Head Coach – Brad Grant
Brad grew up swimming in the valley. He is a swimmer with 15 years of USA Swimming competitive experience. Brad swam under some of the best coaches in the country and with several Olympians. Brad has a degree in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University and uses his educational background and competitive swimming history to develop young swimmers into efficient competitors. His emphasis is on stroke techniques, racing strategy, psychology, and race specific conditioning. Brad was an Arizona High School Champion, 1986 500 Free and a 9 time national competitor in the 200 Back, 400/500 Free, and 200 Free. His first love is the IM and he devotes a great deal of time in developing all strokes and events in his swimmers.
Since taking over for Moon Valley Aquatic Club, Brad has led the team to 300% growth and increased efficiency by 200% in swims. Brad is also the current Technical Chair for Arizona Swimming Inc and the Aquatics Manager at Moon Valley Country Club.
Assistant Coach – Charli Proto
Charli grew up swimming competitively around Moon Valley for the last 12 years. She has been coached by Coach Brad and a list of distinguished coaches. Charli has coached not only swimming, but basketball as well, and brings a unique style of teaching to the pool. Charli is an up and coming age group coach who bring fresh vitality to our program.
Head Diving Coach & Team Assistant Coach – Tiffany Sauer
Tiffany heads our competitive diving program. She has a wealth of experience and education in coaching diving. Tiffany is an energetic coach who leads and teaches by example. Tiffany Sauer is a sophomore at Arizona State University West, studying Finance. She has over 11 years of personal diving experience. She dove competitively for the City of Glendale at Glendale Community Pool for 11 years and dove for the USA team here at Moon Valley during the 96-98 seasons.