COACHES
Matt is beginning his 2nd
year as Head Coach of the HEAT program. Matt also will begin his 2nd
season as Head Coach of the Hudson High School Swimming and Diving team.
He is also the city of Hudson's Aquatic Director and heads up the 4th
and 5th grade East Woods Elementary PE Swim program.
Coach Matt's main HEAT coaching responsibilities are with the Gold and
Silver groups. Matt began his swimming career with
Silver Lake County Club at the age of 8 and with the Western Reserve
Searider's. He was a 4 year varsity swimmer and 1 year captain at
Stow-Munroe Falls HS where he held 4 team records. He was also 4
year varsity swimmer and 3 year captain at Hiram College. His
coaching background spans from College, USA, High School, and to
YMCA. Matt began his coaching career at Hiram College where he was
the men's and women's assistant coach for 2 seasons. During that
time Matt helped coach an NCAA Div III National Champion and 6 x
NCAA Div III All-American. Also while coaching at Hiram Matt also
worked as a Sr. level assistant and age group coach for the Solon
Stars Swim Club. Matt then took the Head Coaching position at
Cuyahoga Falls HS as well as the Head USA coach for the Cuyahoga
Falls Tigersharks. During his 3 years in Cuyahoga Falls he produced
the first HS All-Americans and state finalists. He coached 3
All-Americans and had 9 All-Ohio performances, and his swimmers
broke 9 of the 11 school records. He also coached swimmers at 4
YMCA National Championships and had 3 YMCA All-Americans. During
his first season at Hudson High School his girls team won their
first ever Sectional title and finished 3rd at the NE
District Meet. His team (boys and girls) had more swimmers at the
NE District Meet than any other teams. The team broke 4 school/pool
records and had 3 All-Ohio performers. During his 1st
year his swimmers broke more than 30 HEAT short course and long
course records. He also took 13 swimmers to the Speedo USA
Sectional meet in July of 2007.
Katherine is excited to be starting HEAT
again with all the new faces and families! This is her sixth
year with the HEAT team, and third as the Head Age Group Coach. This
will also be Katherine's sixth year with the Hudson High School
Swimming and Diving team as the Assistant Coach.
Her main groups are Blue and
Gold. She also coaches the Eastwood's AM group, along with some
Silver and Red. Her experience and knowledge in swimming is
passionately delivered to any age, and she enjoys working with all
levels of swimmers. Katherine has helped coach the HEAT team to more
than 50 short and long course records, and taken 13 swimmers to the
Speedo USA Sectional meet in July. Also coaching several high school
All-American Swimmers and Scholars to four Cup Championships, a
Sectional title, and District and State levels. Katherine's love for swimming began with
a summer swim team she joined as an 8 year old in Grosse Pointe,
Michigan where she grew up. Seeing early success, she joined the
Pointe Aquatics USS Swim Team and swam year round earning several
High Point awards for her age group. As a High School swimmer,
Katherine earned four letters, one as a freshman at Grosse Pointe
South High School, and three at Hudson High School, where she moved
as a sophomore. She was also captain of the girls team, and Ray
Heiser Award recipient in 1999. Katherine graduated from Hudson in
1999, and continued her education at Ohio University. Other than coaching, Katherine loves to
spend time with her family and friends. She comes from a big family
with three sisters, who she loves to shop and play board games with.
Katherine also loves to ski in the winter, and even more so relax in
the sun!
Jen Beatty, 2005 Walsh Jesuit graduate
and four year letter recipient. She is a junior at the University
of Akron, majoring in middle level education. Her concentration is
math and science. She swam competitively for over ten years with
the Cuyahoga Falls YMCA & USA teams, Silver Lake Country Club, Walsh
Jesuit HS and as a freshman at California University of PA. As a
high school swimmer Jen was a four year district qualifier and a two
time State qualifier placing 6th in the 2005 Ohio State
Championship 200 FR relay. During the 2006-2007 season she was
Asst coach at Revere High School. In her spare time Jen works at
National Machine and is an active member of Delta Gamma Sorority!
Cole was a 4-year varsity swimmer and
1-year captain at Hudson High School from 1999-2003. He then played
water polo for one season at Ohio University. Cole graduated from
Ohio University in 2007 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and is
currently attending law school at the University of Akron. Cole has
coached the juggernaut Hudson Swim Club Typhoons summer league team
for the past 5 seasons, and for the last 3 he has been the Head
Coach.
Bio coming soon!
Bart grew up in
Sagamore Hills and starting swimming at age 10 for Southeast YMCA in
Bedford. He swam for Garfield Heights Trinity High School for four
years and was Cleveland District champion twice in the 200 IM. He
also held the Cleveland District record for the 200 IM. |
He went
on to swim for Penn State University for 4 years and was captain his
senior year. He received the McCoy award for the university's top
student-athlete for class of 1991.
After getting his PhD in
engineering from Penn State, Bart returned to Ohio in 1996 and
joined Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1998 as a Research
Engineer.
Bart has spent the last 6 years as a coach for
Stow-Munroe Falls High School serving as the head coach for the last
3 years. He enjoys spending
time away from the pool playing with his two daughters, Megan and
Amanda.
Scott attended Brunswick High school where he was a member of their
Varsity swim team for 4 years.
In addition to the HEAT, Scott has coached two other swim teams
including Forest Hills Swim Team and Redwood Swim Club. Scott also
runs the Colorado timing system at the University of Akron for all
hosted meets. Currently Scott is a student at the University of
Akron where he is studying to be a Speech Pathologist as well as
completing a minor in Counseling. In his spare time Scott is an
active member of the city of Akron working as a mentor in the local
schools as well as life guarding at the local area pools. This will
be Scott’s second year with HEAT, where he will be the main coach
for the Blue Group.
John was
excited to join the HEAT coaching staff in 2007. He graduated from Kent Roosevelt
High School in 2001. He was a four-year letter winner for the Rough
Riders and was team captain for two years.
John continued swimming for Hiram
College, and received his Bachelors of Arts in May of 2005. As
a Terrier, he was a four-year letter winner, team captain his
Junior and Senior years, and currently holds five school
records. John started his coaching career in
the summer of 2004, with Silver Lake County Club where he spent
three years.
He worked as an assistant at Cuyahoga Falls High
School in 2005-2006 season. Most recently he coached with the
WRS Searider's before coming to HEAT.
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