ST. AUGUSTINE SWIM TEAM: Cyclone News: ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF.........
ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF......... | |
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| Head Coach Frank Holleman | |
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OUR COACHING STAFF:
FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, SAST HAS BEEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF HEAD COACH FRANK HOLLEMAN.
COACH HOLLEMAN CAME TO SAST IN AUGUST OF 1996. A NATIVE oF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, COACH HOLLEMAN BEGAN HIS COACHING CAREER IN THE SUMMER OF 1981 SUMMER LEAGUE COACH FOR THE FORT CAROLINE CLUB FLYING FISH SWIM TEAM OF THE RIVER CITY SWIM LEAGUE. OVER THE NEXT 6 YEARS, COACH HOLLEMAN SPENT HIS SUMMERS AS SUMMER LEAGUE COACH FOR THE BAKER COUNTY BULLETS OF MACCLENNY, FL. AND DEERWOOD GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB IN JACKSONVILLE, WHILE HIS FALL AND WINTERS WERE SPENT EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA IN TAMPA.
IN THE FALL 1987, COACH HOLLEMAN BECAME HEAD SWIM COACH AT HIS ALAMA MATER, TERRY PARKER HIGH SCHOOL AND HELD THIS POSITION FOR 5 SEASONS. DURING THIS PERIOD, COACH HOLLEMAN FIRST BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH SAST AND SERVED AS A NOVICE/AGE GROUP ASSITANT UNDER HEAD COACH DAVE WILLIAMS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1992, COACH HOLLEMAN BECAME THE HEAD COACH OF THE NAVY JAX SWIM TEAM LOCATED AT NAS JAX. AFTER A BRIEF RETIREMENT FROM COACHING, HOLLEMAN RETURNED TO THE ST. AUGUSTINE AREA IN THE SUMMER OF 1996 TO TAKE OVER SAST AND ALSO SERVE AS HEAD COACH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SWIMMING AT ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL.
COACH FRANK IS ALSO EMPLOYED BY THE ST JOHNS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AS AN ESE TEACHER AT ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL. HE ALSO SERVES AS SITE SUPERVISOR FOR ST JOHNS COUNTY SWIM AMERICA PROGRAM. COACH FRANK RESIDES IN ST. AUGUSTINE WITH HIS WIFE TINA, & PETS PENNY AND LOLA.
ASSITANT COACHES:
LEE LAWRENCE SENIOR/HIGH SCHOOL COACH
THE CYCLONES ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE COACH LEE LAWRENCE SERVING AS OUR SENIOR/HIGH SCHOOL GROUP COACH. COACH LAWRENCE BRINGS 35 YEARS OF COLLEGIATE COACHING EXPERIENCE TO THE CYCLONES SWIM PROGRAM. LAWRENCE IS A 1956 GRADUATE OF STAUNTON MILITIARY ACADEMY. hE THEN ATTENDED SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE WITH BACHELORS AND MASTERS DEGREE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
COACH LAWRENCE STARTED HIS COACHING CAREER AT GENESEO STATE COLLEGE OF NEW YORK WERE HESERVED AS HEAD COACH FOR 2 YEARS. HE THEN SERVED AS ASSITANT COACH AND HEAD COACH OF MENS SWIMMING AT UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN ANAPOLIS, MARYLAND FOR NEXT 34 YEARS. IN 1996, HE WAS EISL COACH OF THE YEAR. HE RETIRED PROFESSOR EMERITUS FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 2003.
HE HAS SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER ASSITANT AT PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL SINCE 2007 AND JOINED THE CYCLONE COACHING STAFF IN DECEMBER OF '08.
JOSHUA ASHLEY AGE GROUP ASSISTANT
ASHLEY SHOEMAKER DEVELOPMENTAL GROUP
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