BUTCH JORDAN

Athletic Director

Butch Jordan was born in 1952 and has been involved in competitive swimming since age 12 and continued swimming through college.   Butch has been COSST Head Coach since 1975.  He graduated from Southern State College in Arkansas with a B.S.E. degree in Physical Education and is a Level 4 coach in the American Swimming Coaches Association.   He has attended ten World Coaches Clinics and participated in the Elite Coaches Seminar at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.  Butch is the son of Jack Jordan, the founder of competitive swimming in Shreveport.  He is married and has two children, both of whom swam for COSST.  He was named Louisiana Coach of the Year for the years 2002, 2003, and 2006.

Patrick Oathout

Head Coach

Head Pre-Varsity coach Patrick Oathout is very motivated to build on an already strong age group program.  Patrick has been involved with the JV program since 2002.  He has been involved with the COSST Summer League Program since 1999 and committed to youth development in the Shreveport area.  He is a certified with USA Swimming and is currently an ASCA Level 2 coach.  He graduated from LSUS and is a physical education teacher at Caddo Middle Magnet.  He is married with 3 children.

Dustin Myers

Varsity Co-Head Coach

Head Varsity coach Dustin Myers is a graduate of Centenary College (2008) where he swam for Coach Jordan. During his time with the Gents, Myers was voted team captain by his peers as a junior and senior. He also captured second team all-conference honors all four years and earned the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence as a senior.  Dustin looks to continue the great tradition of COSST swimming.

Joe Ferguson

Varsity Co-Head Coach 

Co-Head Varsity coach Joe Ferguson. Started swimming for Butch Jordan in 1979 until 1989.  Swam for Ohio University and joined the NAVY for 11 years.  After the NAVY Joe can back to Shreveport in 2003 and dove right back into the swimming program on the coaching as the assistant for Butch Jordan.  Joe Ferguson is the Commissioner for the COSST Summer League Program.  He graduated from Campbell University with a Business Administration degree.  He is also one of the assistant swim coaches for Centenary College in Shreveport.  Joe is married to Kay Ferguson.

Derrek Amidon

Assistant Coach Pre-Varsity – Junior Varsity

Pre Varsity and Junior Varsity Coach Derrek Amidon is very excited about the present and future of the COSST program and what it means to our swimmers, not only as a sport but also the life lessons and skills that year round swimming instills in kids. Coach Derrek has been with the COSST year round program since 2007. He is certified with USA Swimming and also an ASCA Level 2. He graduated from University of Texas (Arlington) and currently manages his own business in Supply Chain Solutions and Transportation. He is married with 3 children.

Sarah Sewell

 Junior Varsity Head Coach – Youth Development

Coach Sara Sewell is the Head Coach of the Junior Varsity program and also heads the COSST Swimmer Developmental Program. Coach Sara has been with COSST since 2006 and has played a vital role in getting our younger kids ready to participate in competitive swimming. Sara is USA Swimming certified and also has ASCA Level 2 Certification. She is married and has 4 children.

The COSST Philosophy of Coaching Swimming

The COSST coaching staff is dedicated to creating a program that will not only give your children a strong physical skill that can be used the rest of their life, but also a program that is capable of teaching young athletes the value of long term goal making, a characteristic that will serve them in every endeavor throughout their life that they commit to.

The JV program stresses technique, the pre-varsity program builds on this strong technique to add endurance and strength that leads to the consistent success of those swimmers that dedicate themselves to making COSST's varsity program.

Each year Coach Jordan consistently sends 5% of the JV swimmers, 50 % of the Pre-Varsity swimmers, and 95% of the Varsity swimmers to the Louisiana State Meets, which are based on qualifying state cuts for each age group.

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