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Coaches & Directors
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We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related
to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and other swimming
related needs, please contact one of the coaches. For all questions
related to administrative, dues and billing. Please direct
all other inquiries to the Head Coach or Lead Coaches.
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 Jason G TurcotteHead Coach/CEOEmail
Jason Turcotte joined the Dynamo organization September, 2006 as
the club`s 8th head coach. Jason coaches the SR1 Group at Chamblee,
as well as the development and direction of Dynamo Swim Club and
its programs. He will oversee both swim facilities, Alpharetta
& Chamblee and their respective programs. Coach Turcotte has
previously coached at the Lake Erie Silver Dolphins, Stanford
University, Assistant Coach, and most recently as the Head Coach of
the Naperville Riptide Swim Team. He has experience coaching the
Olympic elite athlete as well as developing age grouper swimmer. He
has been touted as one of the `best young coaches in the country.
 Rich MurphyLead Coach/Assistant Head CoachEmail
Rich Murphy comes to Dynamo Swim Club from Auburn University where
Rich was an assistant coach for the Tigers during the 2006-2007
season. Auburn University was Men`s & Women`s Southeastern
Conference Champions and NCAA National Champions for the 2006-2007
season.
Prior to Auburn, Rich spent the 2005-2006 season at Bowling Green
State University as women’s assistant coach. At BGSU, Rich
assisted the Falcons to a 4th place finish in the Mid-American
Conference championships – their highest finish in the last
three seasons. During Rich`s time in Ohio, he also volunteered with
the University of Michigan men`s team and Club Wolverine`s High
Performance group.
Rich is very familiar with club coaching and looks to leverage that
expertise with our club. From 2001 to 2005, Rich was at Arizona
State University. While at ASU, Rich was Head Coach of Sun Devil
Aquatics from 2003 to 2005 – a Gold Medal Club as recognized
by USA Swimming, at the time. During Rich`s last season with the
club, he coached two athletes who were number 1 in the USA in their
events (3 events overall) for their age group, he coached a Mexican
National Record, and he had athletes set 3 individual Arizona State
Records. On a whole during Rich`s time with Sun Devil (2001 to
2005), he had athletes achieve 2004 Olympic Trials qualification,
over 50 Top 16 list-making times, plus 9 individual and 12 relay
Arizona State Records. At ASU, Rich was a Graduate Assistant Swim
Coach for Arizona State during the 2002-2003 season (NCAA finish:
Women – 11th, Men – 10th) and Volunteer Assistant Coach
for the Sun Devils during the 2001-2002 season (NCAA finish: Women
– 10th, Men – 14th). Rich is an American Swim Coaches
Association Level 5 certified coach (Top 3% of coaches nationally)
and is a World Swim Coaches Association Member. Rich has also
coached at Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics (formerly Palo Alto Swim
Club) and at Los Altos Mountain View Aquatic Club.
 Beth WinkowskiLead Coach/ChambleeEmail
Coach Beth began coaching at Dynamo in the fall of 2004. She is
responsible for the Senior 2 swimmers as well as the development
and direction of the Chamblee Staff. Prior to Dynamo she was the Head
Coach for 12 years at Portland Aquatic Club in Portland, Oregon
where she began her professional coaching career. Beth has coached
state, sectional, and zone champions at an individual and team
level. She also assisted several swimmers in earning National Top
16 rankings, Junior and Senior National qualifying times.
Coach Beth’s coaching strengths include: detailed and
analytic stroke instruction with an eye towards body awareness, a
creative and demanding training regime, and good communication with
parents and athletes. She accomplishes all this while recognizing
the athlete as a whole person who benefits from the permanent life
lessons learned by children who participate in organized
athletics.
 Maria ThrashHead Coach/Masters-TriathletesEmail  Ben RaeHead Age Group CoachEmail
Ben started coaching in 1999
as an assistant coach for Dixie Aquatic Racing Team in southern
Utah - the team he swam for in high school. During that time, he
coached a Men’s High School State Championship team in 2000
and several individual state champions. After 3 years, he moved to
Provo to continue his education at Brigham Young University and
began coaching for the BYU Women’s Swimming Team. He spent 1
year as a volunteer assistant and 2 years as the Strength and
Sprint Coach. During that time, the BYU Women’s team won the
Mountain West Conference Championship twice. At the beginning of
2005, he returned to club coaching with Utah Valley Aquatics (Lead
Site Coach) and took the head coaching position at Springville High
School (Men’s team finished 2nd and Women’s Team 4th at
State Championships).
Ben came to Dynamo in March
of 2006 to coach dryland for AG1, Gold, and AG3. Since that time,
he has coached a large portion of the groups at Chamblee, including
Green, Gold, AG3, AG2, Home School, and SR3. He also spent time as
a supervisor for Dynamo Pool Management. In his time at Dynamo, he
has coached several individual state champions and 3 National Top
10 finishers.
Ben received his
Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from BYU in 2003. In
addition to school, Ben has become certified in many other areas
related to swimming. He is an ASCA level 2 coach (Level 3
completed). He also has his Lifeguarding and Water Safety
Instructor certifications and has completed the Aquatic Facility
Operator certification.
Ben’s wife’s name
is Jill and they have three children: Jenna (5), Westley (3), and
Charlotte (1). Ben enjoys all kinds of athletics as well as
camping, reading, and spending time with his
family.
 Nancy WilliamsCoachEmail
Nancy Williams joined the Dynamo coaching staff in the 2004-2005
season as the Senior III Coach at the Alpharetta Facility, and
coaches Age Group 2 and Senior 3, as well as morning
masters at Alpharetta. Nancy, a native of Georgia, started swimming
at a very young age through high school. Nancy attended
Lenior-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC on a softball scholarship.
Coach Williams studied physical education & athletic training.
She received a graduate assistantship as an athletic trainer at the
University of Mississippi while taking graduate studies in Exercise
Science. She entered the coaching world in 1999 in Jackson, MS with
the Sunkist Swim Team for 2 1/2 years and also coached for Swim
Atlanta for 2 1/2 more years. Coach Williams has performed
duties as an assistant coach, head age group coach, masters coach,
as well as start up programs & clinics. Nancy is the Alpharetta
Masters coaches for the Monday, Wednesday & Friday Group at
8:30/9:00 am.
 Beau R CaldwellCoachEmail
Beau joined the Dynamo staff in October 2007 and currently coaches
AG2 and Green groups in Alpharetta. Beau grew up in Columbus, Ohio,
and swam competitively for the Upper Arlington Swim Club and Upper
Arlington High School teams. Beau continued his swimming career at
Clarion University of Pennsylvania where he earned a bachelors
degree in social studies education and NCAA All-American honors.
Beau went on to earn his master’s degree in secondary
education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania where he was
an assistant swimming coach for two seasons and oversaw the
team’s recruiting. Beau has spent the past 4 summers as a
swim camp counselor at the Longhorn Swim Camp in Austin, Texas.
Beau enjoys traveling in his spare time.
 Michael P KirkpatrickCoachEmail  Amanda R HowardCoachEmail
Amanda joined the Dynamo coaching
staff September 2008 to oversee Age Group III, Gold and Green
Groups. Since then she has worked with a good portion of the groups
at Chamblee, including Green, Gold, Age Group III, Senior III, and
Masters. Amanda, from Martins Ferry, Ohio, was
raised being surrounded by the sport of swimming. She swam on
summer league teams up to high school. Amanda continued her
swimming career at Youngstown State University in Ohio where she
was a walk-on her first year, and later on a scholarship athlete.
It was during her undergraduate studies that she began coaching and
during those five years worked with summer league, age group, and
also volunteered with her varsity team as well as a semester
internship with Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. She earned
her Bachelors of Applied Science in Exercise Science in
2006.
Amanda received a graduate
teaching assistantship at James Madison University in Virginia,
where she continued her coaching career with Valley Area Swim Team.
Summer of 2007, Amanda had an internship with the U.S. Olympic
Committee in Colorado Springs, Colorado where she worked with
Performance Services. She has recently graduated with her Masters
of Science Degree in Kinesiology before moving to Georgia. Amanda
has spent 3 of the past 4 summers as a swim camp counselor at the
Longhorn Swim Camp in Austin, Texas. There she continued learning
and practicing her knowledge of the sport, especially with
technique. Amanda is an ASCA Level 2 certified coach, and continues
to gain knowledge in the sport of swimming through coaching and
education.
 Ryan BriedCoachEmail
Ryan swam for twelve years and began coaching in 1995 as an age
group assistant to his father at Pasco Suncoast Swim Team in west
Florida. Next he helped found Tampa Bay Community Aquatics in 2000
as the Head Age Group Coach and later satellite branch Head
Coach/Director in his hometown Hudson, Florida. TBAY finished top
10 at the state level 12 straight times and culminated with a Jr.
National Team Championship in summer 2006. He continued on to the
Clearwater Aquatics Team as the Head Age Group and Masters coach,
leading the age groupers to two 4th place state team finishes. In
October 2008 Ryan became the Dynamo Senior 2/Age Group 1 coach at
Alpharetta, setting out to equip the swimmers with the training and
life skills needed for the top level of swimming in the Dynamo
organization and beyond.
Ryan has worked with all levels of swimmers from age group and
Senior State champions, Top-16 ranked swimmers, Olympic Trialists,
and swim schoolers. He coaches with the philosophy that proper
technique leads to a longer and faster swimming career, and that
demonstrating consistent enthusiasm and energy on deck serves as a
means to express his passion for the sport while modeling the
positive attitude and focus he expects from his
athletes.
Ryan has been married to his wife Sabryna for almost nine years who
he has three wonderful boys with Jimmy, Tommy, and Gus. They love
spending time playing sports, hiking, camping, surfing, and
fishing.
 Chrys RandolphCoachEmail
Chrys Randolph has been passionate about coaching and motivating
young swimmers since she began coaching at age 18. She has
been involved with Dynamo for over 17 years, having previously
coached for the club and is the parent of three Dynamo
athletes. Her youngest child currently swims for Georgia
Tech.
Coach Randolph grew up in California and began swimming
competitively at age 9 as a summer league teammate of Olympian Matt
Biondi.. She was a 4 year Varsity swimmer at Willamette
University in Oregon where she received All American honors, was a
National Champion and was named the University’s Woman
Athlete of the Year.
After moving to Georgia Coach Randolph spent time as Aquatics
Director of a local swim club and Director of Member Services at a
large health club before becoming head coach for the boys and
girls swim team and assistant coach for the boys and girls cross
country team at nearby Lakeside High School. In 2005 Chrys
was selected by her peers as the 1-4A Georgia High School Girls
Swim Coach of the Year. She was also the first Coordinator for the
DeKalb Swim League when Dynamo began running the organization in
2006.
“To guide a young person to engage in their talents and
desires so that they believe in their abilities and reach their
goals (while having fun) is my daily mission.”
 Amanda TarpleyCoach/Dynamo JuniorsEmail  Mike CotterDynamo Pool Management, CEOEmail  Edie WunderlichOffice ManagerEmail Justin Kendall Alpharetta Facility DirectorEmail  Tennent Simpson Chamblee Facility DirectorEmail Diana StephensCoachEmail Catie Curranccurran128@gmail.comEmail
Bob AndersonExecutive Board Member, PresidentEmail Michael EriksenExecutive Board Member, Vice-PresidentEmail Ramsey ElGoymayelExecutive Board Member, TreasurerEmail Anita DamonExecutive Board Member, SecretaryEmail Bill SappBoard MemberEmail Gayle StaberBoard MemberEmail Pat DalyMeet Manager ChairEmail Edward SaltzmanMeet Schedule ChairEmail Chip HarveyDynamo Pool Management Chair Email Charlotte FallonBoard MemberEmail Rick LockardEx-officioEmail
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