TAQ Announces New Head Coach

Tiger Aquatics and the Bengal Tiger Aquatic club are proud to announce the hiring of Craig Harris as their new Head Coach!  Craig is an ASCA Level 5  Coach and will be joining the team the first week of June this year!

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 Neptunes.  In his senior year of high school he joined the Indian Aquatic Club in Monroe, Louisiana with the late Coach John Pittington.  He attended the University of Louisiana-Monroe (Division1) 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 under Coach Pittington.

After graduation Craig was named Plano Senior High School Head Swimming Coach from 2000 to 2007 where he made significant contributions to the high school swimming community.  Since graduation Craig has served as the Senior Assistant Coach with the City of Plano Swimmers and has had numerous accomplishments in this role:

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 9 and Ally 5.  Craig's mom, dad, and brother are all LSU Alumni.

Craig can now be reached via email at craig@swimtaq.com.