Our Coaches

Coach Eric

Head Coach Eric Whitten has over 20 years of experience in coaching in Marin. His first job (at the tender age of 17) was as assistant coach of the Lucas Valley Waterlogs. He has coached Sleepy Hollow, Swim Marin, Indian Valley Aquatics, Marin Academy and Marin Pirates. He has a Masters in U.S. History as well as a Masters of Fine Arts in Painting. In the off-season, Eric is a professional landscape painter. He and his wife Chris, a kindergarten teacher at Dixie, have three children: two daughters 9 and 7 and a son aged 5.

Assistant Coach Jack Naylor – swam for the WaterDevils, swam for Terra Linda High School (NCS qualifier), and then swam for Boston College (Big East finalist in the 200 breast). Jack is studying for his CFA, and wants a career split between financial planning and swim coaching. He’ll be taking over the Lucas Valley Swim School and will coach all age groups of the LVST, with a primary focus on the younger ones. He has the spark and enough team spirit to make every day a fun day in the pool.

Assistant Coach Kelsey Louderback – Kelsey is very familiar to Lucas Valley Swimming, her name still stands in our record book and all over the MSL in pool records! As a High School All American she led Marin Catholic to the NCS Championship in Water Polo. Kelsey continued swimming and water polo at Sonoma State, and is currently a top ten nationally ranked US Masters’ Swimmer. She has coached in Marin, both at San Rafael High School and at Swimarin. Kelsey wants a career in education and coaching and currently works with learning disabled students at Mill Valley Middle School. As an LVST assistant she will coach and develop the older age group swimmers.