Coaching Staff

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
John D. Rockefeller

Head Coach -  John Gullotta

John came to the YMCA via very successful YWCA, Boys and Girls Club and USA Swimming programs.  He has had the opportunity to work with all levels of competitive athletes from 8 and Unders to Senior National and Olympic Trial qualifiers.  John likes to teach proper technique and push athletes past their comfort levels in order to achieve results once thought too difficult.  Coach John was a nominee for the 2009 New Jersey Age Group Coach of the Year, and served as an Assitant Coach for the 2010 New Jersey Long Course Zone team.

Age Group Coach - Lisa Boettrich

Coach Lisa Boettrich begins her second year coaching at the YMCA. She is Level II ASCA (American Swim Coaches of America) certified and has been coaching Master's of all levels since 2007. She comes to us from Drew University where she assisted Dorsi Raynolds to grow an extensive Masters team and assist with the college team.

Lisa has completed several Triathlons herself and works closely with the local Tri-women group offering various clinics and swim lessons. Lisa also works with the Y's very own Triathlon group, Tri-Y.

Assistant Coaches-

Dan Castellanos

Donald Banta   Don has coached with Madison YMCA since 2008. From the age of 5 he has been involved with competitive swimming on the club, high school, collegiate, and master’s level. At the collegiate level he swam at Rider University. He believes in creating a supporting “team” environment which also encourages swimmers to develop individually. For the younger swimmers, stroke technique and other skills are always placed over simply swimming laps. For the older swimmers, these skills are always reiterated as they begin to train more seriously. His catch phrase “Courage, Commitment, Character” and he instills these values in young people at every practice.

Nicole Coxson   Nicole Coxson moved with her family from the Washington D.C. area to Chatham in 2007. She has been working at the Madison Area YMCA since September 2008 as a swim instructor and lifeguard. Nicole has participated in swimming and many different sports, as a varsity high school athlete, as well as adult club-level player. She first began to coach lacrosse in 2005 when her daughters were little. As a first-year swim coach, she uses her experience & knowledge of swimming and athletics to not only instruct Mariner swimmers, but to also help foster a love of the sport.  Nicole encourages a positive and supportive team environment.