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The Team

Head Coach

Ian Pope

MSC is excited to announce our Head Coach is Olympic Coach Ian Pope. Ian is one of Australia’s most successful coaches having coached over 70 medallists at major international events including Olympics, World Championships, and Commonwealth Games.

Some of Ian’s Olympic medallists include Matt Welsh, Michael Klim, Giaan Rooney, Matt Targett, and Grant Hackett. Ian is former Head Coach of Surrey Park and Melbourne Vicentre, and previously helped steer these clubs to be prominent in swimming. Ian’s primary focus will be on developing swimmers mentally and physically as a person whilst maximising their talent and potential with a focus on building a strong team culture, mental edge and training with the right technique.

Ian is excited to be back and lead MSC to be a dominant force in swimming.
Ian Pope

The Team

Mark McGrann
Geelong Senior Coach

Mark McGrann

Mark is our Senior Coach for the Geelong based MSC training program with a strong focus on delivering a technical and mental edge. Born & raised in Ireland, Mark was the Assistant Coach with Lisburn City Swimming Club before moving to Chena Swim Club in North Vancouver as the Senior Assistant Head Coach. For the past 4 years, McGrann has been the Head Coach of the Halifax Trojans Aquatic Club, one of the most successful junior programs in Canada, having coached several National & Provincial medallists.

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Julie-Anne Roberts
fitzroy senior Coach

Julie-Anne Roberts

Julie-Anne Roberts has become is a highly regarded national level coach after a decorated career as a swimmer. Roberts joined MSC from Surrey Park, where she had coached several medallists at National, National Age and State Championships. During her earlier tenure at Tigersharks, Roberts was selected as the Australian Youth Trans-Tasman Team.

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Liam Pope
Melbourne Senior Coach

Liam Pope

Liam has over 5 years coaching experience having coached at Surrey Park and Trinity Grammar School.He is passionate about supporting others both in the water and out, and has a great rapport with his swimmers. He has a great eye for the technical aspects of swimming and makes this his primary goal with the swimmers in fine tuning their technique.

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Matt Kearns
Bendigo Senior Coach

Matt Kearns

Our Bendigo based training squad is lead by Senior Coach Matt Kearns who has coached several medallists at State and National championships. With a long history in the sport of swimming and a strong work ethic, Matt allows swimmers to achieve their personal best and grow as people.

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Shaun Ward
Geelong Development Coach

Shaun Ward

Shaun is the Development Coach for the Geelong based MSC. Shaun has 8 years coaching experience, and 15 years of extensive knowledge in Learn to Swim industry, both teaching and management. Shaun's related qualifications Advanced Diploma in Outdoor Recreation/ Adventure Management for the past 20 year's. Shaun will continue to support young athletes, through positive leadership, technical education, and a safe nurturing environment to develop a mental edge.

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Sam Pope
Melbourne Development Coach

Sam Pope

Sam brings an enthusiastic approach to MSC, predominately coaching at a Development and State level with a focus on technique. Prior to MSC, Sam began coaching roles at both Surrey Park and Loreto Swim Club. Sam is currently studying Law at University, and is a prevalent water-polo player.

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Bridgitte Burns
Geelong Development Coach

Bridgitte Burns

Bridgitte provides both experience and enthusiasm to the MSC Geelong team. With swimming experience as a youth athlete at national and international events in the pool and multi-sport competitions, combined with professional experience in Learn to Swim program development and competitive squad coaching, Bridgitte plays an integral role for new and developing swimmers at all levels within the MSC Geelong squad structure.

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Gianluca Paradiso
Melbourne National Age

Gianluca Paradiso

Richmond Recreation Centre

Freestyle

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Olivia Hodges
Melbourne National Age

Olivia Hodges

Favourite Stroke: Freestyle, Favourite Food: Pizza, Favourite Movie: Batman

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Marcus Grillo
Program Manager

Marcus Grillo

Marcus is a former National Breaststroke finalist, placing in the top 5 in the country. He ensures that his squads and learn-to-swim classes have a friendly atmosphere, and a determination amongst his swimmers to swim well.

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John Egan
president

John Egan

John has spent the last 30 years in business working largely in the steel industry - currently holds positions of CEO and Directorships in well established companies within this industry as well as other business interests. John has been involved in many different sports at all levels including playing State grade volleyball for 10 years, water ski racing for 10 years, and more recently, supporting his own children with their football, basketball and netball pursuits.

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Melissa Ah-Yu
Operations Manager

Melissa Ah-Yu

Melissa has over 6 years of sales, operations and people management experience. With a deep passion in entrepreneurship and operational excellence, Melissa is always looking for new opportunities and to support those around her.

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Wayne Jarred
Commercial Manager

Wayne Jarred

Wayne is an accomplished executive in the sports world, having had valuable experience at the AFL, NRL and NBL in a variety of commercial and operational roles, and has also joined our Team.

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Fort Caruso
treasurer

Fort Caruso

Fort Caruso encompasses over twelve years of accounting experience, both locally in Melbourne, and interstate. His love and passion for numbers and business also extends to the football field, where he has enjoyed a lengthy career playing high level football across both the VFL and SANFL leagues.

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Matt Mitianiec
Technology Manager

Matt Mitianiec

Matt brings a wealth of IT, operational and project management knowledge to the team with over eight years of experience in the industry. Matt is passionate about finding innovative ways to enhance sport through technology. He's been actively involved in basketball both as a player and a coach in Europe and now in Australia.

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