instructors

Eric Caines Masters Swim Coach
Eric Caines joined the BC Masters coaching staff in January 2009.  Caines, a native of East Hartford, Connecticut is a graduate of Emory University (Atlanta, GA) where he swam for four years and was a Division III NCAA All American in the 1650 and 500 yard freestyle.  After College, Caines attended the University of Connecticut School of Law.  Caines currently works full time as an attorney for the Insurance Recovery Group in Framingham, MA.  Caines has several years of coaching experience including recreational, YMCA and USS level competition, most recently for the East Hartford, CT YMCA.  He has been active in US Masters swimming since January, 2008 and is looking forward to the opportunity to work with his fellow teammates.

Adam Champion SCUBA Instructor
Adam Champion is a certified NAUI SCUBA diving instructor. He has been instructing in the Boston area for over five years and has been diving for over ten. Other then diving predominantly along the east coast, Adam has been diving in Bonaire, St. Croix, Mexico, the Florida Keys, and the Red Sea. He has experience in wreck and cavern diving as well as underwater photography. Adam is certified to instruct introductory SCUBA (Open Water I), Advanced SCUBA (Open Water II), and Dry Suit Diving. Originally from Swampscott, MA Adam received a BA in Economics and Psychology from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from Northeastern University. Please see the BC SCUBA webpage for more information on his class.

Pieter dehart Masters Swim Coach
Pieter deHart joined the BC Masters coaching staff in January 2007. deHart is a lifelong swimmer who graduated high school in Seattle, WA before continuing college and graduate school. First a distance swimmer on the swim team at University of Utah, deHart finished the last two years of his Division I swimming career as an IM/Freestyle specialist at the University of Rhode Island. His first masters swimming was in 2000 in Sandwich, MA in Cape Cod while he finished his M.A. in Biology. Beginning in 2002, while he worked through completion of his PhD in Marine Biology at the University of Alaska, deHart was the head coach of and swimmer with the Fairbanks Arctic Swim Team masters program. Among other accolades, deHart currently holds 3 SCY, 6 SCM, and 11 LCM Alaska state Masters records. Coach Pieter is looking forward to another successful season, making the masters experience fun for swimmers of all backgrounds and abilities!

Tom Reynolds Masters Swim Coach
Tom Reynolds joined the BC Masters coaching staff in January of 2008.  Reynolds started his swimming career at the beginning of his freshman year of high school in Manchester NH.  His strong points from the beginning have always been breaststroke and IM events.  He swam for Bernal’s Gators in high school and went on to swim for Division 1 University of New Hampshire while double majoring in political science and communications.  Reynolds was a 2000 U.S. Open Qualifier in the 100 and 200 yard Breaststrokes. He also currently holds school and pool records in the 200 Breaststroke at the University of New Hampshire (circa 1998).  He was two time America East Conference champion in the 200 Breaststroke (01, 02) and runner up at ECAC’s (02).  Reynolds has been coaching swimming on and off since 1998 at the age group and high school levels and is very excited about working with Williams, DeHart, and Caines to make this the best BC masters program ever.

Mindy Williams Masters Swim Coach
Mindy Williams joined the BC Masters coaching staff in September of 2005. Williams, a native of Vermont, is a graduate of Colby College (Waterville, ME), where she swam at the varsity level for four years and was a Division III NCAA Qualifier in the 1650, 500 and 400 IM. Williams currently works full time as the aquatics director and head swim coach at Simmons College in Boston, MA. Prior to this appointment, she served as the head swim coach at Regis College (Weston, MA) for four years. Over the past several years, she has been involved with coaching competitive swimmers at the age group, collegiate and masters level. Williams has been active in US Masters Swimming for the past five years.