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Head Coach Paul Mielke

With more than 20 years of coaching Coach Paul Mielke brings a wealth of new ideas and information to the team. The following are some of the positions he has held:  Paul was the Head swim coach at the Lighthouse Point Yacht & Racquet Club in Florida for almost 15 years. He worked as a Resident Supervisor at the Pine Crest School in Ft. Lauderdale in addition to being the Head Age Group Coach and National Team Coach. He gained YMCA coaching experience as the Head Age Group Coach at the Southeast Family YMCA in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has coached in Southeastern Swimming as the Head Coach of the Greater Chattanooga Aquatic Club and the Decatur Swim Association. He was the Age Group Coach of the Auburn Swim Team where he coached Coach Chris Snyder (Former head coach of MYB).  Paul was a highly decorated swimmer. He was a NCAA All-American for Auburn and a AAU(USA Swimming) National Championship Finalist. Paul was the Most Outstanding Participant at the 1973 YMCA National Championships. Paul won both individual and team YMCA championships at Nationals.  

Contact Info:  334.273.8351 or 334.272.3390    email: Coach Paul

Coach Joe has been coaching swimming since 1996, beginning his ten year tenure as the head coach of the Prattville Flying Fish at that time.  A YMCA swimmer in high school, he never took the sport seriously until later in life – too late to make an impact on the world scene.  Regardless, the Flying Fish boast multiple top three state-wide finishes in Alabama Parks and Recreation summer swimming since 2000, and are heralded as one of the state’s largest teams with over 180 participants yearly.  Joe began coaching the Barracudas in 1997, where he was a full-time assistant until 1999.  Now Coach Joe juggles several jobs to support his nine children, but he coaches about twice each week during short course season
              email: Coach Joe