Head Coach
I recently served as the Head Coach for the St. Croix Dolphins and the Virgin Islands National Team. As a native Floridian from the Panhandle, I grew up swimming with the Area Tallahassee Aquatics Club, setting many club records that still stand today. My swimming career highlights include qualifying for the 2012 US Olympic Trials, becoming a Junior National Finalist, and holding Florida Swimming records. I attended the University of Alabama as a scholarship swimmer, but after an injury ended my competitive career, I spent my last two years there as a student assistant coach.
After graduating, I moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I volunteered as an Assistant Coach for Louisiana State University (LSU) and served as Senior Coach for Tiger Aquatics. During my two years in Louisiana, I managed swim meets with up to 1,000 swimmers and coached the LSU distance swim group. My journey then took me to Cincinnati, Ohio, where I became a full-time assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati and was later promoted to Men’s Director of Recruiting. In Cincinnati, I met my wonderful wife, Caitey, whom I married in September 2022.
In 2023, Caitey and I moved to the Virgin Islands to embrace international coaching opportunities. Reflecting on this experience, I can say that traveling to five new countries for swim meets over the past year was the job of a lifetime, and standing on the pool deck at the World Swimming Championships in Doha, Qatar, was a moment I will never forget.
My goal as your coach is to help you gain a deeper love for swimming and to help you reach your dreams, regardless of your current level. I look forward to building lasting relationships with everyone who is a part of this program.
Head Age Group Coach
Hanna Schomburg
Coach.hannaschomburg@gmail.com
I attended Alexandria high school and competed from 2012 – 2014. I went on to study Kinesiology/Therapeutic Massage at Gadsden State Community College and coached swimming for the duration of my undergraduate experience. After a brief stint pursuing what I’d studied to do, I went back to the pool after only two weeks away, and have been there since.
In 2019, I became the head coach of the Anniston Barracuda Swim Team. We quickly grew and placed in the Alabama State meet for the first time in club history, and became the club team for the county high school swimmers.
The following year, ABST sent more swimmers to compete individually at Southeasterns than any years prior.
In 2022, we doubled that number of swimmers at all championship meets, and competed at the Southern Zone of Sectionals for Age Group swimmers for the first time in club history.
Shortly after completing the 2022 Short course season, my family relocated to Marianna Florida. Since moving, I have been home with my 2.5-year-old twin girls. I’m thrilled to be back on deck! I emphasize focusing on long term development by working towards and constantly resetting short term goals.
Lead Site Coach
Steve Burdeshaw
Coach Steve has been a swimming enthusiast for 40+ years. He started swimming for PCST at 14 and was on the first Mosley High School swim team in 1974-75 (the first high school swim team in Bay County). Coach Steve swam for Steve Bultman at Pensacola Jr. College and later briefly swam for Randy Reese at UF. These two coaches influenced Steve’s love of swimming and coaching in particular.
In 1979, Steve began coaching at Mosley High School and has been involved in club swimming off and on since then. Currently an ASCA Level 2 coach, he started coaching and overseeing the Mosley Site for PCST in 2013. In addition to his work with high school and club swimming programs, he remains heavily involved in the middle school swimming program in Bay County, which has grown significantly since it began in 2006.
Age Group/PreTeam Coaches
Suzy Turek
Hope Smith
