Jim Leitz (Swim Team Administrator/Head Coach): Over 15 years of experience in the sport, including 8 years with the Marlins Program. He brings a strong strength to the staff in his communication and focus on stroke technique. Jim is also the father of 3 of our swimmers. This will be his 8th year with the Marlins. Email: marlins@cyedc.org

Tara Burke (Head Coach): Tara brings a wealth of coaching experience with her. Tara coaches the Lansdowne Swim Team in the summer and the Upper Darby High School Girls team in the winter, and has been a teacher for 8 years at Drexel Hill Middle School. She has a fine swimming background from Archbishop Prendergast.

Kim Detweiler (Assistant Head Coach): With over 10 years of experience, Kim brings summer, high school, and collegiate experience to our staff. Kim is currently the Head coach for Prendie and our Girls Gold Team. This will be her 4th season with the Marlins.

Jackie Prince: This will be Jackie's 5th season with the Marlins. She has experience in Summer, High School, and YMCA Swimming. She spends a great deal of her time working on technique with our younger swimmers. Jackie currently attends the West Chester University studying Nursing.

Sam Hammond (Head Boys Coach): This is Sam's second year with the Marlins. He has coaching experience with YMCA and coaches at DeLaSalle Swim Club in the summer. He spends most of his time working with and improving our younger swimmers. Sam is also a former National Marlins Swimmers.

Katie Troy: This is Katie’s second year coaching for the Marlins. She has been involved with the program for 5 years as a Coach and a Swimmer. She has experience with Summer, YMCA, High School, and Collegiate Swimming and is also a former Marlins National Swimmer. She focuses much of her time with the older swimmers.

Alex DiBiasi: This is Alex’s second year coaching for the Marlins. He has experience Coaching Summer Swimming. He also has experience being a Summer and High School Swimmer. He spends his days teaching at Upper Darby High School and Coaching St. Joe’s University Crew. He focuses much of his time with the Middle Group Swimmers and Dryland. He also Coaches with Tara at Lansdowne Swim Club in the summer.

Cara Santelli: This is Cara’s first year coaching for the Marlins. She has experience coaching summer swimming at Lansdowne Swim Club, as well as being a former summer and high school swimmer herself. Cara has been a teacher for 11 years, spending the last 8 of them at Chatham Park in Havertown.

Jill Pantelides: This is Jill’s first year coaching for the Marlins. Jill also is an assistant coach for the Prendie Swim team with Kim. Jill has experience with summer, high school, and collegiate swimming. Jill is also a former Marlins swimmer and also swam at Kutztown in college.

Leah Tourtellotte: This is Leah’s first year coaching for the Marlins. She has USA swimming experience starting at the age of 8 up to the most recent end of her collegiate career at Cornell University. In college, Leah broke numerous records and qualified for Nationals. She is very strong in current stroke development and technique. She is currently studying at St. Joseph’s University.

Timmy Truax: This is Tim’s 1st year coaching for the Marlins. He swam for the Marlins for 5 years, where he was a national qualifier. While attending Villanova University, Tim was a school record holder in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and a 6 time Big East champion. He has previous coaching experience at Yeadon swim club and Villanova.