Our Coaches
Dave Malone – Head Coach
Dave is our Head Coach and has conferred wisdom, insight and the occasional curled lip upon our bunch of merry swimmers.
- Four Time Paralympic Swimmer
- One of the country’s most decorated paralympic athletes with one Gold and two Silver medals
- One Gold and two Bronze World Championship Medals
- Two Gold, two Silver and one Bronze at European level
- Held the S8 World Record in the 50M, 100M and 200M Backstroke from 1997 to 2007
- Retired from competitive swimming at Beijing Paralympic Games 2008
- Regularly tours schools extoling the benefits of swimming and a healthy lifestyle
- Respected media commentator and sports pundit
Kevin Williamson- Senior Coach
Kevin coaches our Senior A Squad on Saturday mornings. His sessions are anticipated with a mixture of excited interest and abject terror!
- Double Olympian – 1976 & 1980
- ‘Big Ten’ Champion 800M Free Relay – 1979
- Over 70 National titles
- Irish Senior record holder for the 1500M long course for 28 years
- Winner Dun Laoghaire Harbour Swim – 1979
- Fastest swimmer in the Liffey Swim 2000 aged 41 years old
- International swimming coach for the European Short Course Championships
- International coach World Cup meets Paris & Bonn
- Coach to Dave Malone, Paralympic Gold Medallist
- Coach to Steven Manly, All-American & Multi Irish record holder
- First Irish swimmer to break 50 seconds for the 100M Freestyle
- ASA Coach and Coach to Terenure College for 24 years
Geoff Gilhooly – Development & Age Group Coach
Geoff Gilhooly is one of our age group coaches. Having started swimming at age 9, he has been swimming with the N.A.C swim team since 2004. During a successful swimming career he won the 50m B/C at the all-Ireland community games in 2005, the 100m F/C in 2007 and the 100m fly in 2008 at the Leinster Schools Championships. He also finished second in the 100m F/C at the Irish schools in both years.
In 2008 Geoff was selected to go to the WISE International Schools meet in Swansea. He has represented Leinster at two Celtic Tri Nations held in Edinburgh and Swansea in 2007 and 2008, and represented Ireland at the UK School Games in 2007. He also finished third in the National Youth Championships in 2008 and got silver in the 4x100m relay at the 2010 National Championships.
Geoff is currently studying full-time for a degree in sports management.
Hayley Burke – Development & Age Group Coach
Hayley Burke is the latest addition to the NAC Swim team having coached for the past three years with Aer Lingus Swim Team with the Age Group Squad (equivilant of NAC Junior Squad). Together with Geoff, Hayley will be helping our development and age group swimmers.
While coaching at Aer Lingus, Hayley helped get three swimmers to Division I and six swimmers to Division II, one of which subsequently qualified for Division I. She has taught swimming with Aer Lingus and DCU lessons for 5 years from every level including adult.
Hayley was also an accomplished swimmer in her own right enjoying much success. Over a 15 year competitive swimming career, she earned 9 caps for Ireland including representing Ireland at the European Youth Olympics in Paris where she swam in two semi finals and finished up 9th (200 back) and 11th (100 back) and numerous caps for Leinster. She captained an Irish Team at British Youth Championships and a Leinster Team on three occasions. Currently Hayley. together with three relay team members from Aer Lingus, hold two Irish records – fingers crossed it lasts for a few years!
Hayley is very enthusiastic about swimming and eager to learn more teaching and coaching everyday. She looks forward to sharing further success with the kids of NAC Swim Team, and hopes to see future top Irish swimmers come out of this up and coming club.
Ciaran Keogh – Strength & Conditioning Coach
Ciaran is currently studying for a M.Sc in Exercise Physiology at Trinity College Dublin and holds the following qualifications:
- B.Sc Health Fitness & Leisure Studies.
- Certificate in Physical Fitness & Conditioning Studies.
- NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
- UKSCA Accredited Coach.
- Irish Amateur Weightlifting Association Level 1.
- NTC Pilates Level 1 Matwork Instructor.
- Irish Sports Council Certificate in Child Protection In Sport.
