Head Coach | Scot Budde

Scot Budde joined our team as Head Coach in August of 2020 with 20 years of diverse coaching experience ranging from 7 years as the Head Swim Coach at Greensboro College to time spent with board-directed and for-profit USA Swimming clubs in North Carolina and Delaware.  He has coached all levels of swimmers from beginners who were afraid of the pool to Senior National and NCAA qualifiers. 

Scot’s coaching philosophy is a perfect match for our team.  A comment offered about Scot sums up what we have experienced in our time with him as head coach: “Scot makes all swimmers feel important by challenging them at their own level to maximize personal goals in the pool."

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Assistant Coach | Haley Saunders

Haley is a social studies teacher at Spotswood High School and also their high school swim coach as well as a volleyball coach. Growing up she was a club swimmer for her team in North Carolina, and after high school she attended Bridgewater College, swimming competitively all four years and serving as the team captain. She has spent her last four summers coaching the ERRA Barracudas during the summer league season. 

 

 

 

Assistant Coach | Chloe Ouellette

Chloe graduated from James Madison University in 2025 with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology on a Physical Education track with a Coaching Education Minor and is currently working toward her Master's degree in Education. She grew up in Northern Virginia and where she swam with the Meadowbrook Makos from age 4 to 18. For several summers Chloe was been an Assistant Coach for the Makos and is now a swim instructor with Empowerment3 at JMU and a summer league coach for the ERRA Barracudas. Chloe is very passionate about swimming and coaching and is excited to be a Gators coach!

 

 

 

Strength and Conditioning Coach | MJ Saunders

MJ is a certified functional strength coach and personal trainer. For the last seven years she has  worked with a variety of athletes ranging from middle school, high school, college, to adults on developing their strength and conditioning.  MJ’s strength programs focus on the movement, strength, speed, and power necessary to  improve sport performance and reduce injury.
She is also currently an instructor in the department of Kinesiology at JMU  where she teaches Lifetime Fitness and Wellness and swim conditioning to college students. She is looking forward to working  with the swimmers on developing their dryland training!
 
 

 

 

If you would like to contact a member of our coaching staff, please feel free to reach out to our head coach, Scot Budde at scotalan@yahoo.com. For immediate concerns or questions related to fees, policy issues, or safety, please contact Jolanthe Erb, the Director of Operations, at hburggators@gmail.com.