YEARS INVOLVED WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS: 3
SPORTS YOU COACH: Swimming
HOW YOU BECAME INVOLVED: Sue Auvinen was the Head Coach and is a friend of mine. We had played and coached water polo together in the past and she suggested I try Special O.
WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT COACHING SPECIAL O ATHLETES: Everything is new and fresh and the athletes are always so eager to learn. Our athletes genuinely want to be there, which makes it so much more fun to coach. And the smiles and hi-fives are plentiful, even at 6am.
BEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN COACHING: I have created many measurable goals for myself and the team, but they ever evolving and growing. The real accomplishments are: every best time, every hard set completed, every smile from an athlete who has done what they thought they couldn’t, those are all great accomplishments in my books.
