Scott Griffith

Head Coach (Preseniors/Novice)

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Scott joined the GSC team as head coach in the fall of 2004.  Since his arrival in Juneau, the team has doubled in size, gone from no qualifying senior sectionals swimmers to 14.  5 of those swimmers have gone on to achieve Junior National standards.  Scott was awarded Alaska Senior Coach of the year in 2006, 2007, and 2009.

Scott is also a former swimmer and graduate of the University of Virginia. His career began in 1993, coaching numerous summer league swim teams. Scott served as an assistant coach for years before taking the role as head coach and aquatics director from 1999 - 2004. During his tenure in Virginia, his swimmers achieved many distinguishing honors. Scott has coached High School All-Americans, YMCA All-Americans, YMCA National Record Holders, numerous Top 16 athletes, Junior National qualifiers, Eastern Zone qualifiers and champions, and Virginia state record holders. Scott has also served time as president of the Virginia YMCA Swimming league and is currently an ASCA level III coach.  

Scott has a passion for the sport of swimming and enjoys every moment he gets to share with young athletes. While at GSC, Scott’s goal is help swimmers achieve their goals as well as learn the many wonderful values and lessons the sport has to offer.

Kathrin Millhorn

Head Coach Age Group

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Kathie started swimming when she was 12 years old. Her first competitive experience was on the Wenatchee Swim Team and then with the Eastmont Barracudas Swim Team. She has been in the aquatic instruction field for 23 years and a swim coach for 21 years. Her coaching career began with the Bellingham Swim Team while attending Western Washington University. In 1987, Kathie started coaching for GSC as a volunteer substitute coach. Since that time, she has served as an assistant coach as well as interim head coach.

John M Wray

Assistant Coach (National Group)

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Jan Rumble

Assistant Coach (Developmental/PS)

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Nichole E O'Brien

Assistant Coach (Developmental/Novice)

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Lisa Jones

Assistant Coach (Developmental/Novice)

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Jenni McMaster

Assistant Coach (Age Group)

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Thea Howard

Assistant Coach

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Thea Howard has been a GSC Assistant Coach since 2005.  She has 14 years experience as a Water Safety Instructor, and has coached several other sports, including:  volleyball, basketball, and softball.  One of her greatest coaching achievements was guiding a girls’ high school basketball team through a nine-game post-season winning streak.  Thea was a two-sport varsity athlete in college at Barnard College, Columbia University, and a four-sport varsity athlete in high school at JDHS. 

Thea began competitive swimming at the age of 9 in a summer recreation-league program in Omaha, Nebraska.  Her favorite swimming memory from childhood is getting a best time and a second-place finish during a race where her coach got her to the pool late, she missed warm-ups, the announcer said her name wrong, and she felt like she was going slower than ever.  Currently, she doesn’t get much time to train in the water, because she spends most of her extra energy working with GSC swimmers and playing with her two daughters, Cameron and Audrey.  Thea has a goal of one day competing as an entire family in a triathalon.

Jason Wilson

Assistant Coach

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