Excel Aquatics names local coach as Gallatin Site Coordinator
August 8, 2004……Excel Aquatics, a year-round USA Swimming Silver Medal Team based in Gallatin, Brentwood, and LaVergne has named Wilson County resident John Barnes as their Gallatin Site Coordinator. Coach Barnes, who is also an Assistant Coach with the MJHS Swim Team, took an offer to join the coaching staff at Excel Aquatics in the Spring of 2004, and began assisting with their Gold and Xtreme training squads in Gallatin. By assuming the duties as Site Coordinator at Excel-Gallatin, Barnes will be responsible for leading the Gallatin coaching staff in the planning and implementation of the training program of Excel swimmers across all skill levels, as well as handling the multiple other swimming related issues that arise on a daily basis. He will report directly to Excel Head Coach Mark Walker who is based in Brentwood.
Coach Walker noted that “I’m proud to announce that Coach Barnes will be leading our Gallatin training location. John is the right person at the right time for this newly created position within our Gallatin training squad. Since he has been with us he has made a positive impact not only on the swimmers in his group, but with the parents as well. He brings a lot of energy to the team on and off the deck. We are close to finalizing the rest of the coaching staff in Gallatin which we will be announcing soon. I know that everyone is going to be pleased with of the quality of the coaching staff we are assembling. There is going to be a lot of fresh ideas and excitement on deck this coming season with Excel Aquatics.”
Cumberland University graduate and Mount Juliet resident Johnny Davis, who is the Head Coach of the Willoughby Station Waves Summer League team, noted that “Coach Barnes was my mentor in coaching swimming. He’s an old fashioned coach who genuinely cares about his swimmers and demands their best in whatever they do. He wants them to realize that they are capable of far more than the limits they tend to impose upon themselves. I have no doubt that he will bring that same philosophy to all aspects of the Excel-Gallatin program as well. He’s not only great coaching the kids; he’s also great at coaching coaches.”
- Excel Aquatics is a 2003 & 2004 USA Swimming Silver Medal Club. Excel will be holding placement trials and a free two week trail beginning August 23rd at the Gallatin Civic Center. For more information, visit www.ExcelAquatics.org.
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