MARK WAGNER: HEAD COACH

Mark serves as the Head Coach and General Manager for the Redding Swim Team. He is a former College All-American Swimmer who has been coaching since 1985. He has coached all levels of swimming in the areas of recreational, high school and U.S.A. swim teams before coming to Redding in September of 1996. In 2005, Mark was also hired as Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming/Diving Team at Shasta College.

Since arriving in 1996, our swimmers have set over 100 new team records and have qualified swimmers for the Age Group Western Zone Meet, Junior Nationals, Senior Nationals, and two (2) Olympic Trails Qualifiers.

In addition, the American Swimming Coaches Association certifies Mark as a level 4 coach. His certification places him in the top 5% in the nation.  Mark is serving on numerous Board of Directors within the swimming and local community.  He has three wonderful children.

BETHANY WILLIAMS: ROOKIES and AGE GROUP COACH

Bethany is a former swimmer of the Aqua Ducks. She has been coaching with the Aqua Ducks for 6 years and enjoys teaching and coaching the new athletes. She has been teaching swimming for over 15 years as well as being a head coach for local High Schools for the past 6 years. She is the Site Director for our Shasta College site and enjoys helping children of all ages explore swimming. A graduate of Chico State in Kinesiology and movement studies, she brings her knowledge of her degree, her smile and caring nature to our team. She is married to a former swimmer, Chris and has three wonderful children, Clark, Clayton, and Evalette. 

ROB SMITH – ASSISTANT COACH

A lifelong swimmer, Rob grew up on the pool deck with his dad as a swim coach.  Some of his lasting memories are summer swim meets, playing in the team area, and camping with the team at meets.  In high school he swam for Shasta High as a standout freestyler and backstroke.   Recruited to swim with Coach Ernie Maglischo at California State University, Bakersfield; he honed his skills to become a competing force in Division II swimming.  During his freshman year, he earned All American Honors and a National Championship ring as a member of Roadrunner team.   The following year Rob took the opportunity to move up into Division I as a Sun Devil at Arizona State University.  There he continued to achieve success competing for ASU on the national team all three years, earning All American Honors, helping his team earn a top ten finish his senior year.  Throughout college Rob coached age group teams in California and Arizona and contributed to the ASU program as a volunteer assistant coach.  Rob completed his degree in Exercise Science from ASU with honors and continued onto his post graduate education with a degree in Chiropractic.  Excited to work with the kids, Rob takes his past swimming experience and his acquired body of knowledge and applies it to his coaching.  Not afraid to try new approaches and always looking for fun in practice, he abides by a simple philosophy in coaching, "Every swimmer has unrealized potential."  He finds his role as a coach is to challenge the swimmer and support their growth as a whole person.  

CHIP MARK: SITE COACH

Chip Mark - Coach Chip Mark is a Redding native and grew up on the Year-Round Redding Swim Team (back then it was called the “Shasta Aquatic Club Bears”).  Chip is married to his wife Alicia and together they have two children, Christopher and Amber.  Chip has been involved with aquatics all of his life.  He worked at the Redding YMCA for nearly 17 years (from 1997-2013) as the Aquatics Director where he taught swimming lessons, coached a Jr. Swim Club for entry level swimmers (many of whom went on to swim for the Ducks), and taught Red Cross Water Safety and Lifeguarding classes.  Chip has also coached at the High School level at Redding Christian, American Christian and currently coaches the Shasta High School’s JV swim team and assists with the Varsity team.  Coach Chip is a familiar face to many around the pools as he has also coached with the Ducks in the past and he is delighted to join the Duck family once again, he shares his love of swimming and children with the community.

Audrey is a Senior at Shasta High School, and she has been swimming with the Ducks for 9 years. She also competes for the Shasta High School swim team, and she won Swimmer of the Year for the 2021 season. Audrey is an AP and Honors student, and she is aiming to swim for a Division I University after she graduates. Additionally, Audrey is an Athlete Representative for the Sierra Nevada Swimming Board of Directors, and she had the opportunity this past April to attend the national USA Swimming Conference in Denver, CO. Her highlight of the conference was being able to meet Missy Franklin and Rowdy Gaines. The 2022 summer season will be her second summer as a coach, and she loves being able to teach new swimmers how to love the sport, and she values learning new skills from her swimmers as well. She is commonly known as "El Toro" in the water, and her favorite events are the 200 Butterfly, 200 Breast, and 400 IM. 

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