Please direct all coaching questions to Coach Brandon. You can still send emails to Coach Tom but direct the coaching questions to Coach Brandon.
Email: Tom@HauppaugeSwimClub.com
Coach Tom Bruder is the new Head Coach of Hauppauge Swim Club. Coach Tom has most recently been Assistant Coach of Islip Aquatics, and coached at the Huntington Y in the 1990s.
Tom was a swimmer for West Islip and held five Suffolk County records, and also was five-time All-American at West Liberty State College and New Mexico State University.
Tom maintains a love of the water to this day and can often be seen in the pool between meet sessions. His long connection to Hauppauge began by swimming at one of the first meets held in our pool when it first opened.
Tom’s philosophy of swimming is straight forward: work hard and do the best you can; stretch beyond your current level; get a lot of positive reinforcement from coaches and parents; feel like you’re an important contributor and part of the team; have fun and enjoy yourself!
Anyone who has been to a meet has seen Tom’s supportive style and is often amazed by his cheering for swimmers on other teams and following their times. We are sure that our swimmers will be very excited by Coach Tom’s appointment since so many of them already know him from the deck.
Tom has begun work on a program for our club and is scheduling meetings with the coaching staff to make sure the 2009-10 season gets off to a great start. He has indicated that the current system of having a primary coach assigned to each group will continue, and his goal is to be involved with all levels, know all the kids personally, and make sure that each swimmer gets the most out of the HAA experience.
Email: Brandon@HauppaugeSwimClub.com
In recognizing the contribution and commitment of Coach Brandon Modrov to our team, Coach Tom, with the Board’s endorsement, has appointed Coach Brandon to the newly-created position of Assistant Head Coach.
In this capacity, Brandon will work closely with Coach Tom in shaping the future of our club by designing programs to attract and retain swimmers, maximize their growth and development, and help manage all the details of coaching a successful swim club.
Coach Brandon has been swimming since he was a Little Eagle himself, had an enormously successful high school career, at Hauppauge High School, and set records as a college swimmer at Rider University.
Brandon has been coaching at HAA for 2 years and is valued by parents and respected by swimmers for his personal style and ability to help them maximize their potential.
Email: Denise@HauppaugeSwimClub.com
This is Coach Denise Parks first year coaching for the Hauppauge Swim Club and she is very excited to join the team. Denise recently moved to Long Island to be with her fiance, Paul, and they are planning a summer 2009 wedding.
Denise’s family is originally from Long Island and many of her relatives still reside in Hauppauge. Prior to moving Long Island, Denise coached swimming for the Pine Bush Aquatic Club (a Metro Swim Team in upstate NY) for five years.
She also taught swimming lessons for 6 years and swam competitively for 15 years. Denise was a member of the Pine Bush Aquatic Club for ten years and she swam for the LeMoyne College Swimming Team. Denise attended LeMoyne College and the College of Saint Rose and has degrees in psychology and counseling.
Denise is a certified School Guidance Counselor and she is currently pursuing a secondary education degree in Mathematics at Queens College. She hopes to someday (soon!) teach high school math. Denise looks forward to working with the Hauppauge coaches, swimmers, parents, and board members.
Email: Rob@HauppaugeSwimClub.com
Coach Rob Faber has coached Age Group swimmers for over 20 years. Previously he coached for Lindenhurst and Farmingdale swim teams. Rob swam age-group for Lindenhurst for 10 years. Rob started coaching with Hauppauge in September 2002 and coaches the Junior Group along with Coach Brandon