COACHES

Matt Davis - Head Coach coachmatt@hudsonheat.com

Coach Matt became Head Coach of the Hudson Explorers Aquatic Team (HEAT) in 2005.  He is also the Head Coach of the Hudson High School team as well as the The Director of Aquatic Director for Hudson City Schools and heads up the 4th and 5th grade East Woods Elementary PE Swim program.

During Matt's tenure the HEAT record books have been rewritten.  Since 2005 there have been more than 200 HEAT team records broken during the short course and long course seasons.  Matt has led the HEAT to top 3 team performances the last 2 Lake Erie short course Championships.  HEAT has had 3 swimmers qualify for USA Jr. Nationals in the past 3 years.  Matt was voted as Lake Erie Sr. Coach of the year in 2009 by his peers.   Matt has led the Hudson HS Girls varsity team to 2011 District Championship, 2010 District Runner-up, and 5 Sectional Championships in his first 5 season and 2010 District runners up.  Under the direction of Matt the Hudson HS boys varsity team were Sectional Champions in 2009, 2010, 2011 and Districts runner-up in 2009, 2011.

Since 2008 the Varsity teams had more swimmers and divers than any other team qualify for the NE District meet.  During his first 5 seasons at Hudson High School the team has broken 18 varsity and pool records, 7 Swimming/Diving All-Americans, 20 Academic All-Americans, and 30+ All-State performances.
 

Katherine Kleinert - Asst Senior Coach/Head Age Group Coach
coachkatherine@hudsonheat.com

Katherine is excited to be starting HEAT again with all the new faces and families!  She started with the HEAT in 2001 and became the Head Age Group Coach in 2004. Katherine is also an assistant coach with Hudson High School Swimming and Diving a position she has held since 2004. 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 - Assistant Age Group Coach

Jen is ready to begin a new season!  Jen started with HEAT in 2006.  Jen will be working with a variety of groups this year.  She enjoys coaching all the swimmers, watching them race at meets, and getting to know them personally. Jen began swimming competitively at the age of 10.  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.  She graduated from Walsh Jesuit in 2005 and was a four year letter recipient.  She also graduated from the University of Akron with a bachelors in Middle Level Education.  Her concentrations are to teach both Mathematics and Science. Jen is currently in her second year of teaching at Incarnate Word Academy in Parma Heights.  She teaches Math to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. In her spare time Jen likes to travel, relax in the sun, be outside, cook, and spend time with her friends and family.  Jen is engaged and plans to get married in the summer of 2012!    

Cole Braham - Assistant Age Group Coach

Cole joined HEAT in 2007 as an age-group coach with HEAT. His main focus is on the younger swimmers in the red group, but he looks forward to being involved with all the groups as well. Cole was a four-year varsity swimmer and one-year captain at Hudson High School from 1999-2003 where he and the guys in his class finished 39-0 in dual meets during that span. He then played water polo for one season at Ohio University. Cole graduated from OU in 2007 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and is currently in his second year at the University of Akron School of Law. Before the team disbanded, Cole coached the juggernaut Hudson Swim Club Typhoons summer league team for five seasons, three of which he was the head coach. He led the team to back-to-back AMSA league championships in 2006 and 2007. In his free time, Cole is big into football, basketball and baseball.

He thinks he and his fellow die-hard Cleveland sports fans deserve a title sometime in the near future... especially while he is still in town to enjoy it.  

Holly Kear - Assistant Age Group

Holly Kear joined Hudson HEAT and Hudson High School Swim Team in 2011.

She enjoys coaching all age groups of swimmers and witnessing the amazing goals they can accomplish. Holly began swimming competitively at the age of 5.

She swam competitively for over ten years with the Massillon YMCA Team, Massillon Aquatic Club, and Massillon Washington High School.  As a Massillon Tiger Shark swimmer Holly was a four year letter recipient and four year district qualifier.

She graduated from Washington High School in 2004 and continues to make swimming an important part of her life. Holly went on to attend Kent State University where she studied Early Childhood Education.  She graduated from Kent State in May 2010 and has had various experiences in school districts surrounding the Hudson area within the past year.  For the past 5 summers Holly has served as the Head Coach for Shady Hollow Country Club Swim Team and is currently a Title I Reading Tutor for Kent City Schools for the 2011-2012 school year.   In her spare time Holly likes to swim, run, play tennis, enjoy other outside activities, watch the Ohio State Buckeyes and spend time with her friends and family. 

Bart Kimble - Assistant Age Group/Sr. Coach

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 Pietrasz - Assistant Age Group Coach

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. Scott joined HEAT in 2007. He will be working primarily with the White Group.

Warren Schneider - Assistant Age Group Coach

Coach Warren is 1982 graduate from Euclid High School where he started swimming and playing water polo. He swam breaststroke and the butterfly, In 1997 Warren became an Ohio High School Swimming and Diving Official, officiating countless meets in Northeast Ohio at all levels of competition.

Since 2005 Warren has been the Assistant Swim Coach at Stow- Munroe Falls High School where he earned the nickname “W”. Warren’s community involvement includes coaching soccer for one of his four daughter’s Stow Soccer Club GASA teams from 2003 to 2007 and a former member of Munroe Falls city council.

Warren joined HEAT in 2010 as an age group coach working with the blue group and the senior level swimmers and loves every second of it.

In his spare time he enjoys Ohio State football, running and spending time with his wife, Terri, and four daughters Katie, Emily, Lauren and Olivia. Warren’s running accomplishments include participating in the Stow 4th of July race, The Great New Years Eve Race in Stow and the Akron Road Runner half marathon.