Coaches
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Head Coach: Send coach an email
- Laura Porch
Hello! I'm Coach Laura. I swam competitively for 16 years at several levels. I started in summer swim and had a lot of fun then decided to join my school's team. After doing summer and school swim for a few years, I moved into USA swimming. I swam for Sevier Aquatic Club for most of that time. In high school, I swam unattached for 3 years. All three of those years I went to Sectionals in butterfly and freestyle. The last two of those years I went to Futures for butterfly and freestyle. The last year, I went to Junior Nationals for butterfly, freestyle and the IM. From there I went on to swim at King University for a year and Milligan University for 2 years.
I have been coaching for five years. I am currently the head coach for Knoxville Central High School and Gresham Middle School. I started coaching for them in the fall season of 2018. I started coaching for MAFD in summer of 2019. I started as an assistant coach and then became head coach in summer of 2021.
I am currently doing student teaching with Johnson University, having just graduated in December. I am working towards completing my licensure for K-12 Physical Education. I plan to pursue a master's degree in both teaching and athletic administration.
I love swimming. It's been a large part of my life since I was six years old. I have a passion for making sure kids have the opportunity to learn how to swim and providing them with the space to nurture those skills and succeed.
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Assistant Coaches:
- Austen Reid
Hello, my name is Austen Reid and I have been swimming for about 15 years. I currently swim for Centre College, having qualified each of four years for finals at mid- and end-season meets. I have also been team captain for 1 year.
Before college, I swam summer league with National Fitness Center for 10 years and year round with ACAC for 8 years. During my time with ACAC I qualified for both South Easterns and Senior Sectionals. I also qualified for State in each of the 4 years in high school.
I have coached for the Flying Dolphins for one season.
- Josef Morstatt
- JT Hinsley