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The 2010 Glenwood Tiger Coaching Staff

Jeremy Butler, Head Coach
Known as the "White Shadow" during his previous Glenwood career, Jeremy returns to Glenwood after several years in Ohio and Colorado.  He swam at the Big G for 11 seasons and worked as an assistant coach for 4 seasons.  Jeremy was a winner of the Slattery Award (like his brother Brendan) and still "holds a couple team records Mark Schopmeyer didn't take down."  A graduate of Walter Johnson High School and Miami University in Ohio, Jeremy swam for an adult Masters team in Boulder, Colorado for one year, and coached high school basketball for 5 years and middle school intramural track coach for 3 years.  Jeremy has been a history teacher for 6 years and currently works at Loiderman Middle School.

Kelly Butler, Assistant Head Coach
Kelly grew up swimming at the YMCA in LaCrosse, WI.  She ran cross country and track at Logan High School and St. Olaf College, where she also worked as a certified lifeguard for two years.  She coached high school track and field for 6 years in Colorado.  A music and drama teacher for 8 years, Kelly currently teaches at Eastern Middle School and is active in several area choral groups.  This is Kelly's second year at Glenwood.

Colleen McNickle, Assitant Head Coach
Colleen has been a Glenwood Tiger since age five, following the tradition set by older brothers Kyle and Brendan.  After coaching pre-team last year and life-guarding and teaching group lessons for the past three years, this is her first year as an Assistant Coach.  A ‘quadruple’ threat, she won numerous varsity letters in basketball, field hockey, and track and field before graduating from Magruder High School in 2008.  Colleen has just complete her freshman year at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH, where she played basketball and rowed crew.

Matt Ruland, Assistant Head Coach
Matt Ruland started swimming for Glenwood at the age of five and was a Tiger until he was 11, "when I was forced to change pools due to a family move."  He still holds the Glenwood 8 & Under Boys' breaststroke record. He graduated from University of Maryland (where he was also an assistant manager of the football team) this spring and majored in kinesiology.  Matt was an assistant coach at Norbeck Hills swim club for the past 5 years and looks forward to returning to Glenwood as a coach.

The Pre-Team Coaching Staff

Natalie Daronco
Natalie has been a Glenwood Tiger since she was nine years old.  She swims competitively for the Einstein High School Titans during the winter and has just completed her sendion year of high school.  This will be her fourth year as a Glenwood lifeguard and swim lesson instructor, and her third as pre-team coach.  She feels honored to be part of the excellent Glenwood coaching staff and to give back to this great community.

Brendan Hearn
Brendan Hearn has been swimming at Glenwood since the age of seven, making this his 12th year on the team.  He currently attends St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, DC and will be a graduating in the spring of 2010.  Brendan has always loved the pool community, and began lifeguarding at the beginning of the 2008 swim season.  His favorite stroke is breaststroke.  In addition to swimming, he enjoys playing the cello, along with bass guitar and electric guitar in several local music groups.

Glenn Pastel
Glenn has been a Glenwood Tiger since he was eight years old; this is his second season coaching and teaching private seasons.  Having just completed his senior year at Albert Einstein High school, Glenn swam and played soccer since freshman year and played lacrosse for three years.  "I am very excited to be a part of the coaching staff."