I began my coaching career in 1978 coaching the Miramonte Swim Team in Orinda, California. I coached the team four summers while I was in College at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The highlight was an Orinda/Moraga Pool Association championship. The first and only time Miramonte won the championship.

After graduation I was involved in politics working with then Assembly Speaker Willie Brown and now State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell. I also spent time working for the political action committee headed by Cesar Chavez.

I returned to coaching in 1984. I coached with Lamornida Aquatics, now The Terrapin Swim Team and the Walnut Creek Masters Swim Team. At Lamornida Aquatics I worked with numerous Top 16, Junior National and Senior National swimmers. We also won a Masters National Championship in 1987.

I took a break from coaching in 1988 to seek treatment for Cancer. In 1989 I moved to Clearwater Florida and began coaching the Clearwater YMCA Gators. The Clearwater YMCA was a Top Ten team in Florida Swimming. I coached the team’s first Junior National and Top 16 Swimmer.

In 1991 I moved to Connecticut to coach Waves Central Connecticut Aquatics. At Waves I coached the team’s first National top 16, National Age Champion and Junior National swimmers. The Team won the LSC championship and I was named the Coach of the Year in 1998. In 2000, I started coaching the Westport YMCA Swim Team, a perennial Top 10 team at YMCA Nationals. At Westport I worked with several Junior National, US Open, Senior National and Olympic Trials swimmers. While in Connecticut, I was elected twice to the Connecticut Swimming Board of Directors by my fellow coaches.

I finally tired of the Long Island Sound and the New England winters so in the summer of 2002, I returned to California to coach the Escondido Swim Club.

Although I am old, I still like to train. In addition to being fun, I believe that it makes me a better coach. I race with the King’s Seafood Triathlon Team and the Carlsbad Masters Swim Team. When I am not training or coaching I like to go to the beach (even though I am a lousy surfer), eat pizza at Pizza Port in Solana Beach, listen to Jack Johnson and read the New Republic.