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We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and other swimming related needs, please contact one of the coaches. For all administrative questions, such as dues, safety, or policy issues, please contact one of the board members.

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Coaching Staff

Rick A Battistini

Head Coach

Coach "Batt" has been coaching all levels of competitive swimming in the Merrimack Valley for over 25 years. As Haverhill YMCA head coach from 1978-1985 his team won several New England YMCA championship titles and had more All-Americans than any other team in the state. His accomplishments with that club included several New England Age Group and Senior champions. In one year coaching with the Lowell YMCA in 1986, Rick had several YMCA and New England Age Group and Senior champions, including a New England Team Division champion and Lowell YMCA’s first All-American. Rick was the founding coach of the Merrimack Valley Pirates, which included three Junior Olympic All-Americans. Coach Batt recently recorded his 200th dual meet victory as head coach of the Haverhill High School girls varsity team, and is also the head coach of the Lowell High School boys varsity team. He graduated from Bridgewater State College in 1977 with a B.S. in Physical Education, with an emphasis in aquatics. He was a varsity record holder there while being named Collegiate All-East in the 200 Meter Individual Medley. Some of his awards include the 1985 National Coaches Excellence Award, the 1992 Boston Globe Coach of the Year, and the 1993 New England Swimming Age Group Coach of the Year. Coach Batt is a three event National Masters Champion, and he has earned a Level 4 American Swim Coaches Association ranking, putting him in the top 10% of swim coaches nationwide.

Marc Broudy

Assistant Head Coach

Marc joined New Wave in 1997. Coach Broudy is a 1993 graduate of national champion Kenyon College with a B.A. in chemistry. While at Kenyon, Marc was a four time NCAA national qualifier and an NCAA All-American. Marc has coached numerous age group, senior, and national qualifiers, as well as masters national champions. He has introduced new programs and training techniques to New Wave and has a critical eye for technique.

Chris Krueger

Head Age Group Coach

Coach Chris joined New Wave in 2006 as the head age group coach, having coaching experience ranging from high school swim teams to recreational club teams and competitive US teams. His expertise is in the technical and competitive development of age group swimmers. Chris holds a BA in Psychology and Spanish as well as a Master’s of Education in Spanish. He swims as a US Masters Swimmer and he is certified as an ASCA level 2 coach. Chris is married with children and teaches high school Spanish.

Chris’s coaching philosophy is in part based on the notion that swimming well leads to swimming fast. Therefore he emphasizes technique, depends on a variety of drills, and teaches swimmers how to be aware of what their body is doing in the water. He is passionate about the sport as an athlete and a coach, and loves being a part of the swimmers’ successes.

Greg E Steinberg

Head Pre-Competitive Coach

Coach Greg is the head coach of the pre-competitive squad. Greg has served as the Lowell High School assistant boys swimming coach for the past 6 years and is also the assistant coach for the Haverhill High Girls Team. A Lowell native and a biology teacher at Greater Lowell Technical High School, Greg graduated from UMass-Lowell with both bachelors and masters degrees in biology. Greg is a United States Masters Swimming competitor, and enjoys ocean kayaking and watching Boston sports, as well as the New York Giants. Greg’s dedication to his swimmers and his utilization of various coaching methods in perfecting stroke technique makes him an invaluable member of the New Wave coaching staff. Coach Greg is an ASCA Level 2 certified coach and is currently working towards his Level 3 certification.

Will L Wright

Assistant Coach

Will is a member of ASCA and has obtained his Level 2 ASCA Coaching Certification. The 2009/10 season will be his 8th with New Wave. Coach Will feels the physical work is important but equally important is the mental work. This is a passage right out of the American Swim Coaches Association Training Manual that he lives by; "Perfect skills are the result of practicing as perfectly as possible. If skills are practiced incorrectly, then practice has only developed incorrect skills." Coach Will works mostly with the Junior group, always working to improve technique and skill sets along with the physical conditioning, stressing the gains to be made and fun to be had by staying focussed on the positive. Coach Will is an active US Master’s swimmer and Coach. He feels swimming is a life long sport and his hope is for each athlete to enjoy the sport of swimming for a lifetime.

Kevin Anderson

Assistant Coach

"Coach Kevin" as he is known to all the Age Groupers has considerable experience working with various age group swimmers, from newcomers to Age Group Championship and Zones qualifiers. He has held positions as an assistant coach and head coach with various YMCA swim teams in the Boston area, and he has considerable assistant coaching experience at several US Swimming clubs. Coach Kevin is a member of the American Swimming Coach’s Association and holds level 2 certification through them. Coach Kevin’s strengths include his commitment to the sport of swimming, together with a focus on stroke development, injury prevention and inspiring a sense of fun and self-worth in all age group swimmers for a lifetime of physical activity.

Amanda Maciejewski

Assistant Coach

Michael D Yunker

Assistant Coach

Coach Mike joined The New Wave team in 2006. He is a long time swimmer having begun competing at the age of 6 and still competes in masters today. His main focus is stroke technique, he believes that every swimmer needs a strong foundation to achieve their goals in swimming. Coach Mike has a great rapport with the kids on the team and really enjoys helping them reach their goals.

Elizabeth Belmont

Assistant Coach

Hi my name is Liz Belmont. I'm a recent graduate of Springfield College with my Bachelor's degree in English, as well as my Elementary Education Teaching License. I'm currently working as a teacher's assistant in the third grade and teaching swim lessons a couple nights a week. I'm hoping to become a full time teacher in the upcoming years. Since I starting swimming, I've had a great passion for the sport. I was previously on the Haverhill High, New Wave, and Springfield College swim teams competing in the best events (I think) of distance free and IM. I'm very fortunate to be a part of this team again and I'm really looking forward to contributing to its athletes' success. I'm a friendly person and hope to get to know all of you so if you see me around come up and say hi! See you at the pool!!