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Head Coach Kurt Knoper: Coach Kurt loves coaching kids as they grow into competitive athletes, and has given us 10 years of coaching here at CSC, this year taking the returns as Head Coach.  He is looking forward to fast swims and lots of cheers this summer!

As a child Kurt was thrown into the pool to sink or swim by his loving parents; started  as an age group swimmer in Zeeland and continued through high school and onto college as a OU Golden Grizzly.  There he met his wife Chris, they now have two kids Jack and Libby, and call CSC their summer home.

Kurt has a Masters Degree in Education and is a proud Berkshire Wildcat math teacher. He has coached many teams and sports.  He is currently the Head Swim coach for the Berkshire MS boys and girls teams, assistant coach at Atlantis (BBA), and Michigan Water Polo coach.

Coach Kurt can be reached at headswimcoach@cranbrookswimclub.com

 

Assistant Coaches


Betsey McLachlan: This is my 27th summer coaching at CSC. I grew up swimming at BHAC and continued to swim through college for GVSU.  Currently I teach Third Grade in Waterford and I also coach for Atlantis (BBA) and Berkley Middle School boys and girls swim teams.

I haves 2 kids who participate on our swim team here at CSC, Aidan and Lilly.  Cranbrook is my favorite place to be.  Let’s have a great season!

GOOOO DOLPHINS!

Leah Marchiando: This is my fourth year coaching with Cranbrook Dolphins.  I have grown up on this pool deck as my swimming career began here when I was 6 years old.  I am at graduate of MSU with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology and currently attending Dental School.  I am extremely excited and grateful to a be back this season coaching, and I cannot wait to see what this season brings!  Having the pleasure to grow up here at CSC and now coach this team is something very special to me and I will always hold this experience close in my heart.
Jonah Venos: I am extremely excited to coach another season with Cranbrook Swim Club. I am a graduate of Brother Rice High School and John Carroll University. Swimming is a very integral part of my life – I swam for both Rice and JCU, as well as Beachwood, where my brothers and Dad currently coach. I adore swimming and see coaching as my way of giving back to the sport. In my time as a coach, I worked six summers with Beachwood, a year and a half with NCAT, a USA swim club down in Solon, Ohio, and spent my last year in Tennessee assistant coaching for The University of the South.  Outside of swimming, I was recently accepted to a masters program at U of D Mercy for Applied Data Analytics this upcoming fall. I am a huge Detroit sports fan and love to go to games.

Finley Rijnovean: This is my second summer coaching at CSC. As a former CSC swimmer of 12 years, I feel truly blessed to coach for the same team that I started my swimming career with. Growing up I also swam for Atlantis (BBA) and went to Seaholm High School where I swam all four years. I currently attend Michigan State University, where I just finished up my Freshman year studying business. I’ve made so many great memories with this team as a swimmer and can’t wait to make many more as a coach this summer!






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