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Ian
Goss - Head Coach
Email: IAN
Ian is a graduate of the University of Arkansas
with a B.S. degree. His professional coaching career spans over
a 20-year period (16th year with the Stingrays) with over 20 years
of competitive swimming experience. Ian is a former team captain
for his alma mater; he represented Great Britain, England and Wales
and is a former Scottish National Champion in the 1500-meter Freestyle.
His accomplishments as a coach include two time Georgia Senior Coach
of the Year, a level 4 ASCA certification, coach of Zone Championship
teams in three states, guest speaker at the Georgia Coaches Clinic,
coach of an Age Group Stroke Technique National Champion and has
been selected by USA Swimming to coach at numerous United States
Swimming sponsored clinics. He has coached all of the Stingrays'
National Championship level swimmers, numerous Top 16 nationally
ranked swimmers, Georgia State record holders, Zone, Region and
State champions. Ian took the reins of Stingrays Swimming in 1992
and with the organization has developed the Stingrays coaching philosophy
of "Training for Life." Ian has also been active member for GA Swimming
being the Senior Chairman from 2001-05 and a member of the GA Swimming
Technical Planning committee since 1995. He is also the Senior Sectional
Chairman and a member of USA Swimming Senior Time Standards Committee.
Ian is married to Cynthia and has a daughter Krista, who attends
and plays Basketball for Hendrix College in Arkansas.
Andrew
J. Baer- West Pool (Brookstone) Lead Coach
Email: ANDY
Coach Andrew started with the Stingrays in
1993; in 1995 he became the Lead Coach of the West Facility. Andrew
was named 2001-2002 Age Group Coach of the Year for the State of
Georgia. He was named as an Assistant Zone Coach in 1998 and the
Head Zone Coach for Georgia in 1999. He has been instrumental in
the development of an Age Group National Record holder, Top 16 nationally
ranked swimmers, Georgia State record holders, Zone, Region and
State champions. Andrew has taken a vital role in Georgia swimming
over the past 5 years. He currently is in his second year as the
Chairperson for the Georgia Coaches Commitee and sits on the Georgia
Swimming Board of Directors. He is a University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate and Schaeffer Scholarship recipient. Andrew also swam and
lettered for the UW and was a High School All-American Consideration
swimmer. Andrew is married to Kelly and has two children Kyle and
Olivia.
Pike
Hightower - Mountain View (MVAC) Lead Coach
Email: PIKE
Pike joined the Stingrays coaching staff in
1994. He swam for Coach Ian from 1986-1988 in Campbellsville Kentucky.
He then went to Miami University (Ohio) on a swimming scholarship,
going on to swim at the U.S. Nationals in 1992. He has been instrumental
in the development of Top 16 nationally ranked swimmers, Age Group
Sectional and State champions. He has been responsible for the development
of the Stingrays' Strength and Conditioning program and manual and
made significant contributions to the Stingrays Age Group program.
Pike was named Head Zone Coach for Georgia and became the Mountain
View Lead Coach in 2003.
Maggie Clifford-
North Pool (Eagle Watch) Lead Coach
Email: Maggie
Maggie joined the Stingrays in 2005.
Nancy
Wunder - Team Administrator
Email: Nancy
Nancy has been with the Stingrays
since "the beginning". She has been a member of the Board of Directors
and a Stingray parent. Nancy knows more about the Stingrays than
many of us ever will. She is the "Vice President of Accounts Payable
and Accounts Receivable". Nancy is a graduate of the University
of Maryland and both daughter, Chandler and son, Spike, were both
members of Stingrays before attending college.
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