The Potomac Marlins have assembled a highly talented and experienced coaching staff in order to provide our swimmers with the highest level of coaching possible. Each of the Potomac Marlin coaches is a certified US Swimming Coach and have many years of experience as swimmers and coaches. In addition to their direct swimming related skills, our coaches are well educated in many other areas and have varied personal interests that give added depth to their teaching capabilities. We believe that swimming coaches must possess multiple levels of personal experience as swimmers as well as excellent teaching and communication skills. The primary directive for all Potomac Marlins coaches is to educate, motivate, and inspire each swimmer within their practice groups towards personal improvement. The Potomac Marlins coaching staff functions as one unit dedicated to the improvement of all Potomac Marlin swimmers sharing in the responsibility and in the combined effort for the success of the team.

Coach Bill Marlin
&
Coach Barry Marlin

In addition, all Marlins coaches have been swimmers themselves through age group, high school, college, and masters programs. We believe first hand knowledge is an essential component in the success of our TEAM and important to our swimmers who are looking for encouragement and direction. Our coaches are certified US Swimming instructors and hold or are pursuing current certifications with the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA).

Head Coaches:

Coach Bill Marlin
Coach Bill is the primary afternoon National & Senior deck coach. Bill also trains the M & W age group program at George Mason University Fairfax. In addition to that, Coach Bill teaches the Friday evening Stroke Workshops at GMU in the spring.

Coach Bill is the Potomac Marlins Team Trainer and is responsible for designing and maintaining the training plan for all Potomac Marlin practice groups. Coach Bill also handles all Potomac Marlins swim meet operations including; meet entries, meet director responsibilities for hosted meets, and related questions. Coach Bill also servers at the Marlins Web Master.

In his 14 years as the Potomac Marlins head coach, Coach Bill has qualified 22 swimmers for Jr. Nationals, (10 boys & 12 girls), 6 swimmers for the US Open (4 girls & 2 boys), 4 swimmers for Sr. Nationals (2 boys & 2 girls), and 3 swimmers for the Olympic Trials, (one girl for the 2000 US Olympic Trials and two boys for the 2008 Olympic Trials)!

Coach Barry Marlin
Coach Barry is the Potomac Marlins Team Manager with responsibilities including pool contract administration, advertising and promotion, team equipment design and procurement, billing, practice and meet scheduling, and day to day operations. Coach Barry teaches the Friday evening stroke workshops and functions as the teams primary substitute when needed.

Assistant Coaches:

	Coach Kevin Ahearn Coach Kevin is the Morning Age Group thru Senior coach at Cub Run Monday - Saturday.
	Coach John Aldonis Coach John is the Jr. Marlins and Age Group coach at Audrey Moore and an assistant AGS coach at GMU
	Coach Bob Brofft Coach Bob is one of the Jr. Marlin and Age Group coaches at Cub Run, JCC and Audrey Moore
	Coach Scott Bryant Coach Scott is the primary Age Group and Junior Marlins coach at JCC Monday through Thursday.
	Coach Steve Ercolano Coach Steve is the Senior and Senior-Prep. coach Monday thru Friday mornings at GMU and is the primary Age Group Select coach at Cub Run Monday thru Thursday evenings. Coach Steve is also one of the Saturday morning Senior Coaches. Coach Steve also handles all of our Team Outfitting.
	Coach Megan Fotheringham Coach Megan is one of the Age Group and Jr. Marlin Coaches at Chinquapin
	Coach Jen Larmer Coach Jen is the Mini team coach at Cub Run.
	Coach Kevin Mallon Coach Kevin is the Age Group and Junior Marlin coach at Lee District Monday through Thursday evenings and on Sunday.
	Coach Anne Muir Coach Anne is one of the Mini Marlins, Junior Marlins and Age Group coaches at Cub Run
	Coach Rick Stakel Coach Rick is the primary Age Group and Junior Marlin Coach at Cub Run Rec. Center Monday thru Thursday evenings and Saturday Mornings.