Our Coaching Staff
Nothing has a greater influence on the quality of
children's sports than the excellence of the coach. The coaching
staff at FAST consists of professionally trained
coaches. They, as members of the American Swimming Coaches
Association (ASCA), have access to the most comprehensive
training and certification program for youth coaches of any sport
in the United States. Certified coaches in the U.S. swimming
programs possess training and experience in the physiology and
psychology of adolescent development. Our coaching staff provides
the assurance that the time your children spend in swimming will
be quality time.
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Bill Spahn
Bill Spahn, former Head Coach at the University of New Mexico,
joined FAST as our Head Coach in April of 2005. Bill coached
both the men's and women's teams at UNM for 23 years with a great
deal of success, including several All-Americans. He also had the pleasure
of coaching Tom Jager, who at the time was the world champion in the 50
free and 400 free relay, the world-record holder in the 50 free, and
a gold and bronze medalist at the 1992 Olympics. Bill coaches the Senior
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Tasha Ballard
Tasha swam for CSU from 1994-1995, and was previously an age group coach for two
different clubs in St. Louis, Missouri. Before joining FAST in August, 2005, she
was the head junior and senior team coach for the Brookings Swim Club in Brookings,
South Dakota. Somewhere in between swim practices, she earned her Ph.D. in Biologocal
Science at South Dakota State University (go Jackrabbits!). Tasha coaches the
blue
group (email: tashaballard@earthlink.net).
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Katie Haywood
Katie grew up in Fort Collins and is a former FAST swimmer. Katie attended
the University of Wyoming where she swam all four years at the collegiate level. Katie is also a 5th grade teacher at Bacon Elementary School.
Katie coaches the white group. (email:
kmhaywood@hotmail.com)
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Glee started with the FAST coaching staff in January 1998.
Glee began her swimming career at age nine in Hawaii. She continued
swimming for teams in Michigan, Kansas and Switzerland before
swimming at the University of Kansas, where she was co-captain her
senior year. After graduating, she taught Physical Education and
coached in Hutchinson, Kansas. Glee also coached in the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Boise, Idaho before coming
to Fort Collins. She was awarded the Northern Colorado Coach of the Year in
2007. Glee coaches the Silver and Gold groups (email:
bgjsgarlie@msn.com). |
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