Coaches

 

Head Coach - Lead Performance Coach - Kim Dean

Kim joined the club's coaching team in September 2014. Her three children all swim for the club and Kim herself was a former regional champion and British national finalist swimmer for Bilston.  Since September 2015, Kim assumed control for overseeing all of our junior level swimming.   Kim was offered Lead Performance coach/Head Coach in 2020, taking control of Performance groups within the club. Coaching six times per week.  Kim is a qualified Level 2 SE Coach.

Performance Coach - David Gallagher

David joined the club back in 2009 following the closure of Coseley Pool. He has represented the club in various competitions around the region and since 2015 has been coaching for the club as and when required. David continues to train as part of our performance squad but he also loves the opportunity to coach our younger ones.  David is now a qualified Level 2 SE Coach

 

 

 Performance Assistant Coach - Haley Millard

 

 

Junior Development Lead Coach - Marie Russon

 

 

Assistant Coach - Luke Molloy

 

Assistant Coach - Joshua Lockley

Josh has been member of Bilston SC for 15 years and swam competitively for the club until the age of 18. From the age of 14, he began volunteering in our swimschool and over time passed both his level one and level two swimming teachers qualification. Joshua was appointed as an assistant coach at Bilston SC in September 2016 and he is excited to be working with our 7 and 8 year old swimmers preparing them for competitions by teaching them all of the skills they will need.

 
Coach -Luke Trout

Luke joined Bilston's swimschool in September 1990 at the age of 4. He swam competitively for the club until the age of 21 and during this time he began teaching on a voluntary basis in the club's swimschool and gained his swimming teaching qualifications. In 2008, Luke spent several months in Australia working 18 hours per week voluntarily for West Coast Swimming Club in Perth which at the time was Australia's No 1 age group club. While here, he took and passed his bronze coaching license. This fantastic experience only served to strengthen his determination to coach when he returned to the UK. Luke continued to coach the development section of Bilston for a further couple of years and was offered the position of Head Coach in August 2010. He is now a qualifed UKCC Level 3 swimming coach. Luke firmly believes that in order to maintain long term success, care and attention must be paid to the whole of the club.  

 

 

 

   
   
 
 
 

 

Coaches expense forms can be downloaded here as a PDF file or a Word Document.