league in Harrisburg, PA when he was 9 years old. He met his wife, Shelley, while swimming on their winter swim team in Hershey, PA and became a Division III All-American swimmer while attending Johns Hopkins University. While practicing family medicine in Bloomsburg, PA, he served as the volunteer head coach of the Bloomsburg Area YMCA (BAY) Barracudas, guiding them over 16 years to numerous state team championships and multiple YMCA National titles in both individual and relay events. In 1997, he was voted the National YMCA Coach of the Year. He also coached two BAY swimmers at the 2000 Olympic team trials. In the fall of 2003, he joined the CYAC coaching staff and serves as Head Coach of the YMCA team. He also serves as an assistant coach for the University of Virginia men's and women's swim team and continues to practice medicine part-time. He and his wife have raised three children, who were all competitive swimmers. Doc's favorite pastimes when not coaching are gardening, reading, boating, and tending to his salt water aquariums.