Coaches & Directors

Laurie Reaburn

Head Coach

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Laurie brings to COOL an incredible amount of both swimming and coaching experience. Laurie has been swimming competitively for over 25 years.  She was recruited to swim for the Royal Military College of Canada and served as a Navy Diving Officer for 6 years. Laurie continues to swim with United States Masters and currently holds 12 Missouri Valley Masters Records in her age group. Most recently she posted Top Ten finishes in all of her events at USMS Nationals where she has competed for the last four years. Her top finish was 2^nd place in the 400 IM in 2007.

Tyler Henn

Lead Site Coach

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“Helping swimmers progress and do well is so rewarding. My goal as a coach is to help each and every swimmer improve and reach his/her potential.” 

Tyler joined the COOL coaching staff in 2009 and brings to the deck a great enthusiasm for the sport and a love of coaching. He swam for his Minnesota high school team and then for Blue Valley West High School. Tyler’s aquatic background goes back ten years and includes swim lesson instructor for all ages and a lifeguard instructor.  He is currently a teacher and swim instructor for the Blue Valley school district. Tyler is COOL's lead coach at the Pioneer Trail practice site. 

Caitlin O'Malley

Assistant Coach

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Caitlin steps on deck with a well-rounded swimming background.  Growing up she swam with the Prairie Village summer league and went on to swim for her high school varsity team.  In additon, she has many years of swim lesson experience under her belt as well as 3 years of coaching the Overland Park summer league team.  Caitlin is currently a nursing student at UMKC.

Cortney Norman

Assistant Coach

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“Getting to know the kids is definitely the best part about being a swim coach!”

Cortney also joined the COOL coaching staff in 2009 and uses her background with children to understand and encourage COOL’s novice swimmers. Her swim experience includes 4 years competing on a recreational swim team as well as teaching swim lessons at Prairie Life Fitness. Cortney currently works as a nanny and is majoring in Early Childhood Education at JCCC. 

Jennifer Wolford

Assistant Coach

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Jenn began competitively swimming at age 7 with the COOL Waves and continued swimming through high school with the Olathe Lightning.  Highlights of her swimming career include being a member of Olathe East's state champion team two years in a row as well as swimming on a state champion relay. In addition to teaching swim lessons, Jenn has coached for the Overland Park Waves for the past two summers. She graduated from KU in 2008 with a degree in Business Marketing and is currently in graduate school at Avila University pursuing a Secondary Mathematics certificate.  Coach Jenn was an Olathe Lightning's assistant coach last season and we are excited to have her on deck again this year at the Pioneer Trail site.

Kristin Rhodes

Assistant Coach

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Kristin brings to the deck an incredible amount of competitive swimming experience, including 10 years on the Curl Burke Swim Club in Virginia and 4 years of collegiate swimming at University of Virginia. Her accomplishments include competing at both Junior and Senior Nationals as well as at the finals of the ACC Conference meet in the 100 and 200 breaststroke.  Kristin's coaching experience ranges from over 300 hours of private lessons to 4 years as head coach of the Truro Swim Team in Arlington, VA.  Kristin and her husband two children - one is a COOL swimmer and one is a superhero.

Kristin Reno

Level 5 Swim School Coach

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COOL is delighted to have Kristin take the lead as the team's head precompetitive coach.  She began her swim career in Manhattan, KS competing with the Manhattan Marlins from age 10 to 18.  She also lifeguarded and taught swim lessons for 5 years.  Kristin brought her enthusiasm for coaching and love of the sport to the deck in the summer of 2010 as she worked with COOL's novice swimmers.  She and her husand have 3 children, all who swim for COOL. 

Aleks Tasic

Level 5 Swim School Coach

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As an accomplished athlete, Aleks brings dedication and commitment to the sport of swimming to COOL.  His athletic achievements include multiple high rankings in national Ironman competitions as well as qualification for Team USA at the 2009 Triathalon Nationals. As a youth in Yugoslavia, Aleks was a member of several nationally ranked flat water/sprint kayaking teams.  Currently he is a pilot for Net Jets, Inc and he and his wife have two children who both swim for COOL.  Aleks will be coaching the precompetitive swimmers alongside Kristin Reno. 

Amy Ziegler

Swim School Coach/Assistant Coach

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Competitive swimming has been a part of Amy's life as long as she can remember.  She grew up as a member of several Kansas City summer leagues and year-round teams as well as the Blue Valley North High School team.  Amy still enjoys swimming and is currently a part of the Prairie Life Masters program. Her love for the sport is reflected in her work as a lesson instructor and as the swim club coach at Prairie Life Fitness in Overland Park. Amy is a COOL Swim School coach as well as an assistant coach for the team.  

Britney Fellhoelter

Swim School Coach/Assistant Coach

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Colleen Jogan

Swim School Coach

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