Kingfish Coaches
We believe active, positive coaching creates excellent swimming technique and is the foundation to success in this sport. We are blessed to have many former Kingfish return to inspire the next generation of swimmers. We also have a youth coaching program that helps to develop future coaches and allows interested swimmers age 12 and older the opportunity to assist at practices for our younger age groups. This translates into a minimum of at least one coach per lane for almost all practices. For the emerging swimmers in our youngest groups, we are able to provide a minimum of one coach and several others in the water in each lane for our swimmers. We utilize all areas of our pool to teach and if a swimmer needs special help on a particular technique, we have the staff to help them directly with individual instruction to ensure their success.
Kevin is a teacher with the Liberty Union School District. Kevin has a wealth of experience as a swim coach! He has coached the Lancaster YMCA, Lancaster Country Club, Pickerington North High School, Granville High School, and the YMCA East Tridents team. Kevin was a swimmer for Pickerington High School and swam at Eastern Michigan University. Kevin was a Huntington Hills Frogger in his formative years!
We are very happy he is returning to our swim family with his passionate and fun style of positive coaching.
Kevin and his wife Molly are the proud parents of Jameson and Nolan.
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Braden Hopkins just completed his junior year at Washington University in St. Louis. There, he is a biology major with a specialization in ecology and evolution as well as a children's studies minor. He is also a Beyond Boundaries Interdisciplinary Program Scholar. In the world of swimming, this is his third year as assistant coach for the Kingfish swim team. However, Braden has been a part of the Kingfish family for much longer than that. This summer will mark his 15th official year as a competitive swimmer. Braden swam for the Kingfish for 12 years, on USA club teams for 11 years and has now completed his third year on the WashU club swim team where he also serves as co-president. Braden is excited for another year as a Kingfish and can't wait to see you on deck!
Hi! My name is Ava Dyer and I have been swimming for 14 years! My swimmer career started at Groveport Fighting Fish, and I have been a part of swimming with Jerry Garver, OSSC, USA, and COA. I graduated from Bishop Hartley High School in 2025 and was a State Qualifier for 3 years. I am currently going to school at Bellarmine University as a nursing major and swim commit! I have been a part of Kingfish for 5 years and am super excited to now be an assistant coach!
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Youth Coaching Team
Captains: Coming Soon!
Junior Coaches: Coming Soon!
