Randy Reese
Director of Aquatics
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Randy Reese has been coaching
swimming for the past 34 years. He started his career in
Clearwater then moved to the Bolles School, Episcopal High School /
Randy Reese Swim Team, and then to University of Florida where he
coached the Men’s and Women’s teams to two National
Championships each (Men 1983 & 1984) (Women 1979 &
1982). He has over 14 National Championships for his age group
teams. Most recently the Longhorn Aquatics team where he was head
coach has been ranked the number one club team in the country for
the past three years by USA Swimming Club of Excellence
program.
Coach Reese has personally led over 41 Olympic swimmers to
a combined total of 18 Gold medals, 8 Silver and 9
Bronze. He has coached 6 swimmers who achieved 16 world
records and led 79 Women to achieve over 500 All-American honors
and 60 men reach 200 All-American honors.
Coach Reese’s personal accomplishments
include:
· 1979 Pan
American Games Assistant Coach
· 1980
(Moscow), 1984 (Los Angeles), 1988 (Seoul) USA Olympic
Assistant Coach
· 1982 &
1988 NCAA Women’s Coach of the Year
· 1984 &
1985 NCAA Men’s Coach of the Year
· 1987 Pan
Pacific Games Assistant Coach
· 1997 University
of Florida Hall of Fame Inductee
· 2005
International Swimming Hall of Fame
Inductee
Alex Steger
Coaching Staff
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Alex Steger started coaching in 1996 in
St. Louis, MO, which is where he also grew up and went to
college. He coached there for six years at the Bridgeton Swim
Club and HEAT Swimming at first as an assistant coach and later as
a head coach. After graduating from the University of
Missouri – St. Louis he moved to North Carolina where he
lived for almost five years. The first four years was spent
as an assistant coach at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club (Gold Medal
Club) and the last part was at the Marlins of Raleigh (Silver Medal
Club) as the head site coach for the north location. After
leaving Carolina, he moved to Portland, OR for two and half years
to coach with the Tualatin Hills Thunderbolts (Silver Medal Club)
as the head assistant coach. In his last stop before coming
to Clearwater, he spent fifteen months coaching with the
Men’s Team at the University of Texas at
Austin.
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Alex’s personal accomplishments include:
· helping the
Texas Men finish 2nd at the 2009 NCAA Swimming
& Diving Championships
· helping
swimmers achieve 5 World Records (2 individual, 3
relay)
· helping
swimmers achieve 9 American Records (5 individual, 4
relay)
· helping six
swimmers qualify for the 2009 USA World Championship
Team
· helping
swimmers ages 18&Under achieve approximately 50 ranked swims by
USA Swimming
· helping
swimmers ages 18&Under achieve approximately 20 state/LSC
records
· helping
numerous swimmers ages 18&Under qualify for USA Junior
Nationals and above
· Level 4
ASCA Coaching Certification
Steve Wilson
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Coach Steve Wilson started his coaching
career with the Blue Dolphins and Winter Park High School in Winter
Park, Florida. Right away his teams had success when they won
back to back state championships in 1992 and 1993 with both the
men’s and women’s teams.
When he
left Florida he moved to Kingwood, TX to coach Blue Tide
Aquatics. While at Blue Tide, Coach Wilson’s swimming
not only did great on the local level but succeeded on the national
level as well. His team won Junior Nationals in 2003 and 2004
along with winning the Texas state championships in 2002 (SC and
LC) and 2006 (SC). Many of his swimmers went on to be state
champions and Gulf record holders along with qualifying for
Juniors, Nationals, and Olympic Trials. Additionally, his
swimmers still hold seven National Age Group Records.
After
leaving Blue Tide, Coach Wilson moved back to Florida to pursue
other business opportunities along with coaching part-time at CAT.
We are very excited to have someone of his caliber coaching our
swimmers so they can develop and learn from him.
Coach
Wilson’s other personal accomplishments
include:
· Graduated from the
University of Florida with a Bachelors in Exercise Science and
Sports Administration
· Texas Head Coach of the Year
(2002)
· Texas Age Group Coach of the
Year (1998)
· Gulf Swimming Head Coach of
the Year (2002, 2003, 2005)
· Gulf Swimming Age Group
Coach of the Year (1997, 1998, 1999)
· USA Swimming National
Championship Time Standards Committee
(2002-2004)
· Texas Swimming Association
(1999-2007)
· Gulf Swimming Board of
Directors (1999-2007)
Cathy Frazier
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Coach Cathy joined CAT in the Fall of 2006, and has been
coaching both age group and senior swimmers for the past 5
years.
Coach Cathy’s
accomplishments include:
· Assistant Coach, Lansbrook
Aquatic Club (’01)
· Assistant Coach, East Lake
Woodlands County Club
(’03-’05)
· Junior Varsity Coach
East Lake High School
(’03-’05)
· Head Swim
Coach, YMCA North Pinellas Stroke Clinic
(’01-’06)
· Level 2
ASCA Coaching Certification
Tiger Christian
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Coach Tiger Christian comes to Clearwater with 20 years of swimming
experience. Before moving to Florida, he spent a few months
coaching the East Texas Swim Team (ETEX) in Nacogdoches, TX,
which is his home town. Tiger grew up and lived there until
he was 19 years old. Additionally, while he was in high
school he would also live with his grandparents in the summer to
train with ATAC in Dallas, TX.
After finishing high
school he enrolled at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas
(UNLV). Besides taking classes, he swam on the varsity swim
team for UNLV. Tiger helped the Rebels win three Mountain West
Conference team championships and won individual conference titles
in the 100 and 200 Back, 200 and 400 Medley Relay, and 200 Free
Relay in 2008.
Along with coaching
for CAT, he continues to swim competitively with the Senior group
and hopes to qualify and place at Nationals this summer in Irvine,
CA.
Coach
Tiger’s personal accomplishments:
· Graduating in 2009
from UNLV with a Bachelor’s Degree in University
Studies
· Helping UNLV win three Mountain
West Conference team title
· Won
five individual conference titles in the 100 and 200Bk, 200
and 400MR,
and 200Fr Relay
· Named the Texas 4A State Swimmer
of the Year
