Meet our Coaches

If you have any questions related to workouts, meets, events, or goal setting, please contact your swimmer's coach.

For all administrative questions such as dues, membership, safety, or policy issues, please contact Donna Davis in the office at 225-578-5078

Coaching Staff

Dave Geyer

Program Advisor

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David Geyer, has been with Tiger Aquatics for 3 years as Head Coach and was recently announced as Head Coach of LSU Swimming and as such will continue to provide leadership and direction for Tiger Aquatics as Program Advisor.  In three short years, under Dave’s guidance the Tiger Aquatics program has improved from 7th in the state to it’s recent 2nd place finish at the 2009 long course championship.

In the water Coach Dave has had multiple top 16 rankings with his athletes, including Grant Grenfell’s #1 US ranking in the 400 IM as a 12 year old.  Two athletes have been selected for the National Zone Select Camp.  Four athletes have achieved NCSA Junior National standards.  Coach Dave also trained Estonia’s Miko Malberg during his post graduate career leading up to the Beijing Olympics and the 2008 European Short Course Championships.

Prior to arriving in Baton Rouge, Geyer gathered five years of coaching experience on the collegiate and club levels. The Pittsburgh, Pa., native served as an assistant coach at Mecklenburg Aquatics from 2002-05. Before his three-year stint at Mecklenburg, Geyer was an assistant at his alma mater of Shippensburg University from 1999-2001. He helped train all levels of athletes from developmental to national.

A talented athlete himself, Geyer was a four-time All-American in relays at Shippensburg. He graduated from Shippensburg with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1999 before receiving his master’s degree in counseling in 2001. Geyer’s leadership skills did not go unnoticed as he received the Rick Marlin Scholarship Award while serving as a team captain.

Geyer is married to the former Lyndi Croft of State College, Pa. The couple has two daughters, Maddilyn, 5 and Kayda, 2.

Craig W Harris

Head Coach/Club Development

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Craig received a BS in Education from The University of Louisiana-Monroe in May 2000.  From then until 2010 he has been Senior Assistant Coach with City of Plano Swimmers in the Dallas area.  In 2007 he was assigned additional responsibilities as Marketing/PR Coordinator with City of Plano Swimmers. 

Craig began his swimming career in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he swam for the Natchitoches Northwestern Neptune’s.  In his senior year of High School he joined the Indian Aquatic Club in Monroe, Louisiana with Coach John Pittington.  He attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe (Division 1) on a four-year swimming scholarship under Coach Pittington and was Co-captain his Junior and Senior years at ULM.

Craig's coaching career began during college with several summer league swim teams and coached with Indian Aquatic Club part-time.  He spent his 5th year of college as a student assistant coach under Coach Pittington.

After graduation Craig was Plano Senior High School Head Swimming Coach 2000-2007 where he had many significant accomplishments:

2 High School National Champions, 62 Swimming All-Americans, 4 Academic All-Americans, 40 All-State Swimmers, 7 State Champions, 15 School Records Broken, 6 Girls District Championships, 7 Girls Regional Championships, 4 Boys District Championship, 2 Boys Regional Championships, 1 Texas 5A State Record Holder, 2 Texas 5A Male Swimmers of the Year, 6 National Federation of State High School Associations Swimming Honor Role Swimmers. Girls State Meet Finishes (2001-2007) – 5th, 3rd, 6th, 4th, 4th, 2nd, 4th.  Boys State Meet Finishes (2001-2007) – 17th,15th, 6th, 7th, 17th, 11th, 3rd.  Boys Dual Meet Record 59-10, Girls Dual Meet Record 67-2, Combined (2001-2007) 138-12.

Region Women’s Coach of the Year 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Region Men’s Coach of the Year 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
District Men’s Coach of the Year 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
District Women’s Coach of the Year 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Plano Senior High School Honor Teacher of the Year Finalist 2002
Dallas Morning News Area Coach of the Year  2006
ASCA Level 5 Coach

Senior Assistant Coach City of Plano Swimmers 2000-2010:

2 National Champion Relay (13-14 Girls 800 Free Relay LC 2003 & 13-14 Boys 800 Free Relay SC 2008 also set National Age Group Record), 24 State Champions, 3 Southern Zone Champion, and 45 National Top Sixteen Swimmers.  2 state record holding relay, 12 USA Swimming Junior National Qualifiers, 2 Texas Age Group Team State Championships

Coached 8 swimmers to Southern Zone Camp Selection
Assistant Coach North Texas Zone Team
Assistant Coach North Texas All-Star Team
Assistant Coach USA Swimming Regional Select Camp 2004-2005
Assistant Coach USA Swimming Southern Zone Select Camp 2007
Assistant Coach USA Swimming National Select Camp 2009
Head Coach USA Swimming Central Zone Select Camp 2009

Craig has been married to his wife Sarah since 2000 and they have two daughters Maddie, who is 9 and Ally, who is 5.  Craig's Mom, Dad, and brother all are LSU Alumni.

Jeannine Malbrough

Head Age Group Coach

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Jeannine Malbrough enters into her 3rd year with Tiger Aquatics in 2010 and recently became full-time Assistant Head Coach.  She currently coaches the Tigers group and in addition, coaches our Masters morning group and conducts several Masters clinics throughout the year.
 
Jeannine is a recent graduate of LSU (2005); and a former member of the LSU Swimming and Diving Team. Jeannine brings to Tiger Aquatics several years of coaching experience from summer league, middle school, and high school; as well as being a 3 year varsity letterman on the LSU Swimming and Diving team, specializing in breaststroke and IM. She was a member of SEC Championship team and the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
Jeaninine is a native of New Orleans where she attended Mount Carmel Academy. She was team captain and a three-year letterwinner. Consensus all-district, all-metro, all-state selection freshman, junior and senior years. Zone champion in the 100 breast. Member of high school state champion squad. Graduated with honors and was also named a "Who’s Who Among American Students". Presented President’s PSAT award.
 
Jeannine has 3 brothers Joey, Garrett, and J.R.; and 2 sisters Allison and Meghan. Her birthday is 11-13-1984. Jeannine loves LSU football and baseball!

Brandy M Collins

Head Paws/Cubs Coach

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Brandy Collins
Position: Assistant Coach
Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
High School: Sabino HS
Alma Mater: Arizona
Graduating Year: 2008
Experience: 1st Year
 
Brandy Collins Bio
 
 

Former Arizona graduate assistant coach and Ford Aquatics age-group coach Brandy Collins joined the LSU swimming and diving staff on June 7, 2010, co-head coach David Geyer announced.

Collins, the captain of Arizona's first and only NCAA championship team in 2008, comes to Baton Rouge after serving as a graduate assistant coach for her alma mater and the Silver Group head coach at Ford Aquatics in Tucson, Ariz.

This past collegiate season, Collins worked with the breaststroke and individual medley groups and assisted former Arizona assistant and new Missouri head coach Greg Rhodenbaugh, who coached Annie Chandler to the NCAA title and a new NCAA record in the 100 breast as well as NCAA champions Cory Chitwood (200 backstroke) and Clark Burckle (200 breast).

During her tenure as Silver Group head coach at Ford Aquatics, Collins oversaw the day-to-day operations of the group as well as the training and development of more than 50 swimmers from ages 9-14, while also serving as the head coach of Tucson Tri-Women, playing an integral role in their training for the swimming aspect of their triathlons.

As a student-athlete, Collins was a member of three Pacific-10 championship teams at Arizona in addition to its 2008 NCAA championship team as a sprint butterfly and freestyle performer. She was also an Olympic Trials and NCAA qualifier and was once ranked in the top 20 in the world in the 50-meter fly with a time of 26.7.

A Pac-10 Post-graduate scholarship recipient in 2008, Collins graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies and is currently pursuing a master's in Educational Leadership.

Anna M Mitchell

Coach Paws/Cubs

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Anna Mitchell enters into her 4th year with Tiger Aquatics in 2010 as the Manager of the Tiger Swim School program and recently as one of the Paws group coaches.  Anna's encouraging nature makes her a perfect match for swim school instruction and Paws coaching.  A Baton Rouge local, she will start at LSU as a freshman in the fall. 

Gabriel H Landry

Coach Paws/Cubs

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Gabe Landry is our newest addition to the tiger aquatics staff. A Baton Rouge resident, he graduated from Catholic High School in 2009. Gabe is now a sophomore at LSU majoring in Finance.

Gabe began swimming summer league at a young age and eventually began club swimming at the age of 12. After 6 years of competitive swimming Gabe accumulated many accolades including a 4 time individual state champion as well as numerous top three finishes in State and Zone meets. Gabe was captain of the Catholic High School swim team his senior year and was a member of the all-metro team his sophomore through senior year.

We are very excited about our new addition and look forward to continued success with our Cubs and Paws group.

Donna Davis

Office Financial Manager

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Donna is the Tiger Aquatics Office Financial Manager and joined the staff during the transfer of ownership from the former LSU Swimming Coach to BTAC.  Donna brings excellent organizational skills and financial knowledge to the club office and will be responsible for processing new memberships, billing and accounts receivable as well as other administrative activities.  We welcome Donna and are excited to have her join our staff!

Donna is married to Kenny and they have three children Rosa, Vincent, and Julia, all of who are swimmers. 

Sarah (Manton) Kelley

Swim School

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Sarah (Manton) Kelley is the newest addition to the Tiger Aquatics coaching staff.   Originally from Covington, Louisiana, Sarah is a senior at LSU majoring in Sociology with a minor in Spanish. 

She started swimming competitively her freshman year of high school, and also began swimming and coaching the Kehoe-France Blue Dolphins (now known as BLAST) in Covington, LA. 

Most recently, she worked with the Paula Manship YMCA, starting as a lifeguard and quickly moving up in the organization--coaching the Manship Hurricanes, teaching group and private swim lessons, and eventually becoming the Aquatics Coordinator.  Sarah is excited about her new position at Tiger Aquatics, and her future in the coaching arena.   She is a recent newly-wed,  married to Josh Kelley of Houston, Texas. They are expecting their first child, a girl, in July 2010.

Doug J Shaffer

Diving Coach

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Board of Directors

Keith D Landry

BTAC President

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Brian Petit

BTAC Vice President

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Kathy Grenfell

BTAC Secretary

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Joe Finnegan

BTAC Past President

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Michele LeJeune

BTAC Bingo Director

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John V. V Davis

Board Treasurer

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