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Coaches
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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. |
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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. Coach Patrick is also the head coach for CE Byrd High School. He
graduated from LSUS and is a physical education teacher at Caddo Middle
Magnet. He is married with 3 children that currently swim with COSST. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. Coach Derrek also served as an assistant coach on
the 2010 and 2011 Louisiana zones team. Coach Derrek will serve as Age Group
Chairman on the LSC level as well as head coach for the 2012 Zone’s Team. 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 2
of which swim for COSST. |
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Sara 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 all which currently swim
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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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