Coaching Staff
Head Coach Zolon Knoll - Junior + Senior Lead Coach
Junior Lead Coach/Senior Assistant Coach Zolon Knoll started his swim career as a 5 year old with the Sewanee Tigersharks. During the intervening years, he continued to compete each summer as a Tigershark, while also swimming with Mountain Aquatic Club, Tullahoma Swim Club, and Huntsville Swim Association. As a high school swimmer at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee, Coach Zolon anchored the record-setting Boy’s 200 yd Freestyle Relay Team in a dramatic 6th place finish at the 2020 TISCA State Championship. Coach Zolon is also a member of the Boys 400 Freestyle Relay Team and the 200 Medley Relay Team, and he holds the 100 Individual Medley Relay Record. Now a collegiate swimmer at Centre College in Danville, KY, Coach Zolon started coaching at age 11 with Coach Nan and the Rookie group. He continued to coach over the next several years, and he’s excited to continue taking on the challenge of working with the Tigershark Junior swimmers for the 2023 season while also assisting with the PreSeniors and Seniors.
Assistant Coach Nan Long - Rookie I
Coach Nan Long returns in her 9th year as the Rookie I coach, bringing many years of coaching experience to the benefit of TigerSharks. Coach Long spent six years coaching with Tullahoma Swim Club as the 10 & Under coach, and spent two years teaching private swim lessons. Additionally, she served as a Mountain Aquatic Club developmental coach from 2015 to 2017. Coach Long also served as the assistant coach for the SAS Swim Team from 2005-2022, head coach from 2013-2015, and was named Coach of the Year in 2013 by the Middle Tennessee High School Swim Association. Coach Long cannot wait to work with her Rookie swimmers again this summer! Email Coach Nan at [email protected]
