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We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and other swimming related needs, please contact one of the coaches. For all questions related to administrative, such as dues, safety, or policy issues, please contact either Steven Cooper or Brian Timpe.

Coaching Staff

Brian D Timpe

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Head Coach/Gold Group- Brian Timpe (7th year)

 Coach Brian began swimming competitively at the age of nine as a member of the Sioux Falls Snowfox swim team, a USA swim club. He swam for this team year round until he graduated high school, being voted team captain his senior year. Coach Brian was a member of a number of state championship teams, a member of multiple South Dakota zone teams, a multiple participant in YWCA nationals and a participant in the YMCA national meet as a senior. After graduating high school, Brian attended Drury University, ultimately earning a Master’s degree in Education. He was a member of the Drury swim team for three seasons and was a member of three national championship squads. Coach Brian is an ASCA (American Swim Coaches Association) certified coach and has a number of coaching experiences. Brian has been the assistant boy’s and girl’s high school coach at Park Hill High School for four seasons. He has also been an assistant coach at Old Pike Country Club five seasons. Brian has coached all levels of swimmers from beginners up through junior national swimmers. Coach Brian is excited to begin this year with high expectations and looks forward to the team exceeding them. 

  • 2012 Missouri Valley Senior Coach of the Year
  • 2011 Missouri Valley Senior Zones Coach (Franklin, IN)
  • 2010 Missouri Valley Senior Zones Coach (Bismarck, ND)

Danielle L Stoermann

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Asst. Coach-Gold/Silver Group- Danielle Stoermann (5th year)

Danielle worked for the YMCA of Parkville for three years, both as a lifeguard and a swim instructor. She also taught private swim lessons at Autumn Ridge, Riss Lake and the National for four years. Danielle is also a certified Red Cross lifeguard instructor. This is her third year coaching and she is very excited for this season.  Danielle currently attends UMKC and is working on a degree in middle school Social Studies education.

  • 2012 Missouri Valley Age Group Zones Coach (Columbus, IN)

Jacob Thomasich

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Asst. Coach- Black Group- Jacob Thomasich (5th year) 

Jacob's passion for swimming began at Walnut Creek at the age of 10. It was immediately clear that the sport would become his favorite over soccer and baseball. He swam in High School for Park Hill South achieving a letter and being a part of the state team in 2006. Since then he has taught swim lessons to all ages and lead the pre-competitive swim lesson program until coaching for Northland United in 2006. "I enjoy the competitive atmosphere but really feel rewarded when swimmers can learn new concepts that make them better athletes and more confident students." Jacob attended Maple Woods Community College and the University of Montana. He has returned to NLU excited to work with all ages and is currently Working on a degree in Education that he hopes to one day use to teach science or math at the middle school level.

Michael S Gardner

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Asst. Coach- Bronze/Black Group- Steven Gardner (2nd year) 

Steven first learned to swim at the age of six.  Since then, every summer he has swam for the Walnut Creek Swim Team, where he holds records in the 15-18 50 fly and the 15-18 freestyle relay.  Steven swam for Park Hill South all four years of high school, and went to state his sophomore, junior, and senior year, where the team received fourth, fifth, and fourth, respectively.  He has been awarded all-state honors for each year he swam at the state meet.  His sophomore year, he swam the butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay team that won the event, which was later awarded All-American Honors.  He currently holds records in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay at Park Hill South.

 In the summer of 2009, Steven was an assistant coach for Walnut Creek, which placed third in the small division at the Northland Conference Championships and also received the Most Improved award out of all teams in the Northland Conference.  He looks forward to working with NLU and hopes for a great year for the team!

Ethan D Rose

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Asst. Coach- Bronze/Black Group- Ethan Rose (1st year)

Ethan started swimming when he was 10 on Walnut Creek Swim Team. He joined the then Park Hill Aqua Ducks (now Northland United) at age 11, and made DI’s his first year.  When Ethan turned 12, he moved to Tsunami Swim Team and at age 14 was ranked top 10 in the nation for both 100 back and 200 back, just missing out on the Missouri Valley record for the 100 back.  During High School he swam for Park Hill South for 4 seasons, some of his highlights include getting 2nd place (200 free) at state my freshman year, getting two 2nd place finishes (100 back and 100 fly) and one first place finish (200 medley relay) at state my junior year, getting two first place finishes my senior year (100/200 free), and becoming a 4 time All State and All- American swimmer.  After High School Ethan attended Mizzou swimming for three years.  Ethan was on the scoring team all three years and ended up with the 5th fastest 200 free time of all time. 

He graduated with a BA in History and is looking to get his Masters in Education. He has been the assistant/head coach for a year each for Thousand Oaks Swim Team.  He has also been a swim instructor for the past 5 years working with The Springs Aquatic Center and the Mizzou Swim Camp.  Ethan is looking forward to working with the Hammerheads this upcoming year.