MEET OUR COACHES
St Thomas
Coach John Vasbinder
1977-1982, 2009-PRESENT
NATIONAL SWIM COACH FOR AUSTRALIA, USA AND USVI (VIOC, VISF)
Coach JOHN is our Head Coach and has over 45 years of competitive aquatic experience. He started his coaching career in Australia and has continued to coach all over the world. John has been the National Coach for Australia, the US Virgin Islands and the US. He has been awarded the YMCA National Coach of the Year twice.
Significant achievements:
-ASCA level 5 Coach in USA and International
-World Aquatic ( FINA) certified National Coach 2015
-3 times National Coach for 3 countries
-6 times Olympic Coach :1976 Australia , 1980 US VI, 1988 USA, 2012, 2020 USVI
-2 times YMCA of USA National Coach of The Year 1989, 1998
-18 YMCA National Championships
-South Carolina State Championships for 12 years 1984-1996
-8 times South Carolina Coach of the Year
-USA Swimming Coach Excellent Award
-25 years as a Coach of Record for having a
FINALIST in USA National Championship each year.
-USVI National Coach for Olympic Games , Jr Olympic Games ,
World Championships, Jr World Championships,
Pan Am Games, Jr Pan Am Games,
Caribbean Games, CAC Games, CCCAN,
CARIFTA and UANA Swim Meets.
Coach JOHN is excited with the continued development of the VI swim teams and is looking forward to another successful year with STSA.
Coach Susie Andrews
Coach SUSIE is our Assistant Coach and has been involved in competitive swimming for most of her life. Susie attended and competed for the University of Michigan and Lehigh University. She is an ASCA level 4/5 coach with more than 35 years of coaching experience. She has coached at Summerset Hills YMCA in NJ advancing children from novice to Olympic trial qualifiers. She then worked for 16 years at Lehigh University, a Division I NCAA program and spent one year at Princeton University before moving to the Virgin Islands. Coach Susie is very excited to bring her Knowledge and expertise to the very successful STSA programs.
