Experience

Career Summary

  • Head Coach: Richmond Dales Swimming Club (2015-16)
  • Performance Coach: Wirral Metro Swimming Club (2008-2015)
  • Head Coach: City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team (2001-2007)
  • Head Swimming Coach: City of Glasgow Swim Team (1997-2000)
  • Swimming Development Officer/Coach: Derwentside SC (1988-1997)
  • Swimming Development Officer/Coach: Barnet Copthall SC (1983-1988)
  • Chief Swimming Coach: Sunderland SC (1982-1983)
  • Chief Swimming Coach: Matlock and District SC (1979-1982)

National Coaching Appointments

Great Britain
  • Great Britain Assistant Coach: World Short Course Championships (2004)
  • Great Britain Head Coach: European Youth Olympic Days, Bath (1995)
  • Great Britain Head Coach: The Swedish Swim Games, Borlange (1987)
 
England
  • England Youth Team Coach: 6 Nations International (1997)
  • England Youth Team Coach: Swimming World Cup, Malmo and Glasgow (1997)
  • England Youth Team Coach: Acropolis Meet (1996)
  • England Youth Team Coach: 6 Nations International (1996)
  • England Youth Team Coach: Swimming World Cup, Malmo (1996)
  • England Youth Team Coach: Pre-Commonwealth Games Training Camp, Kuala Lumpur and Penang (1996)
  • England Youth Team Coach: Acropolis Meet (1995)
  • England Youth Team Coach: 6 Nations International (1995)
  • England Senior Team Coach: Tournament of Nations, Vienna (1994)
  • England Youth Team Coach: Acropolis Meet (1994)
  • England Youth Team Coach: 6 Nations International (1994)
  • England Youth Team Coach: Acropolis Meet (1993)
  • England Youth Team Coach: 6 Nations International (1993)
  • England Youth Team Coach: Acropolis Meet, Athens (1992)  
  • England Youth Team Coach: 6 Nations International (1992)
  • England Senior Team Coach: Swimming World Cup, Rostock (1991)
  • England Junior Team Coach: Canadian Tour (1987)
 
  • Accredited Coach at the Commonwealth Games, Victoria (1994)

Scotland
  • Scotland Senior Team Coach: Swimming World Cup, Imperia (1999)

World Class Programme

British Swimming
  • National Age Programme Coach (2006)
  • Backstroke Coach: British Swimming Regional Stroke Clinics (2005)
 
British Para-Swimming
  • British Para-Podium & Podium Potential Group Coach (2016-17)
  • British Para-Podium Potential Group Coach (2016)
 
England Programmes
  • England Programmes Level 2 Talent Camp: Girls Sprint Backstroke Group Coach (2015)

Scholarship Award

Sportscotland Performance Coach Development Award (2000)
As a recipient of this award I visited the following swimming programmes and sports science institution:
  • Irvine Novaquatics (Coach: Dr. David Salo)
  • University of Southern California (Coach: Mark Schubert)
  • National Swimming Centre, Calgary (Coach: Jan Bidrman)
  • National Sport Science Centre, Calgary (Director: Dr. David Smith)

Conference Speaker

  • “Excellence in Swimming”, Glasgow Coach ’97 Conference (1997)
  • “Strength Training”, Yorkshire Coaches Conference (1995)
  • “Biomechanics in Swimming”, The Science of Swimming” Conference, Liverpool University (1980)

Publications

  • The Altitude Factor - Arguably the best way to ‘naturally’ fine-tune the body (2000)
  • Some Biomechanical Aspects of Swimming (1983)
  • Effects of Finger Separation (1981)
  • Strategic Factors in Individual Medley Swimming (1978)