Austin Aquatics and Sports Academy has assembled a world-class team of experts that share our mission, goals, and vision to see each person reach their potential. Our goal is to bring in accomplished, well-educated, enthusiastic, and committed coaches.

RORIC FINK
HEAD COACH/
SENIOR 1 LEAD COACH
Roric Fink graduated cum laude from both the University of Phoenix in 1986 (master’s in business administration) and Whitworth University in 1986. In addition, he spent his first three years as an ASU Sun Devil.
Roric recently completed his eighth season as associate head coach with the University of Texas women. During that time they had six top-10 NCAA finishes and eight Big 12 Championships. Fink came to Austin from The University of Missouri where he served for two seasons as associate head coach. He has coached collegiately since 2003, spending eight seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Arizona from 2003-2010 where they won both Men’s and Women’s NCAA Championships in 2008.

NATE CHESSEY
HEAD MASTERS COACH/
AGE GROUP SWIM COACH
Nate Chessey graduated with an MS in Sport Performance and a BA with a concentration in Sports Nutrition and has been involved with competitive swimming for the past 17 years. While attending Graduate School at Springfield College, he coached both the college team and local club team. His last six years has been spent in San Diego as an age group coach with a team of over 700+ swimmers. In addition to the continued tradition of excellence in the water, he’s presented research projects and established network connections with the top performing programs in the US.

HAYLEY KRZECZOWSKI
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH
Hayley earned her Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science from Iowa State University where she was also a four-year member of the Iowa State Women’s swim team. While at Iowa State, Hayley earned NSCA All-American honors in strength and conditioning. Before coming to AASA, Hayley served as a sports performance coach in Park City, Utah working with a wide variety of athletes ranging from youth, to Paralympic, to professional. While in Utah, she also assisted in coaching the Park City High School swim team to a Utah State Championship. Hayley’s athletic training knowledge and swimming background led her to Austin where she is excited to enhance our strength and dryland programs.

MATT BYRD
MASTERS COACH / HEAD AGE GROUP SWIM COACH
