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Daniel Jacobs, II
Owner & Head Coach
Advance Age Group/ Senior Prep & Senior group
Oakmarr Rec. & The Madeira School
dan@machineaquatics.com

USA Swimming National Select Camp- Assistant Coach Women's Team- 2011
USA Swimming Zone Select Camp Coach- Eastern Zone- 2009

PVS Board of Directors - Coaches Representative 2005- 2009
PVS Zone Assistant Head Coach- 2004
PVS Zone Assistant Coach- 4 Terms
USA Swimming Coach- 15 Years

I started swimming when I was 4 years old for my neighborhood team, the Marlbank Mudtoads in Yorktown, VA. I swam AAU/USS for Coast Guard Blue Dolphins in Yorktown, VA until the age of fourteen when I moved to Northern Virginia. Where I swam for Solotar, Oakton High School and The Vienna Aquatic Club (VAC) GATORS. I started coaching in 1985 as a developmental assistant at VAC and assistant coached there until I graduated from Oakton in 1986. 

I attended College at Old Dominion University where I graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. I also swam Division 1 for ODU. That is where I had the honor to be coached on occasion by ASCA Hall of Fame coach Bill Peak. Besides scaring the heck out of me he inspired me to continue coaching and to make a difference in peoples lives. During the summers I coached at Dunn Loring for three years before accepting the Head Coach position at Vienna Aquatic Club. Upon Graduation from ODU I worked in the Graphic Design field for approximately 10 years, all along continuing to coach for VAC in the summer and coach USS for York Swim Club. I started Machine Aquatics in 2001 with Christian Doud and strive to be the best coach on the planet. I will never stop learning to be a better coach. I am married to my best friend and partner Paris Jacobs. We have two beautiful children, Lilly and Daniel. I love our sport that has given me so much throughout my life and love to coach.

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Paris Jacobs
Team Manager
paris@machineaquatics.com

USA Swimming Eastern Zone Director- Non Coach- 2011- 2013
USA Swimming National Club Development Committee- 2009-2013
USA Swimming Eastern Zone Board of Directors- Age Group Chair (Non- Coach) 2008- 2012

PVS Board of Directors- Administrative Vice Chair- 2010- 2012
USA Swimming coach 10 years-  ASCA Level 2
USA Swimming ConocoPhillips Outstanding Service Award- 2008-2009
USA Swimming National Team Staff- 2006- Present
Team Manager for USA National Junior Team 2008- Melbourne Australia
Team Manger Girls USA Swimming National Select Camp- 2007 & 2010
Team Manager Girls USA Swimming Zone Select Camp- 2006
PVS Zone Team Manager- 2004- 2007

PVS Volunteer of the Year- 2008-2009

NVSL Coach 10 years- Fox Mill Woods 2003- 2009
Dominion Country Club League Coach- Trump National Country Club- 2010- present
Original Machine Coach- 2001- Present

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia. I grew up swimming for Dynamo Swim Club, one of the top 5 teams in the country.  I began my coaching career in Atlanta at my summer league pool as an assistant coach.  I moved to the Northern Virginia area in 1993 attending boarding school. I attended Georgetown University & George Mason University studying Business.

In 2009, I stepped off the deck as a full time Machine coach to run the team operations.  In addition to managing the team, I am also very active in USA Swimming. 

In 2001, I married Dan Jacobs, we have 2 children, Lillyan (8) & Daniel, III (6).

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Brad Bowser, II
Head Site Coach
Advance Age Group/ Senior Prep & Senior group
Audrey Moore Rec., Tysons Sport & Health & Tuckahoe

10 years coaching at Jersey Wahoos.
Associate Head Coach of Senior Program at Jersey Wahoos and Assistant Manager of the Swim Club
Coached numerous Junior Olympic qualifiers, NCSA Junior National Champions & Olympic Trial Qualifiers.
Assistant and Head Group coach for top level age group programs at Jersey Wahoos.
Middle Atlantic Swimming LSC Board for 6 years, 5 years as the Tech Planning Chair and 1 year as the Senior Chair.
Swimmer and graduate of North Carolina State University in 2001.
Was a finalist at ACC Championships.
2000 Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100 breaststroke.

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Blair Piddington
Head Age Group Site Coach

Tysons Sport and Health
Monday- Friday 4:15- 5:30pm
Oakmarr Rec. Center
Monday, Wednesday, Friday- 6:45- 8:00am
blair@machineaquatics.com

When I was 5 years old I was watching my brother swim in a meet at VAC and decided I could to it too.  I jumped in wearing huge shorts and no goggles and did pretty well, since then I was hooked.  I swam at VAC till I was too old and also swam USS for many years.  I then took my career to George Mason where I swam for four years.  My best strokes were the 100 and 200 breaststroke, and also swam a little I.M. 

I started my coaching career at VAC in 2002, and currently still coach there.  I love summer league for the competitive and team atmosphere shared by swimmers ages 5 through 18.  I've been coaching at Machine since 2003 and it is my full time job.  I started coaching mainly micro machines, but now coach all ages.  I am a head site coach at the Tysons Sport and Health club and am coaching 12 practices this year. I work mainly with age group and advanced age group swimmers, but also help out seniors and micro machines.  I love coaching and working with children of all ages. 

Other sports I played growing up include football, basketball, wrestling, soccer, and i also pole vaulted for Oakton High School, which was awesome.

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Rod Montrie
Advance Age Group/ Senior Prep Coach

The Madeira School
Monday- Friday  4:30 – 6:15 pm
Saturday   6:00 – 11:00 am

30 years: USS club coaching with Sea Devil Swimming.
15 years: Swimming Professional at the Chevy Chase Club.
18 years:  Director of Aquatics at the Madeira School, McLean, VA
Two terms: PVS Distance Coordinator
Four-time Virginia State Independent Schools Coach of the Year
2007 Recipient of the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association's David H. Robertson Award for Coaching Excellence

Born and raised in Bethesda, MD, I grew up swimming summer league and USS with M.A.C.  I started coaching during my college summers at Mohican Pool. After graduating from the University of Maryland I spent five years teaching before coaching full time.

I believe that kids swim their fastest when they are having fun. Hard works puts you in the position to be successful but the joy of racing is what makes this sport great. I am incredibly excited to part of Machine Aquatics.

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Hope Megonigal
Age Group Coach

Tysons Sport & Health-
Tuesday & Thursday 7:15- 8:45pm
Oakmarr Rec. Center-
Saturday- 7:45- 9:00AM
hope@machineaquatics.com

Hope started swimming at age 5.Hope went on to swim at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA where she earned a Degree of Science in Mechanical Enginerring.  Hope also complete her Masters studies earning a Degree in Physiology, Kinesiology and Nutrition.

In 2005, Hope took over running the NVSL winter team for the Vienna Gatrors.

Hope is returning this year for her 4th season with Machine.

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Josh Travis
Age Group & Advance Age Group & Senior Prep Coach

The Maderia School-
Monday- Friday- 3:00- 7:45pm

Oakmarr Rec. Center-
Monday- 1:45-3:00pm

josh@machineaquatics.com

Josh started his swimming career at a very young age.  Josh grew up swimming for the Vienna Aquatic Gators, Fairfax High School, YORK Swim Club and Machine Aquatics. 

Josh originally joined the Machine staff in 2003, where he worked as a coaching assistant for two season.  In 2008, Josh returned to the Machine Family after coaching for the local USA Swimming club FAST. 

During the 2008 season, Josh worked as a coaching assistant to Coach Dan Jacobs.  This season Josh will be one of our full time staff where he will coach at Oakmarr and Madeira- Monday- Friday.

In Josh's spare time he likes to play music with his band and do any activities outdoors.

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Lynn Ann Nickley
Micro- Machine & Age Group Coach

Audrey Moore Rec. Center
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
4:15- 5:45pm
lynnann@machineaquatics.com

Lynn Ann Nickley has extremely fond memories from her summers when she swam in the NVSL as a North Springfield Dolphin.  She fell in love with the sport and was soon swimming whenever she could.  She was a member of the state championship swim team at Thomas Jefferson High School where her favorite strokes were freestyle and backstroke. 

In college (JMU) she became WSI certified, and became passionate about teaching others to swim.  She worked three summers in the early 80's as an assistant coach and head coach for her childhood team.  Fifteen years later she found herself back at the swimming pool with her own sons.  She started coaching in the NVSL again in 1999.

In the summer of 2003 she met Paris Jacobs and decided that she and her sons would join the fabulous family of Machine.  Besides coaching and swimming,  Lynn Ann enjoys spending time with her husband and three sons.

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Grady Hough
Age Group/ Senior Prep Coach

The Madeira School-
Tuesday & Thursday 4:30- 7:15pm

grady@machineaquatics.com

Grady Hough coached for The FISH Swim Team for 8 years year working with the Advanced Age Group, Terrific Fish and the Mini-Fish. He is a Registered Nurse working at Inova Fairfax Hospital on the Vascular Access Team. Coach Grady Hough was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Graphic Design. Go Vols! He spent nearly a decade in television and radio production shooting TV commercials featuring sports stars Tony Dorsett, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman, Grant Hill and others.

Grady then spent a couple of years working with special needs kindergarten and pre-school children before returning to Nursing School at Northern VA Community College. He currently works as a Registered Nurse placing PICC line catheters for patients with long term antibiotic or chemotherapy needs.

Coach Grady started competitive swimming when he was 6 and swam for the Knoxville Swimming Association which later became Pilot Aquatic Club. He swam through his high school years and coached summer league and high school teams while in college. He continues to train and compete in area triathlons and open water races. He will be racing in the Nation’s Triathlon in Washington, DC this summer.

Grady hopes that his swimmers will begin to understand the concepts of self-discipline, self-motivation and self-respect.

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Teri Harper
Head Developmental Coach

Tysons Sport & Health-
Monday & Wednesday 4:15- 5:45pm

teriharper@machineaquatics.com

NVSL Swimmer since 8 & Under
NVSL Coach for 12 years
USA Swimming Coach 10 years
Original Machine Aquatics Coach 2001-Present
Stroke Technique Specialist

Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin/ Madison
Graduate Degree in Landscape Architecture - Virginia Tech.
Mother of Three

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Jeff Haynie
Age Group/ Senior Prep Coach

The Madeira School-
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
7:00- 8:45PM

jeff@machineaquatics.com

USS Coach- 11 years

HACC Senior/ Senior Prep- 2000-2005
HACC Head Age Group- 2003-2005
Zone Coach (10 & U) - spring 2005
Machine Senior Prep/Age Group- 2005-2007
Machine Substitute- 2008
Summer League Coach (NVSL, HSL) - 19 years
    Hiddenbrook 8 & U Coach (NVSL) - 1991-1992
    Four Seasons Head Coach (HSL) - 1993-2001
    Herndon Swim Club Head Coach (NVSL) - 2002-2005
    Fairfax Station Head Coach (NVSL) - 2006-present
High School Coach (Herndon High) - 4 years
    Head Coach- 2000-2004

I learned to swim in 1980 from NCAA All-American Rick Hyser with the Upper Merion Marlins, in Pa.  He introduced me to swimming fly before I could even make it across the pool in free.  The rest of my swimming career my fly was faster than my free☺  He showed a love for swimming that I took with me for the  rest of my career and is what I love to share with all I coach and coach with.   My swimming went to the next level when I moved to Va. in 1988.  I swam for Solotar, York, and HACC.  I swam at O’Connell and Herndon High School and graduated in 1994.  I finished my swimming career after my freshman year at West Chester University due to a shoulder injury.

I started coaching in the summer as an 8 & under coach at Hiddenbrook as a 15 year old and never looked back, I currently am the Head Coach of the Fairfax Station Flyers.

I graduated from West Chester University with a BS in Elementary Education. I have been teaching in Fairfax County for 10 years (3yrs at Floris ES, 2 yrs at Oak Hill ES, and 5yrs at Spring Hill ES) I have taught 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. I currently teach 6th grade Math at Spring Hill. 

I currently live in Vienna with my family (my wonderful wife Debbie and our 2 daughters.)

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Jonathan Dee- "JD"
Developmental & Age Group Coach

Oakmarr Rec. Center-
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 6:45- 8:00am
Saturday 7:45- 9:00am

The Madeira School
Monday- Friday 5:45- 7:30pm

jd@machineaquatics.com 

Information will be posted soon.

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Damian Rodino
Age Group Coach

Tysons Sport and Health-
Monday- Friday- 4:15- 5:45pm

Saturday 6:30- 10:00am

damian@machineaquatics.com

Grew up in Stafford County swimming for QDD in the Virginia Swimming League and for North Stafford High School. Have been coaching since the age of 15 for summer league teams but took a break for college. Swam for George Mason University for 4 years as a conference scorer and currently involved assisting the program. A part-time trainer at a gym in Ashburn owned by the Washington Capitals Strength and & Conditioning coach for the past 2 years.  Certified Massage Therapist with a focus on sports massage for athletes in training.  2nd Year as a Machine coach and excited to continue my career with Machine.

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