Coaches
Maryland Farms YMCA is excited to announce its swim team partnership with the Nashville Aquatic Club. For the first time ever, NAC and Maryland Farms Thoroughbreds will practice as one team led by NAC's professional coaching staff. This is a great opportunity for YMCA children to develop their swimming skills while enjoying the fun of competitive swimming year round.
Lauren Glazier, Advanced Group Coach
Mallory Doran, Assistant Coach
Kevin McCarthy, Assistant Coach
Adam Stark, Coach
Jim Chapman - Head Swim Coach
We are excited to announce that Coach Jim Chapman is heading up the summer 2008 Maryland Farms Thoroughbreds YMCA swim team. Coach Chapman started with Nashville Aquatic Club in the Fall of 2006 as an age group coach with the White & Green Groups at Brentwood YMCA. He currently coaches those groups at the Maryland Farms YMCA. Coach Chapman is also the Head Coach of the Varsity Swim Team at Brentwood Academy. He has previously served as Head Coach of the Rutherford Aquatic Group Swim Team, assistant coach with the Brentwood Barracudas Summer Team, and assistant coach with XCEL Aquatics, as well as coaching High School Boys Basketball, Baseball, and Girls fast pitch Softball.Coach Chapman is a graduate of Wright State University. He and his wife Yolanda are the proud parents of six children, Jordan, Canaan, Bethany, Abigail, Isabelle, and Lydia. In addition to coaching, Coach Chapman has also been a backup singer for Country Music star Loretta Lynn, and toured three years with Country Music group 4Runner. He has been a background singer at the Grand Ole Opry and appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Coach Chapman was also an illustrator for the "Shaoey the Dot" and "Our Amazing World" series of childrens' books.