Coaches
Coach Lauren grew up swimming for her neighborhood pool in Atlanta and then continued at Druid Hills High school. She played Water Polo on the club team at the University of Georgia. Lauren coached her neighborhood swim team starting with the 6 and unders and then transitioning to head coach for 3 years. She has lived in Savannah for 19 years, teaching Visual Art at Coastal Middle School. She has two children, Cooper (12), and Camden (10), both of which will be swimming this year and is excited for a great season!
Coach Laura started swimming summer league at age 5 in Dunwoody, GA. She quickly fell in love with the sport and began swimming for Swim Atlanta, all year around, at age 7. She had the incredible privilege of working under some of the sports' best coaches and enjoyed training and competing across the country. She participated in multiple State Championships and Zone Championships. She was the Captain of her high school swim team, Chattahoochee High School, in Duluth, GA, where they won dual state championships in 1996. Laura enjoyed teaching swim lessons and coaching both summer league and for Swim Atlanta, throughout high school and college. After college, she and her husband, Adam, moved to Macon, GA where she coached for Swim Macon and began an all year around swim lesson program. Adam's active duty career in the Air Force moved them to TX and MS until they landed here in Savannah in 2015. Laura has 5 children, ages 24-10 yrs old. She is pleased to have 4 children swimming for the Barracudas this season! Laura is thrilled to be back on the pool deck coaching and working with young swimmers.
Hey guys! My name is Betty Barsic and I am so excited to be coaching this year! I swam for Wilmington Park for 8 years from age 11 to 18. I also swam in high school for St. Vincent's Academy. I attended UGA where I studied classics with an emphasis in culture. I now teach at The Habersham School. I loved my summers as a WPST swimmer and I'm so happy to be back this summer as a coach!
Coach Connor recently graduated high school from Islands, where he also swam. He swam club at GCAT but more importantly swam for the Barracudas from the ages of 12-18. Previously, he won the Stacy Jones award which is the top award given on the team. Coach Connor is currently thinking about what he wants to do as a career. He is extremely happy to be back coaching and welcome back his little "brothers and sisters" as well as welcoming the new swimmers and their families onto the team.
