Tom joined T2 Aquatics in December 2010 as the club's Head Age Group Coach.  In August 2018 Tom transitioned to be the Head Coach of T2 Aquatics.

Prior to T2 Aquatics, from 2002-2010, Tom led the North Baltimore Aquatic Club’s Age Group Program to outstanding success.  Over 70 different athletes under Tom’s guidance qualified for the Maryland Zone Team during that time, and – also during that 8 year period -- 26 different athletes set over 40 Maryland State Records.  For his efforts, Tom was awarded the “Maryland Age Group Coach of the Year” award 5 times.

Tom has worked almost exclusively with 14 and under athletes, yet they have qualified for some of the highest level Open meets in the United States – including the U.S. Winter National Championships, Junior Nationals, and Sectionals.

Tom has coached 6 different individual athletes who have reached a USA Swimming Number 1 National Age Group Event Ranking in 11 events, including T2 Aquatics’ Matthew Limbacher who set a National Age Group Record at age 12 in the 50M Breaststroke.  Over 45 athletes guided by Tom have placed in USA Swimming’s “Top 10” National Rankings. 

Tom's athletes have been ranked in the USA Swimming Age Group “Top 10” in each of the 18 competitive Age Group events and his athletes are taught to be physically and emotionally ready to take additional steps in the sport.

Tom has been invited to attend and speak at several USA Swimming Age Group Coaches Summits and has also been involved in USA Swimming’s Local LSC government in multiple ways in his career: He has served several times as Maryland Swimming’s Head Zone Coach, as well as the Maryland LSC Board of Directors as the Technical Planning Chair, Age Group Vice Chair, and Administrative Vice Chair of the Maryland LSC government.  

Attitude  .  Action  .  Achievement

Eric became Head Senior Coach for T2 Aquatics in August of 2018. Previous to joining T2, he was the Associate Head Coach for the Sarasota Y Sharks. While in Sarasota, the Sharks won YMCA Nationals, were recognized by USA Swimming as a “Gold Medal Club”  and placed two swimmers on USA Swimming national teams.

Prior to his time in Sarasota, Eric was an assistant coach at Rollins College (Winter Park, FL) and coached for Lake Highland Preparatory School (Orlando, FL) and Highlander Aquatics. During his time in Orlando, Lake Highland placed runner up at the Florida High School State meet and Highlander Aquatics placed in the Top 10 combined teams at the Junior National championship meet twice. From 1997-2008, he was the Head Coach and General Manager for the Wichita (KS) Swim Club. It was there he coached Caroline Bruce to the 2004 US Olympic Team and Jarrett Perry to a Gold Medal in the Paralympic Games. Wichita Swim Club was also recognized as a “Gold Medal Club”.

Eric has served in leadership capacities at the local, regional and national levels including sitting on the USA Swimming Board of Directors from 2002 to 2007.  He is known for building quality swim programs and successful swimmers including NAG Top 16, Junior National, Senior National, Varsity, College and International levels. Eric was named six times “Coach of the Year” for Missouri Valley Swimming, three times named “Coach of the Year” for Region VIII Swimming and part of the USA Swimming National Team Coaching Staff 2004 – 2008 and 2017- present. He is a member of the American Swim Coaches Association and holds a Level 5 certification.

He has a BA in Political Science from Wichita State University and was a Varsity Swimmer for University of Kansas.

T2 is extreemly lucky to have our senior athletes under Coach Eric's guidance.  He brings a wealth of swimming knowlege and experience with high level swimming to our team!

Rachel joined the T2 Staff in January of 2016, after having graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2015, where she earned 4 Letters in Swimming to go along with a Degree in Public Health.

Rachel was a T2 Aquatics athlete at its inception in 2010, and has competed in SW Florida for her entire swimming career.  She was a USA Swimming National qualifier and was also T2 Aquatics first FHSAA High School Champion, having won the 50 Freestyle for Gulf Coast High School in 2011.

Rachel has a passion for education and students/athletes.  She is currently teaching 3rd grade at Laurel Oak Elementary and has spent two years as the Naples High School Head Swimming Coach and three years as the Gulf Coast High School Head Swimming Coach.

Coach Rachel works primarily with our Age Group training groups and also does an amazing job leading our Summer Tiger Shark Camp program.

T2 is thrilled to bring Bob into our staff of coaches in April 2023.  Bob is an experienced coach and swim parent and has spent the last 10 years helping T2 Aquatics out as a USA Swimming Official.  Now Bob moves back on the pool deck for practices after stepping back from coaching for a few years. 

Bob previously spent 9 years coaching at Upper Main Line YMCA in PA.  At UMLY, Bob was the National Group Coach where he coached numerous USA Jr National qualifiers, YMCA National champions and record holders as well as USA Olympic Trial qualifiers.  A fun fact; Bob Coached T2 founder Kevin Erndl the summer of 2000 for USA Olympic Trials.

Welcome aboard Coach Bob!

Rylie was a member of T2 Aquatics as an age grouper, a Southern Zone Sectional and a FHSAA State Qualifier, and most recently was a swimmer at Mars Hill University.  Rylie has previous experience working with both our Naples Swim School with private and group instruction as well as working as a counselor at our Tiger Shark Swim Camp.

Rylie is back in Naples currently pursuing her Elementary Education Degree at FSW with the hope of impacting more youth by becoming a teacher after graduating.  She works primarily with our Age Group training groups and we are excited to have Rylie join us on deck!

Maria handles many things on the “dry-side” of T2 Aquatics.  Helping with registration, assisting with administrative tasks, coordinating volunteers for our meets, and helping parents navigate the “in’s and out’s” of competitive swimming are just some of her duties. 

Maria is a long time T2 Aquatics parent and has a wealth of knowledge on not only competitive swimming but also the inner workings of T2 Aquatics.  She is your “go to” person at T2 if you ever have any questions!  You can reach her at [email protected].