BUTCH JORDAN

Head Coach 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 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 for many years and is a certified lifeguard involved with Red Cross.  He is a certified with USA Swimming and ASCA Level 1.  He graduated from LSUS and is a physical education teacher at Caddo Middle Magnet.  He is married with 3 children.

MARTHA SISKRON

Head Junior Varsity coach Martha Siskron is very motivated to build on an already strong age group program. Martha has been involved with coaching JV for 3 years and recently took over the head coaching position.  Martha is a community volunteer and participates in multi-sport events all over the country.  Martha certified with USA Swimming and ASCA level 2.  Martha has a degree in Applied Science from Centenary College.  She is married with 2 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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