Coaches & Staff

Ian has served as Dynamo’s Head Coach since August of 2017 and has over 25 years of coaching experience. As Head Coach, Ian oversees all aspects of Dynamo Swim Club’s competitive programs, including our nationally recognized competitive team, Dynamo Juniors, and Dynamo Masters. He coaches Senior 1, working directly with athletes at both the Alpharetta and Chamblee locations. Ian is a dynamic leader for our organization and works tirelessly to have Dynamo to be a model club in Georgia, the southeast, and nationally. He also currently serves as the Secretary on the Board of Directors of the American Swimming Coaches Association.

During his time at Dynamo, Coach Murray played a significant role in the guidance and development of Olympic Gold Medalist and NCAA Champion, Brooks Curry. In addition, he has coached multiple National Junior Team Members and served on the staff of two USA Swimming Junior National team trips; the 2019 Mel Zajac International and the 2019 FINA Junior World Championships. He has also guided Dynamo athletes to multiple National Age Group Records, as well as team titles at the USA Swimming Futures Championships and Speedo Junior National Championships.

Ian previously served as Associate Head Coach of Carmel Swim Club in Carmel, Indiana. During his time at Carmel, Ian coached a Junior World Record Holder, a USA Swimming National Champion, and multiple Junior National Champions. His swimmers have set multiple USA Swimming National Age Group Records.  Coach Murray served on the coaching staff of the 2016 USA Swimming College Challenge, and he has been Head Coach for both the USA Swimming National and Zone Select Camps. The American Swim Coaches Association has named Ian a Coach of Excellence. In addition to his responsibilities with Carmel Swim Club, Ian was an assistant coach on the Carmel High School swim team, where the girls’ team had won 31 consecutive Indiana High School State Swimming Championships, a national record for all sports. He also served as Carmel’s Head Age Group Coach from 2006-2013 and was recognized by his peers as Indiana Swimming Age Group Coach of the Year.

Prior to Carmel, Ian coached on the staff of the Lake Erie Silver Dolphins in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, where he was an Age Group and Senior Coach. While at Lake Erie, Ian worked with multiple members of the USA Swimming National Team, including an Olympic gold medalist. He was named the Lake Erie Swimming Age Group Coach of the Year and served on the staff of the Richard Quick/Stanford National Swim Camp. Coach Murray was Head Coach of the 2003 Ohio Mid-States Team and the 2004 Lake Erie Zone Team.

A native of Northeast Ohio, Ian worked as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Cleveland State University swim team from 2000-2001.  He was a standout swimmer at Cleveland State from 1996-2000.   As a college swimmer, Ian was a conference champion, school and conference record holder, and team captain.

Ian and his wife Jennifer are the proud parents of two children, Arran and Ainsley.

Mike has served Dynamo for over 35 years and has been a key leader in the organization’s development, helping Dynamo grow from the original Chamblee location to multiple sites and facilities. During his tenure, he has led the original construction and then the expansion of the Alpharetta facility, installment of the dome over Chamblee’s 50m pool, and the recent Chamblee facility expansion and renovation.  His long involvement with Dynamo has been a key factor in the organization’s overall success and he has been instrumental in the startup and continued success of Dynamo Pool Management, Inc.  Mike and his wife Michelle are the parents of two children.

Brian joined the Dynamo staff in October of 2014.  As Associate Head Coach, he is the site director at our Alpharetta location and leads the Senior 1 training group.  Brian also handles competitive team billing for the organization. In recent years, his athletes have excelled at the USA Swimming Futures Championships, Junior National Championships, and National Championships, including a 2021 Wave 1 Olympic Trial Champion. Under his guidance, our teams have won championships at the USA Swimming Futures Championships and Speedo Junior National Championships.

Coach Wrighton has more over 25 years of coaching experience at all levels of competitive swimming.  Most recently, Brian was the Head Coach and Program Director for the Birmingham Swim League in Birmingham, Alabama.  During his time at BSL, Brian developed numerous Junior National/National/Olympic Trial level athletes, many of whom swam to National Top 10 rankings.  With Brian at the helm, BSL grew from 150 to over 200 athletes. 

Prior to his stint as Head Coach at BSL, Brian spent nine years as the Head Age Group and Masters Coach for BSL.  His athletes turned in several National Top 10 rankings (age group and masters), broke numerous Southeastern Swimming records, and he had one relay break a National Age Group Record.  Brian was also highly involved with Southeastern Swimming LSC, serving as its Age Group Chair, Administrative Vice-Chair, and Laws and Legislation Chair. 

Brian is originally from Louisiana and swam at the University of Alabama, graduating with degrees in Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education.  He and his wife Suzanne are the proud parents of two children, Brian Jr., and Bonnie.

Coach Cecelia has more than 10 years’ experience with Dynamo and originally started with the program in August 2011. She currently serves as our Head Age Group Coach and leads the Age Group 1 Gold group at our Alpharetta location. As Head Age Group Coach, she oversees the age group coaching staff and works closely with Head Coach and Associate Head Coach to design and implement our long-term development philosophy.

Coach Tripp’s initial role at Dynamo was Senior 1 Assistant and Lead Age Group 2 Gold Coach at Chamblee. In the spring of 2012, she took over as the Lead Coach for Senior 2 and Age Group 2 Green at the Alpharetta location and continued in that role until the fall of 2014. Cecelia spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as the Head Coach of the YMCA of the North Shore Sharks in Boston. In 2016, she returned to Dynamo in 2016 and served as Lead Coach for Senior 3 Gold and Age Group 2 Gold at Chamblee.

Prior to Dynamo, Cecelia spent 2007-2011 as the Senior Assistant and Lead Junior Group Coach at YMCA of the North Shore. From 2005-2007, she served as a Graduate Assistant at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. During that time, she also spent a summer working at the Stanford National Swim Camp. Cecelia is a 2005 graduate of Hamilton College in central New York and is a certified ASCA level 2 coach.

Mary Buzeta returned to Dynamo in November 2018. She is our Director of Development, overseeing our 10 & under athletes and their long-term development. Coach Mary spends time on deck working with all our 10 & under groups and mentoring our coaching staff. She previously led our Age Group 3 Gold group and served as a Senior 1 Assistant at Alpharetta. Mary spent the 2017-18 season as an Assistant Coach at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. From 2015-2017 she worked at Dynamo as an Assistant to Senior 1 and the Lead Coach for Age Group 2 Gold at Chamblee. In addition, Mary served as a Volunteer Assistant Coach at Emory University during the 2016-17 season, as well as from 2009-2011. Prior to Dynamo, Mary was the Head Site Coach at the Swim Atlanta Hamilton Mill location for 5 years. Mary is a certified ASCA Level 3 coach.

Mary attended Emory University, where she was a captain her senior year and received a degree in psychology. Mary first became part of the Dynamo family the summer before her senior year when she had the honor of swimming under Jason Turcotte. Mary had the privilege of working as a volunteer assistant with Jason the next spring. Mary and her husband, Federico, are proud parents of Augustina, Anthony, and Francis.

Jesse Lewis joined Dynamo in August 2018. He currently leads the Senior 2 training group and assists with various age groups at our Chamblee location. Previously, Coach Lewis led Age Group 1 Gold training group, as well as assisted the Senior 1. Coach Jesse is also the club’s primary Meet Director, having organized meets both at Dynamo Chamblee and Georgia Tech. 

Prior to Dynamo, Jesse spent two years coaching in Rochester, Minnesota. He first served as Head Age Group Coach of Med City Aquatics, where coached several zone athletes and numerous team record holders. He later became Head of Club Development of the newly formed Rochester Swim Club. 

Jesse began his coaching career in his native Northeast Ohio with the Shaker Sharks, ultimately rising to the role of Head Age Group Coach. The Shark Age Group program rewrote the team record book while producing LSC event champions, zone participants, and sectional qualifiers. Jesse also spent several years as an assistant coach with the Shaker Heights High School and Hathaway Brown School. He was also the Head Coach of Hathaway Brown’s Middle School swim team for two seasons, ultimately winning one conference championship. Jesse graduated from Saint Louis University. He enjoys going on adventures with his wife Kayleigh, collecting belt buckles and watching Green Bay Packer football.

Prior to joining the Dynamo family, she was Head Age Group Coach at Swim Atlanta-Roswell for two years. She led Swim Atlanta to short and long course State Championships each of those years and coached several nationally ranked athletes. Prior to Swim Atlanta, Nancy was Head Age Group Coach at Sunkist Swim Team in Jackson, Mississippi, leading the team to short and long course State Championships each year.

A Georgia native, Nancy swam competitively through high school and attended Lenoir-Rhyne College on a softball scholarship while majoring in Athletic Training. She also did post-graduate work in Exercise Science at Ole Miss.

Coach Sydney joined Dynamo in July of 2019 as our site lead at the Oakhurst Location. Coach Sydney leads our Age Group 2, Age Group 1, and Senior groups at Oakhurst. Additionally, she works closely with the Dynamo Swim School and Dynamo Juniors to ensure program continuity. Prior to arriving at Dynamo, Sydney spent six years coaching at DeKalb Aquatics, where she worked with athletes of all ages and managed many of the administrative aspects of the swim team. Prior to her time at DAQ, Coach Sydney was on staff at the Douglas County Stingrays where she served as Assistant Head Coach for three years. She also has experience from Auburn Aquatics, Swim Atlanta, and various summer league teams. Coach Sydney attended the University of West Georgia and studied Psychology and Criminology. She and her husband John are the proud parents of two children.

Prior to Lakota, Tom coached at Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics in Holland, Michigan where he led swimmers to multiple Junior National and NCSA Championship meets. Coach Tom has also coached swimming, water polo, and taught high school mathematics in Plantation, Florida. 

Originally from Indianapolis, Tom began swimming in high school and went on to swim and play water polo at Ball State University.  Tom and his wife, Heidi, have two lovable shih tzu/yorkies, Erebus and Bentley.

Ana Julia “AJ” Dobbs has been with Dynamo since 2014, beginning as a swim instructor. AJ currently serves as the lead coach for our Home School and AG3 Green training groups at the Chamblee location. She is also the Swim School Site Director at the same location. She grew up swimming for local summer league teams and Dynamo. AJ is a graduate of the University of California-Riverside, with a degree in Biology.

Abby Cohen joined the Dynamo coaching staff in December of 2024 and currently coaches at the Oakhurst location. Her primary role is leading our AG 3 and Masters groups, but she also assists with some of the other training groups when available. She is a Dynamo alum, having spent 11 years in the program form 2008-2019. Abby swam collegiately at Georgia Tech from 2019-2023, serving as a team caption her junior and senior seasons. She graduated with a BS in neuroscience and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Georgia State.

Stacy is a USAT Level 1 Certified coach. She competed in her first Iron distance in 2011 and has since finished 8 Iron distance races, numerous 70.3s, and Olympic distances. She has been a certified Massage Therapist since 2003 and is also certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as a personal trainer.

Stacy has been part of the Dynamo family since 2014 as a coached athlete, and in 2017 she began coaching. Stacy is a native of Atlanta and has a small massage therapy business in Roswell.

Lee joined the Dynamo Masters coaching staff in December of 2024 and works with our Mastes group at Chamblee. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he grew up swimming for Lakeside Seahawks. Lee also picked up some coaching experience at the Louisville Country Club. He swam collegiately at the College of William & Mary, where he earned All-Conference honors (Costal Athletic Association) and graduated with a BS in Physics.

Lee is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on medical imaging technologies, from The Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also the occasional connoisseur of the 70.3 and 140.6 Ironman distances.

With over 15 years of experience with Dynamo Swim School, Cordarro Patrick has been instrumental in developing and managing comprehensive swim programs that cater to all ages and skill levels. Our Swim School Director is very passionate about water safety, skill progression, and student-centered learning. Cordarro has successfully led teams of instructors, implemented innovative teaching methodologies, and fostered a culture of excellence in aquatic education with swim lessons and summer league coaching.

He continues to inspire both students and staff through his commitment to excellence.

Holly has been with Dynamo since 2010. She began her employment as a swim instructor and lifeguard.  She has been managing the Dynamo facilities since 2012. She oversees the daily operation of the Chamblee and Alpharetta locations, as well as manages the lifeguarding and customer service staff.