Coaches

The Carmichael Beavers would like to announce the return of Rob Marty as head coach for the 2008 season. Rob has coached the Beavers for a total of 12 years and swam as a child on the Beaver swim team for 13 seasons. We are also pleased to announce our new assistant coach, Jennifer Leopold. Jennifer most recently swam for the University of San Diego and formerly swam at Loretto High School where she earned most valuable varsity swimmer.

As Head Coach of the Carmichael Beavers Swim Team for 15 years, Rob brings a lot of experience to the swimmers.  He started swimming at the age of 2 and has been in the water ever since.  His favorite stroke is the butterfly and Rob swam his best time in college; 23.9 seconds swimming the 50.  With the encouragement of his dad, Rob started coaching basketball and football in 1985 at Schweitzer and added swimming to his resume a few years later with Carmichael Beavers.  Rob says the best part of his job is seeing the joy on a kid’s face when they are having fun and improving.

Rob’s vision for the team is competitive, improving swimmers reaching their goals resulting in multiple future Olympic swimmers.  He’d also like all the happy parents winning the lottery to donate our own 50 meter pool to Carmichael Park.  And last but not least, to win at least 2 meets this season.

Rob is married to Yolanda and has 4 children - Jessica 15, Andrew 13, Samantha 8 (soon to be 9), and Zachary 2.  Of course, who can forget the other family members – Mattie (the dog) and Scanner (the cat).  In his spare time, Rob likes whitewater rafting, water polo refereeing, and sleeping.

Coach Rob’s most embarrassing moment was in 1974 when he was swimming the 25 Free during the finals at championships and he had to stop halfway to pull up his swim suit.

AssistantCoachJen Leopold.
First year with the Carmichael Beavers Swim Team.

Coach Jen's swimming career began when she was six years old with the Arden Hills Otters. She started swimming year-around when she was 8 years old and continued with it until after her first year of college. Jen's a sprinter and one would have to say her best event was the 50 free swimming her best time at a 24.75.

Jen started swimming because all my friends were on swim teams! Jen started coaching because she wanted to give back to the sport that had taught her so much. The best part about coaching is ‘I love coming to practice and seeing the esxcitement on the faces of the 6 and unders to get in the water and swim. By the end of my swimming career, swim practice was no longer fun—it was a chore. It is awesome to see the positive energy and the passion that these young swimmers bring to the pool and to the team.’

Coach Jen went to Loretto High School and graduated in 2006. She then attended college at the University of San Diego for her first year and then transferred to the University of Oregon her sophomore year. She is still working on her game plan as to where she’ll be going to school next year! In her spare time, Coach Jen likes to hang out with friends, take pictures, exercise, and do various outdoor and water activities during her spare time. One of Coach Jen’s most embarrassing moments: ‘I first came out for swim team when I was five years old. I had been taking swim lessons since I was 2 and was already very comfortable in the water. However, when I got to practice and saw a pool full of unfamiliar faces, I got so scared I refused to get into the pool. My mom and the coach worked together to try to get me in, but I cemented myself to a lounge chair. After a couple of days of this struggle, my mom gave up and got a refund. The next year I finally worked up the courage to join, but only because my younger brother was doing it with me! Coach Jen hopes she can influence the life of at least one swimmer in the way that many of her coaches influenced her. Jen’s 5-year plan is to hopefully have her college degree.

StudentCoachs

Coach Heather
Heather has been swimming for 6 years.  Her best stroke is backstroke and her best time is 1.09:00.  She got herself into swimming.  She decided to become a coach because she likes helping kids and she’s wanted to coach since she was 10.  The best thing about coaching is the kids.  Heather attends Del Campo High School and will be sophomore.  In her spare time, she likes to swing and hang out with her friends.  She hopes to get a lot of memories out of coaching.  Heather’s most embarrassing moment was during her first year of swimming when she stopped swimming a race during a meet when she heard her name over the loud speaker because she thought she was disqualified (DQ’d).  Heather is going to continue swimming well into college and hopes to be playing water polo at UC Davis.

Coach Reece
Although Reece has been swimming since he was five, he didn’t become a part of the Carmichael Beavers swim team until he was 10 years old with the help of a good friend.  Reece’s best stroke is breaststroke with a best time of around 1.13:00.  Reece decided to become a coach to help the younger kids be better swimmers.  He really enjoys watching the younger kids and he likes being a good role model for the kids.  Reece goes to Mira Loma High School and will be a junior.  Reece likes to snowboard, skateboard, watch movies and play video games.  Reece enjoys coaching and being a part of the little kids reaching their goals.  An embarrassing moment for Reece was when he was younger, during one of his first free-relays, instead of starting out freestyle, he started out doing the breaststroke.  After high school, Reece sees himself going to college and doing some traveling.

Coach Sammy
This is Sammy’s second year as a student coach although she has been part of the Carmichael Beavers Swim Team since 2000.  She started swimming at the age of eight in large part because of her sisters.  Sammy’s favorite stroke is the backstroke and her best time is 1.18:93 in the 100.  Sammy loves teaching little kids how to swim which helped her decide to be a part of the coaching staff.  Sammy goes to Del Campo High School and will be a junior.  She enjoys water polo, taking pictures, swimming and hanging out with friends.  She also likes to hug trees, lay in the grass and in general just loves nature.  By coaching, Sammy hopes to get to know more of the kids on the team.  Sammy wants to go to college and work part time.

Coach Dylan
Dylan has been a part of the Carmichael Beavers Swim Team since he was in Kindergarten.  He started swimming at the age of five thanks in large part to his mom.  Dylan’s favorite stroke is the backstroke.  With the encouragement of his, Dylan started coaching this year as well as lifeguarding.  Dylan says he has grown up with this team and loves teaching the young kids.  Dylan attends Mira Loma High School and will be a junior.  He likes to snowboard, skateboard, play video games, watch movies/t.v. and he especially likes to chill.  Dylan enjoys everything about coaching and hopes to obtain a greater outlook on life.  Dylan’s 5-year plan is to be in college working on becoming a physical therapist.

Coach Jessica
Jessica has been swimming witsh the Carmichael Beavers Swim Team for six years.  Her favorite stroke is backstroke with a best time of 34 in the 50.  She started swimming with the encouragement of one of her old best friends.   She decided to become a coach because she enjoys seeing kids improve and making an impact on them.  Jessica goes to Del Campo High School and will be a junior.  In her spare time, Jessica enjoys hanging out with friends and helping out in the community.  She hopes she’ll be able to experience seeing kids improve and being able to see them grow throughout the years.  During swimming, Heather and Jessica were swimming backstroke in the same lane and bumped heads.  That’s how they became best friends.  Jessica sees herself at college getting a teaching credential.