The Athlete
I started racing at 8 years old and didn't stop for 18 years. Calgary with Cascade Swimming. St. John's with the Legends. Varsity at Dalhousie University in Halifax. National-level competition in both swimming and rowing. That's not biography — that's the foundation of everything I coach.
I know what it feels like to stand behind the blocks when the gap between training and performance feels impossible to close. I know what it takes to close it. And I know what coaches do — and don't do — that makes the difference.
The Coach
When I moved to the deck, I brought the same obsessive attention to detail I learned as an athlete. Twenty years later, I've coached at every level from age group through senior — and the one thing that hasn't changed is what I believe about athletes: the technical work matters, and so does knowing who you are when you're doing it.
At Brentwood Seawolves, I inherited a senior group that had produced one sectionals qualifier in five years. Three years in, we have five — with the rest of the group holding Far Westerns qualifying times. I developed Colton Oravec from a recreational summer league swimmer into a Futures qualifier. I coached Matthew Nakayama to a 20.58 personal best in the 50 free and a signed letter of intent to the University of the Pacific.
Those results don't come from technique alone. They come from a system — and from athletes who know who they are in the water before they get in it.
The Framework
The Podium Method is the intellectual architecture behind everything I do on the deck, in the content I create, in the book, and in every talk I give. It's a ten-component system built around one belief: that competitive athletes who understand their identity perform better, more consistently, and with more durability than those who don't.
It's not sports psychology. It's not motivational theory. It's a coaching system built from decades on both sides of the lane rope — tested on real athletes, in real competition, under real pressure.
The Creator
I launched Between The Laps on YouTube and built Swim Accelerator on Skool because the coaching I do privately deserves a wider audience. The athletes and coaches who need this work aren't always in my pool.
Pressure to Podium came from the same place. It's the mental side of competitive swimming written for athletes who are ready to go there — not a self-help book dressed in swim gear, but a performance framework built from the inside out.
I'm based in the East Bay, California. I coach full-time at Brentwood Seawolves, where I take over as Head Coach in Fall 2026. Everything else — the channel, the community, the book, the speaking work — is built around the same goal: helping athletes and coaches close the gap between where they are and what they're capable of.
