Joe Perkins
| Kathy Collings
| Patti Midkiff
| Joe Fox
Ashley Manger
| Erin
Banet
Joe Perkins
Co-Head Coach,
Senior Level
Joe began swimming at age 6 for the Madison Area Aquatic Club (MAAC) in Madison, Indiana and later swam for Madison Consolidated High School. He began coaching MAAC in 1992 and also spent a season coaching at his high school alma mater while completing his student teaching. He has been coaching RAC since 1996
Joe teaches health and physical education at Highland Hills Middle School and is head coach of the Floyd Central High School boys' and girls' swim teams. He and his wife, Amy, have two daughters.
jperkins@riversideaquaticclub.com
Kathy Collings
Co-Head
Coach, Gold Group
Kathy has coached RAC since 1995. She has been the developmental coach, as well as the team's business manger. Her involvement as a swimmer ranges from age-group swimming to masters' swimming. In addition, Kathy was a club president, stroke-and-turn judge and swim instructor while her children swam. She has coached numerous summer league teams, as well as the Southern Indiana Deanery junior high team.
Kathy resides in New Albany with her husband and has two daughters.
kcollings1@riversideaquaticclub.com
Patti Midkiff
Junior Group & Silver Group
Patti came to
us in 2003 from northern California where she coached numerous age-group
and high school teams. She has been the head coach for the Western Zone
All-Star teams, manager of the Pacific Distance Camp and a presenter at
the Nor-Cal Swim Conference.
Patti swam for Pepperdine University
and graduated from St. Mary's College of California. She has established a
number of learn-to-swim programs, including her current program at SIGS in
New Albany.
pmidkiff@riversideaquaticclub.com
Joe started
his swimming career at age 8 with Riverside Aquatic Club. He still holds
many our of team records. He swam for Floyd Central High School.
Joe swam for Depauw University for three years. The team won two conference
champships during that time. He coached the New Albany Flying Fish summer
league team for three years.
Joe lives in New Albany and teaches math at New Albany High School.
Ashley joined
the RAC coaching staff in 2004. Before coming aboard as a coach, she
served as president of the RAC board of directors. She has been involved
in U.S.Swimming and Southern Indiana swimming for the past 25 years as a
swimmer, coach and parent.
Ashley lives in New Albany with her
husband, Drew, and children, Hannah, Duncan and Greer. She teaches social
studies at New Albany High School.
amanger@riversideaquaticclub.com
Erin began swimming for Riverside Aquatic Club at age 7 and continued swimming year-round for 13 years. She swam for Providence High School, where she still holds several school records. Erin also swam for one year at Ball State University while earning a degree in elementary education.
Erin has coached for several different teams including Riverside, Providence Junior High and Floyd County Flying Fish over the past five years. She now teaches at Pine View Elementary and coaches our Bronze groups.
ebanet@riversideaquaticclub.com
For information about RAC, contact: Kathy Collings, kcollings1@riversideaquaticclub.com
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