Sharks Coaches

Eric is in his first season with the Sharks after replacing the very successful Mark Davis.  Eric comes from the University of Pittsburgh where he was a swimmer for four years and a coach for three years.  During his time as a swimmer at Pitt, Eric broke 4 team records, won 9 individual Big East conference titles, and was a three-time most valuable swimmer.  As a coach, he was responsible for a distance group that included an Olympic Trials Finalist, 4 team record holders, and 5 of the team's 6 most improved swimmers over this three year span.  Now in Dayton, Eric has moved on to coach tomorrow's college stars with the Sharks and the Centerville High School Elks.  He would like you to know that he is much better looking than the picture shows. Contact him at wtrcsharks@hotmail.com.

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Assistant Coach Robin Barbiea

 Robin comes to the Sharks with numerous years of coaching experience.  She started and was the head coach of the Coffman (Springboro) YMCA. She also has been the head coach for Dunsinane Swim Club for the past decade and an assistant coach for Springboro High School.  She graduated from Wright State University where she was a two time Team Captain and a 21 time Division  II All-American swimmer.  Her senior year, she was named  the Female Athlete of the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year.  She is also in the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame.  She is a licensed insurance agent for Landen Insurance in Springboro.  She lives in Springboro with her husband Bret, twin daughters Dani and Kellie (current Shark swimmers), and Matt, a freshman swimmer at the University of Kentucky.  Robin works primarily with the Tiger and Senior Groups.  Click here to email Robin.

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 Andrew is an ASCA Level 1 coach who joined the Sharks coaching staff in June 2007.  He is a 2004 graduate of CHS where he swam all 4 years for the Sharks and CHS.  He lettered in the 100 yard Breaststroke.  He is currently a student at Sinclair working towards a degree in physics with minors in chemistry and math.  He plans to transfer to Wright State to finish in the next year and would like to teach high school physics.  He primarily works with the Leopard, Mako, Hammerhead, and Lemonshark groups and assists with the Senior group. Click here  to email Andrew.

Assistant Coach Lauren Stovall

Lauren is the newest member of the Sharks coaching staff.  She fell in love with swimming at Black Oak Swim Club at the age of 8.  She soon moved on to swim for the Dayton Raiders from age 11 to 16.  Lauren graduated from Centerville High School with 12 varsity letters: 4 in cross-country, 4 in swimmng, and 4 in track.  She swam in many conference meets, sectionals and districts.  She also ran in the State cross-country met as a freshman and still holds one of the top 20 fastest running times at Centerville.  Lauren is currently attending Sinclair and working toward a degree in Exercise Science.  She plans to transfer to Wright State and then to Colorado to finish her education and land her dream job.  Lauren is excited to share her love of swimming with the Lemonsharks, Hammerheads, and Makos. 
Click here to email Lauren.