Susan Curnette, Head of the Coaches Board. Coach Susan was born in Kansas and raised in Oklahoma. Susan swam at the Phillips 66 Splash Club in Oklahoma from age 12 through high school and also 3 year lettered in basketball and slow-pitch softball. She was an Oklahoma State Collegiate Swimmer for three years. She graduated from Oklahoma State with a major in Physical Education/Recreation and minor in Biology. Susan has lived in Florida since 1980. She is currently teaching Marine Biology at Countryside High School and has been since 1983. Her coaching experience includes Head Coach for Tarpon Lake Village Swim Team (which is now Lansbrook), Susan was also Head Coach for Countryside High School 1982-1986 Currently the assistant Coach. Susan has been the Head Coach for Countryside Country Club Aquatics since 1986. She has three great boys: Josh, Dylan and Levi.  Email

Ian O'Neill, President of the Coaches Board and Head Coach of the Countryside Branch of TBAY: Coach Ian is the Aquatics Director for Countryside Country Club and has been in that position since 1991 and is also a Coach for Countryside Country Club Aquatics, their summer league team. He is also the Head Branch Coach of TBAY Countryside , and has been the Head Coach of the Countryside High School Cougars since 1999. Coach Ian was recently named the 2007 All-County "Coach of the Year" by the "St. Petersburg Times" as well as the 2004-2005 PCAC Girls Team "Coach of the Year." Email

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Andrea Gallagher is the Assistant Coach for TBAY-Central's "Lil' Bucs" Program. Andrea’s coaching experience includes nine years with the Penn Charter Aquatic Club in Philadelphia and the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, also in Pennsylvania. Her responsibilities include developing and coaching younger swimmers on the team and assisting Jason as needed with the older kids.  Email

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Scott Hernon, Safety Officer of the Coaches Board and Head Coach of the Dunedin Branch: Besides being a Level 3 ASCA-certified coach, Coach Scott holds a Masters degrees in Sports Science from Ashland University (AU) in Ohio. At AU, Scott became the first 4-year All-American to attend the school; he was listed in the "Who's Who Among College and University Students"; and, was the Recipient of the Jasper Colebank Award "Schools Most Valuable Athlete." 

After a successful college career, Coach Scott enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he earned the rank of Captain and received a "Generals' Letter of of Commendation" for taking part of a physical fitness symposium at Parris Island Recruit Depot. From 1986 to 1993, Scott was the head coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at his alma mater in Ohio. Within a short period of just one year, Scott reinstated AU's men's team and built, from the ground up, the school's first-ever women's team. As well as being selected as the Penn-Ohio Conference's "Coach of the Year" during his tenure at AU, Coach Scott was also elected Meet Director for the 1993 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships.

Coach Scott is married to Doreen, his wife of 19 years, and has a 7-year old son, Camden.  Email

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Hunter's Green

Julia Lamb, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Coaches Board; Head Coach of the  Hunter's Green Country Club Branch in New Tampa: Coach Julia has been a TBAY coach for 5 years.  Was given the opportunity of coaching at the 2006 All-Star meet and is currently the Wharton High School coach. Email

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Roy Wilshire, responsible for Registration and Officials; Besides being the Head Coach of the Lakeland Branch, Roy is an avid runner and triathlete. He belongs to the Lakeland Runners Club and is a member of USA Triathlon. Sharon and Roy have a daughter, Maci, who also competes in the sport of triathlon.   Email

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New Port Richey

Casey Claflin, Head Coach of the New Port Richey Branch: Coach Casey Claflin has had a passion for water his entire life. Besides being a competitive swimmer since the age of 8, Claflin swam under an athletic scholarship for the Gamecocks of the University of South Carolina (USC), where he also received an MBA in Finance. He holds a U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine (Captains) license and, like Coach Kelley Allen, is an avid fisherman. At one point in his past, Claflin’s love for the water led him to run a charter fishing business in Sarasota. Currently, Claflin's involvement with aquatics includes not only overseeing TBAY’s New Port Richey branch but also coaching the swim team at Gulf High School as well as the Tampa Metro Masters. He has also been a coach for the Sarasota YMCA Sharks (SYS) and the Winter Springs High School swim team.

In 2007, Claflin cracked Top 10 US Masters’ Swimming (USMS) short-course and long-course times in the 50, 100 and 200 Backstroke. Since 1999, he has broken 3 Masters' world records although none are currently standing.

Today, Claflin lives in Tarpon Springs (a historic city know for its sponge diving and fishing). He has 2 children—daughter Jessica, 20, and his son, Casey Jr., 18, who still holds the 10&U JO state records in the 50M and 100M backstroke. Email

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Westchase

Kelley Allen, Head Coach of the Westchase Branch: Coach Kelley Allen has been coaching in the Bay area for well over a decade now, and has a solid list of accomplishments. As well as earning his ASCA Level 4 Certification, he was named to the Florida Swimming Zone Team Staff in '04 and '06 He was nominated for Florida Swimming Age Group Coach of the Year in '03. Kelley has coached numerous Jr. Olympic Champs and Jr. Olympic High Point winners and was a member of the staff of two Fl Swimming Jr Olympic Championship Teams. With a proven track record of developing young swimmers Coach Kelley looks forward to another decade of fast swimming at Tampa Bay Aquatics. Email

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