Our Coaching Staff

PEAK Coaching Excellence

A great camp curriculum means nothing unless you have a team of great coaches to implement it. PEAK coaches are highly qualified, with an average of 25 years of professional experience from across the country and abroad. Most of our staff has worked with Coach Baker for many years and all employ his positive coaching style. They fully endorse the PEAK mission statement, our holistic training philosophy, and the PEAK Promise. Additionally, they are active participants in the PEAK Your Knowledge Continuing Education program and have completed Red Cross safety training. Passionate and enthusiastic, our coaches assist in making PEAK camps and clinics second to none.

Dennis Munson

Entering 12th Year as PEAK Coach
Coach Dennis has been a professional swim coach for the past 48 years. He has extensive knowledge and experience at all levels of swimming including the junior and senior national level. He coached Rick Carey as a 10 & Under, who would later become a 3-time Olympic gold medalist at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. Coach Dennis has been a swim instructor and aquatics director at the Mount Kisco Boys and Girls Club for 40 years. He also served as Head Coach of the Marlins Swim Team and U.S. Masters Swimming at the Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester. During that time, Dennis was also named High School Sectional Coach-of-the-Year. In recognition of his 35 years of service, the Mount Kisco Boys and Girls Club renamed their Learn To Swim program the “Dennis Munson Aquatic Program”.

Larry Jukes

Entering 11th Year as PEAK Coach
As the current Head Coach of the CRCY Barracudas Swim Team in Centralia, Illinois, Larry Jukes enjoys the day-to-day challenge of helping swimmers achieve peak performance. Over his 15-year professional swim coaching career, he has qualified multiple swimmers to the state and junior national level. In addition, one member of his team achieved international status by qualifying for the 2012 World Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, and also earning multiple gold medals at the Central American Games. At age 14, Coach Larry earned a Top 16 ranking in the 100-yard freestyle. He continued his swimming career at Vincennes University where he was a finalist at the NJCAA National Swimming Championships and later served as captain of the swim team at the University of Evansville. While attending college, Coach Larry earned an accounting degree and a law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

Tim Regan

Entering 9th Year as PEAK Coach
Coach Tim has been a professional swim coach for the past 16 years training swimmers to the regional, state, and zone level. He also developed and directed Learn to Swim programs in San Diego, California, and Greenwich, Connecticut. In addition to his full time commitment to coaching, he has served as Vice President of the Westchester County Swimming Association for 10 years and is currently the Co-Chairman of Swim Across America. Coach Tim also trains triathletes in his limited spare time, having qualified more than 30 athletes for sprint and Ironman triathlons. He was a 4-year Varsity Letterman at Villanova University and a valued member of the school’s swim team.

Richard Mojica

Entering 8th Year as PEAK Coach
Coach Richard has coached swimming at the professional level for the past 21 years. His current duties include Head Coach of Boston Latin Academy and Assistant Coach at Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, Massachusetts. Among his many coaching strengths, he is a master at identifying and maximizing swimmers’ individual strengths and has trained multiple swimmers to the state, national, and international level. Coach Richard holds a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

Steve Guthrie

Entering 6th Year as PEAK Coach
A professional swim coach for the past 43 years, Coach Steve is a constant source of positive energy and encouragement. For the last 30 years as the Head Coach of De La Salle High School in Concord, California, he has developed more than 20 All-Americans as well as 5 U.S. Olympic Trial qualifiers. He has also been named the California High School Mens Swimming Coach-of-the-Year, and North Coast Section Coach-of-the-Year, plus awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the North Coast Section. Under his tutelage, his team has amassed a winning record of 138 dual meets in a row and 19 league championships in a row. Coach Steve holds a Bachelor of Exercise Physiology, Master of Physical Education Administration, and was a 4-year collegiate athlete in both water polo and swimming.

Rick Wheeler

Entering 13th Year as PEAK Coach

With a coaching career that spans 14 years, Rick Wheeler brings a wealth of experience to the pool. His journey began in Asia where he spent seventeen years, before returning to the United States in 2018. During his career, he has spent 13 years at PEAK Performance Swim Camp, both as a coach and as the business manager. This extensive experience has honed his skills and knowledge in the field of swimming and coaching. Working alongside Head Coach Nick Baker and other PEAK coaches has enriched his expertise and his ability to transfer his knowledge and passion to swimmers of all backgrounds.
His coaching philosophy is inclusive, catering to all levels of swimmers. From those just learning to swim to those swimmers with Futures Cuts, he is committed to helping each individual reach their full potential. He takes pride in having produced multiple record holders and assisting hundreds in achieving their goals in the pool, no matter the location. He thinks every swimmer has the ability to improve to reach their goals. The more they know about the sport, the more they will engage. He believes the technical and mental side of the sport are key to achievement and fast swimming. He is the head coach for the Lake Havasu Swim team, which has 70+ members ranging in age from 6 to 18.
  • PEAK Performance Swim Camp Business Manager– May 2020-present
  • PEAK Performance Senior Level Coach– 2019
  • ASCA Stroke Technician– 2015

Dave Cracknell

Entering 4th Year as PEAK Coach
Coach Dave’s 30 years of professional swim coaching experience spans several countries including New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the USA. He is also a world-renowned triathlon and swim coach to multiple Olympians and elite age group athletes. Dave has been a member of multiple Canadian National Triathlon Teams, competed in the Commonwealth Games, and is an Ironman Hawaii World Championship finisher. In New Zealand and Canada, he taught physical education and mathematics at secondary schools for 15 years, and also coached swimming, water polo, and basketball. Coach Dave currently swims Masters in Florida and Canada and competes in open water swim events around the globe. He graduated from York University and Queen’s University in Canada and has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education.



Scott Gainey

Entering 3rd Year as PEAK Coach
Coach Scott brings over 24 years of coaching and teaching experience to the pool deck. He was awarded Regional Coach-of-the-Year in 2017 and 2018. During his most recent work with RACE Aquatics in Bowling Green, KY, he produced 4 Junior National Qualifiers in 4 years, and took the team from 30th to 4th place at Sectionals. Scott has also coached the Longhorn Aquatics and Nitro Swimming teams in Texas, and Irvine Novaquatics in California. He has qualified swimmers in the following ranks: Olympic Trials Qualifiers, Commonwealth Games Qualifiers, Jamaican National Record Holder (50 Free), and a host of national, regional and sectional qualifiers and champions.

Keith Harrison

Entering 3rd Year as PEAK Coach
Coach Keith has coached swimming at the professional level for the past 6 years and trained multiple swimmers in the Boston area to regional, state, and zone level competition. He divides his time as the assistant head coach of a USA swim team, a Boston high school team, a local recreational team, and an adult U.S. Masters team. Coach Keith puts in long days and is extremely passionate about improving every swimmer he coaches. Recently, one of his most dedicated swimmers received a full swimming scholarship to college. Keith was a state high school record holder in the 200 Breaststroke and a Massachusetts All-Scholastic Award Winner.

Sean Quackenbush

Entering 3rd Year as PEAK Coach
Coach Sean is an accomplished and experienced athlete and coach. He was a 3-time Big Ten Champion at the University of Minnesota, winning titles in the 100 Fly, 200 Fly, and 400 Medley Relay, and breaking several Big Ten records. He is also a 12-time NCAA All-American and a University of Minnesota Swimming Hall of Fame inductee. Sean was named to the USA National Swim Team and swam in the US Olympic Trials, World Cup Games, and the US Open, where he was a Gold and Silver medalist. Following his competitive swimming career, Sean was an Assistant Coach for the Division 1 swim program at Michigan State University. In 2016, he became Head Coach and Aquatics Director at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville, California. Sean holds a MS in Sport Psychology from MSU.

Tim Brown

Entering 2nd Year as PEAK Coach
Coach Tim has been a professional swim coach for the past 25 years, coaching over 100 state champions at multiple levels and 25 All-Americans. He is best known for his enthusiastic and motivational coaching approach. He helped build the Central Iowa Aquatics swim team from 10 swimmers to more than 200, and ranking in the top 3 in Iowa for 15 consecutive years. Tim was voted Conference Coach-of-the-Year twice in 2003 and 2005, and today more than 20 of his former swimmers are now swimming coaches throughout the country. Tim attended Texas A&M University and swam on their collegiate team for 2 years.