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Wheaton's coaching staff seeks to provide the best competitive swimming and diving for every athlete on the team. Our coaches are all professionals in their fields, which range from business, to coaching, to teaching. All of our coaches have experience working with athletes of all levels - from novice to national and world class.
| Head Coach Jacob Ayers
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| Jacob Ayers has coached with the Wheaton Team since 1998, and as Head Coach since the fall of 2000. He has been in coaching since 1995, and currently is also a coach for the Wheaton Swim Club. He has been involved in the sport since 1985. Jacob was a member of numerous high school state, age-group state, and senior state championship teams in Indiana while competing for Carmel High School and the Carmel Swim Club in Indiana. He was a member of 3 conference championship teams while competing for Jon Lederhouse at Wheaton College. He also was a 10-time conference champion while at Wheaton. He has coached or worked with all levels of swimmers from novice to age-group state champions, Junior- and Senior- National Qualifiers, NCAA Div. III qualifiers and champions, and High School All-Americans. Jacob currently lives in Glen Ellyn. |
| Diving Coach Holly Higgins |
Holly competed at the international level, where she was coached by Ken Armstrong, currently the USA Diving National Team Coach. Holly coached in Canada, where she developed several age-group and senior divers who later would final at the Olympic Games, most notably David Bedard, Mark Rourke, Debbie Fuller, and Wendy Fuller. Diving lessons are also assisted by state high school qualifiers.
Holly has a BSC in Physical and Health Education and an MSC in Community Health from the University of Toronto. While working towards these degrees, she also coached the York University Varsity Team, the University of Toronto Diving Team, and the Etobicoke Diving Team.
Holly and her family moved to Wheaton in 1998. She is married to John Blanchard (not the founder of Wheaton College) and she has two sons, both of whom swim for the Wheaton Swim Club. |
| Assistant Coach Brian Larkin |
| Brian's Bio Coming Soon |
| Assistant Coach Chris Sveen |
| Brian's Bio Coming Soon |
| Diving Coach Bill McHugh |
Bill McHugh has been Diving Coach for the Wheaton Co-Op team since 1999. Since 1975, he has coached all levels of divers from lessons to age groupers and masters. He has coached state qualifiers (Naperville Program from '75 - '80 where divers finished 12th, 13th, 39th ), an NCAA Division III All American (at North Central College) and countless others from around the area. A 1978 and 1979 NCAA Division III All American on one and three meter boards, he is still diving and has been active with the Masters Diving Program since 1981 and is currently training for a Senior level National Prequalification Meet in Bloomington, IN.
Bill is an Architectural Sales Representative in the Chicago Area full time and donates much time to the Diving Program in Wheaton. He and his wife, Linda, and two teenage children, Patrick and Kristen, live in Wheaton, IL |
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