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Coaching Staff

KIM MUSCH
Head Coach - Men's & Women's Swimming
E-mail: kmusch@ucsc.edu
Work Phone: (831) 459-3372
Fax: (831) 459-4070

Coach Musch continues to do at UCSC what he has done everywhere he has coached, give swimmers the opportunity to get faster. During his first eleven years the Slug  Swim Team has produced over 100 All-American selections, Two National Champions, Olympic Trial Qualifier, Maccabien Games Gold Medalist, five PCSC Conference swimmers of the meet,  four UCSC Athletes of the Year, and four NCAA National swimmers of the week. In addition Coach Musch has been honored twice as a UCSC Coach of the Year, PCSC Conference coach of the year, and a recipient of the American Swim Coaches Association “Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Coaching” twelve times.  

Musch spent his collegiate career at the University of California, Berkeley from 1973-1977. In his senior year, he was elected Team Captain. During his years as a swimmer at Cal, he watched Nort Thorton take a low scoring team at the Division I NCAA meet to the top five at his senior year meet (Cal then went on to win the NCAA's in 1979 and 1980 ). After coaching stints with Santa Cruz Aquatics and Chabot College in Hayward, Musch returned to Cal in 1981 as an assistant to Coach Thorton. That same year he formed the Golden Bear Swim Club. Well over a dozen Golden Bear swimmers went on to compete in the Olympic Games for various countries during his time as Head Coach. Several World records, US Open records, National records and Age-Group National Champions came out of the Golden Bear Swim Team during his tenure. Being able to convince coaching greats Nort Thornton, Karen Thornton, and Peter Tragitt, to join the coaching staff, the Golden Bear Swim Club was a regular top five finisher at both the indoor and outdoor US National Championships. Top five at the US Junior Nationals, and top three at the Far Western Age Group Championshiops. After leaving Cal, Musch worked several years at the Blackhawk Country Club in Danville. Although the Blackhawk Swim Team was a small team of only 40 year-round swimmers, they went on to have Individual Junior National Event Champions, Senior National finalists, an Olympic Trial Qualifier, High School All-Americans, and numerous National top 16 age groups award winners.

JOAN NEWBY
Head Coach - Men's & Women's Diving
E-mail: jpegoda@aol.com
Work Phone: (831) 459-3372
Fax: (831) 459-4070

Joan Newby (formally Joan Pegoda) begins her eighth year at the Helm of the UCSC Diving program. Each year her teams have grown and the coming year should produce the best yet. Joan is also the coach at nearby Cabrillo College. A native of Santa Cruz, Joan has lived here 45 years. A formal NCAA Division III All-American herself, Joan has brought that same competitive spirit to the diving program. Joan is currently a member of the Division III National Selection Committee, Head Coach at Cabrillo College, two local high schools, and Club Santa Cruz Diving Team. Joan has two children, Emily and Eric. She is an avid surfer and her picture can be seen in the Santa Cruz Surf Museum found at Steamer's Lane Light House.

JOEL WILSON
Distance Coach - Men's & Women's Swimming
Work Phone: (831) 459-3372
Fax: (831) 459-4070

Coach Joel Wilson has been at UCSC since the pool was built in 1988, his primary responsibility being the Head Coach of Santa Cruz Masters. Since 2004 he has been in charge of the UCSC men's and women's distance group, the Slug "D" squad.

Wilson swam collegiately at UC Berkeley where he was Team Captain and All American in the 1650 yd. freestyle. Since his collegiate days, he has continued to swim with Santa Cruz Masters and has maintained national top-5 age group rankings in a variety of events including the 200 butterfly, 400 IM, and 1650 freestyle.

Among Coach Wilson's goals are helping all members of the "D" Squad become as knowledgeable as possible about their chosen events so that they can swim their events as fast as possible, achieving faster times each season. Another goal is to foster a love of swimming that will stay a part of each member's life forever.

Coach Wilson is proud to be associated with the men and women of Slug Swimming and Diving!

Gordon Collet
Volunteer Stroke Coach

Gordon Collet is a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving as a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps from 1962 through 1966. He was trained for international conflicts and was commander of a reconnaissance platoon in 1965. He was a four time All American at the University of Oklahoma and placed first or second in the 100 Breast from 1957 through 1962, as well as finaling in the 200 Breast. He was a representative of the United States Marines Corps in the 1963 Military Olympics in Karlskrona, Sweden. He competed in the military pentathlon which included running, swimming, shooting, a 440 yard obstacle course which included grenade throwing and rowing a course in open water. He has completed thirteen marathons, finishing in under three hours three times. He has a Bachelors of Science in Education from the University of Oklahoma (1962), a secondary teaching credential from San Francisco State University (1967) and a Masters Degree in Physical Education from University of Pacific (1976).

Collet was the head coach of the Lodi High School swim and water polo teams, as well as the eleventh and twelfth grade PE teacher from 1967 to 1974. While there, he coaches 24 All Americans and was ranked the number four team in the nation in 1974 by swimming world magazine. From there he became the PE teacher and head swim coach at the University of Pacific until 1980. While there he coached six division one All Americans and had men rank as high as fourteenth in the nation and women as high as twenty second. He then went on to be an assistant coach at UC Berkley alongside swim coaching legend, Nort Norton. He then took a head coaching position at Ladera Oaks Swim Club from 1981 to 1986, before the team became Woodside Aquatics, at which he was head coach till 1997. In 1999, he accepted a position as assistant men’s swim coach at Stanford University and women’s assistants swim coach in 2005. He has also been a Physical Education at Woodside Elementary school since 1983.

Ryan James
Graduate Assistant Coach

Ryan is an assistant coach to the UCSC sprint group. He is in his fifth and final year at UCSC, majoring in Mexican and Latin American history.

James swam for UCSC during the 2008-09' and 2009-10' seasons after transferring from Grossmont Community College in San Diego. He is a current UCSC record holder in the 200, 400 and 800 Free Relays and a 2009 All-American in both the 400 and 800 Free Relays. He was also part of the 2009 PCSC Champion 400 and 800 Free Relays, as well as the 2010 PCSC 200 Freestyle Champion, 500 Freestyle Runner up and the 2010 PCSC DIII Swimmer of the Meet. He is a two time NCAA national swimmer, finishing 9th in the 800 Free Relay in 2009 and17th in the 200 Free in 2010 with the 13th fastest time overall in the nation for DIII 2010 season. James was awarded Collegeswimming.com National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week in December of 2009 and voted Most Valuable Swimmer for the 2009-10' season.

Matthew Nauman
Midwest Regional Recruiting Director

Matt Nauman is an internationally acclaimed recruiting expert, Youtube sensation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8JPyC339b4), and assistant coach of the UCSC sprint group. He graduated from UCSC in 2010 with a degree in Marine Biology emphasizing in Ecology.

Nauman was a four year swimmer at UCSC from 2006-2010 and was voted Team Captain in his final year 2009-2010. Despite primarily competing in long distance events during his career, Nauman has expanded his practice to the sprint group in his first year of coaching. Nauman achieved all conference honors three times in his career, twice in the 1650 freestyle and once as a member of the 800 freestyle relay. Nauman's hobbies include swimming, surfing, cooking, and general tomfoolery

"Get Wet"

Isaac Kim

Massage Therapist/Photographer/Video Recorder

Isaac Kim is a former UCSC swimmer. He is the coach of UCSC's butterfly/backstroke group. He is a Junior at UCSC majoring in business.

At his time at UCSC, he swam the 400 IM, 200 Butterly, and the 200 Backstroke. He is UCSC's one armed swimming champion and also the UCSC's monofin champion as well. More importantly, he loves pandas.

Jennifer Kruse