Coach Dave grew up in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He dove into swimming at an early age, racing and progressing from the local summer league team, to USA club swimming, to NCAA athletics. Finding a spot at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2007, graduating with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife in 2012.  After finding the pool was his still calling, he began coaching in 2013. 

2014-2016 Carthage College Graduate Assistant Coach
2015-2016 Pleasant Prairie Patriots Assistant Coach
2016-2019 Pleasant Prairie Patriots Head Senior Coach
2019-2020 Pleasant Prairie Patriots Head Coach
2020-2024 Rocket Aqutatics Head Age Group Coach 

2024- Glacier Aquatic Club

Being around the pool is where much of the positivity in his life has come, not just from the competition, but the commoradorie, the adversity and challenges, and the value of hard work and persistence. Dave believes in the lessons learned in the sport are directly related to those in life. Using swimming as a vessle to teach character, courage, and respect and watching athletes grow as individuals is what drives his passion.  

When Dave is not at the pool, he loves to spend his time in the mountains snowboarding, skinning, or hiking with his dog Marty. 

Angelique grew up in Arlington, Texas, where she began swimming at the age of 8 years old. Angelique swam club with Mid-Cities-Arlington Swim Team year round as well as for her high school swim team before going on to swim at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Angelique graduated from MIT in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Angelique coached MIT Masters Swimming while living in Boston before moving to Houston in 2004 to go to law school. In 2016, Angelique moved to Colorado where she was a coach for Boulder Aquatic Masters, the Fairview High School boys' swim team, and MESA Summer Swim League. In the fall of 2018, Angelique moved to Montana. Angelique is a practicing attorney and loves that she can continue to coach in Montana.

Karen swam competitively growing up in Ohio.  She has taught swim lessons for many years and supervises swim lessons at The Summit.  Karen enjoys identifying new prospective swimmers for GAC in the swim lesson program.  She began working for KATS as a sub/fill-in coach for 2 years and then in 2015, Karen started to work with the beginning/novice KATS.  She continues to work with new swimmers on the newly merged Glacier Aquatic Club team and assists the other groups when
needed.  

A life-long swimmer, Bridgette started in the pool at the age of 9 years old in Wisconsin. She swam through high school and college and continues to swim for the U.S. Masters. Coaching has always been a passion and once she graduated high school, she started coaching for the same YMCA swim team she once swam for.  Now fifteen years later, she has coached for the Fox Cities Swim Team of Wisconsin, Great Falls Peak Waves Swim Team, Electric City Masters Swim Team and now is grateful to be a part of the Glacier Aquatic Club. Swimming has brought her so many life-long friends, travel opportunities and incredible memories.  More than anything, she hopes to support and nurture the same passion and love for the sport that she has. 

Coach Suzanne began swimming in El Paso, TX at the age of 6 on a summer-league team. While she did not pursue swimming in college, she began swimming Masters in her 20’s at Santa Clara Swim Club in California. After moving back to TX, she coached the swimming portion of a youth triathlete team & a masters team in the Woodlands for several years. After moving to MT, she began coaching the Wave Ryders and now Glacier Aquatic Club.  Suzanne continues to swim with the adult team at the Wave. She enjoys open water competition, especially in the ocean. Suzanne’s love for swimming has only increased throughout the years. She prefers to focus on good technique in the water & work one-on-one with kids who want extra coaching. In addition to swimming, Suzanne loves hiking, skiing, CrossFit, & cooking.

Tara grew up in a small town in Alaska and her early swimming years were in a very cold lake because there was no pool close by. She soon joined the new pool 75 miles away and then the first high school swim team.  Following high school, Tara got into triathlons and competed in short course races in college and later three ironman triathlons with her favorite being Ironman Canada when it was held in Penticton BC.. She continues to enjoy open water swims with pool time mixed in when the lakes ice over.  Tara especially likes working with age group swimmers, encouraging them to push themselves but have fun doing it. Getting to know the swimmers and their families is very fulfilling to her.  When she is not around the water, Tara can be found on the trails with her golden retriever or cooking delicious meals with family and friends.