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Tyler Applegate

Tyler Applegate, Assistant Age Group Coach & Water Polo Coordinator

Coach Tyler is from San Antonio, Texas. He attended Alamo Heights High School and Trinity University. In high school, he was All Region for 4 years and Honorable Mention All State for 3 years. In college, Coach Tyler was All Region for 3 years and 1st Team All America. He was Head Coach for the Summer League for Stone Mountain Stingrays for 3 years. He was Head Coach for Trinity Water Polo for 1 year.

Bill Christensen

Bill Christensen, Aquatics Manager & NTN Head Club Coach

Coach Christensen was the Head Coach of the Lobo Aquatic Club previously. There he had several Junior National Championship qualifiers and Top 16 National Swimmers. He has coached numerous State record holders. Bill has also served on the New Mexico Swimming Board as Senior Vice Chairman and Sanctions Chairman. Before coaching for Lobo, Bill was the Head Age Group Coach for the King Aquatic Club in Washington for eight years. There, he had several Top 16 National Swimmers and served in quite a few capacities for Pacific Northwest Swimming. Bill graduated with a BS in Economics and swam for the University of Oregon. Bill is an ASCA Level 4 Coach.

Sarah Crouch

Sarah Crouch, Assistant Swim School Coordinator and Private Lesson Instructor

Coach Sarah began coaching in 1997. She previously coached at NTAC and Irving Swimmers and various summer leagues. She began swimming at age five and swam competitively through her college years at Hendrix College. Coach Sarah holds a degree in Classics from the University of Dallas.

Lynne Gorman

Lynne Gorman, Asst. HS Swim Coach and Pool Operations Manager

Carolyn Hryorchuk

Carolyn Hryorchuk, High School Diving Coach

Coach Hryorchuk is a native Texan, raised in Houston. She received her All-Level Physical Education and Dance Degree from Sam Houston State University in 1982. At Virginia Commonwealth University, she earned her Health Degree. She has taught for 18 years, ten of them in Carroll ISD. Coach Hryorchuk has coached middle school volleyball, basketball, and track & field. She was named Volleyball Coach of the Year for three years. Coach Hryorchuk is in her second year as the Dragons Diving Coach. She is USA Diving certified. Last year she had the most divers qualify for Regionals in the history of Carroll HS Diving Program. Coach Hryorchuk was selected as the Boys Regional Coach of the Year for 2006-2007.

Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy, NTN Novice Coordinator and Head High School Swim Coach

Coach Murphy has been coaching professionally, all ages, since 1979. He was an Oklahoma State HS Swimming Champion in the 100 breast in 1974 and went on to swim 3 years at Oklahoma State University, earning All-Big Eight honors each year. He was a United State Youth Delegate to the Montreal Olympics in 1976. He spent 6 years in the United State Naval Reserves, from 1977-1983. He earned a BS in Physical Education from the University of Tulsa in 1983. He is a member of ASCA, NISCA and TISCA. He has coached USA Swimming for 32 years, at all levels, and has been a Head HS Swim Coach for 26 years. Coach Murphy holds an ASCA Level 5 HS certification. Since his arrival in Southlake in August of 2005, Coach Murphy has led the Dragon Men and Women, each, to six District Championships in a row. The Dragon Boys were State Runners-Up in 2007 and 2010, winning the State 5A Swim/Dive Championship in 2011. The Dragon Girls were 3rd in 2010 and the Texas State Swim/Dive Runners-Up in 2011. In addition, 40 different Dragon swimmers have earned 88 NISCA All-American swimming listings in the last six HS swim seasons. As the Carroll HS Head Swim Coach, Coach Murphy works closely with the NTN coaches and is the "competitive swimming ambassador" for NTN and the Southlake Swimming Community. In the summers, Coach Murphy is the Head Coach of the 250 member, Timarron Tigersharks Swim Team, and teaches "learn-to-swim" lessons in Timarron. His wife, Patti, is a former Oklahoma University Sooner Cheerleader. He has four daughters, Dru, Cali, Rachel, and Sarah, along with his son, Sean. At Southlake Carroll, "We build good citizens, not just good swimmers!"

Stuart Smith

Stuart Smith, Senior Prep Coach.

Coach Stuart has been a coach for NTN since 2004. Previous coaching experience includes being head coach for the Wal-Mart Swim Club in Bentonville, Arkansas; as well as assistant coaching positions with Dynamo Swim Club in Atlanta and Longhorn Aquatics. Stuart attended the University of Texas where he was an All-American. He graduated with a degree in Liberal Arts and also competed in the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials.