Facility & Team

Swim Team Head Coach Rey Aguilar celebrated his twenty-fourth year with Dad’s Club and his fourteenth as head coach in 2024. Coach Rey has worked with all age groups, from beginner to national-level swimmers, and his dedication, knowledge and enthusiasm guide his swimmers to outstanding performances at every level. Rey’s swimmers have gone on to swim in college and NCAA championships. Many are nationally ranked and have qualified and placed at state, junior national, national, Olympic Trials, and international-level competitions. Many of his swimmers have ranked in the 18 &under World Aquatics rankings. Rey has been selected as a Zones and All-Star coach, and he’s served as head coach for the Gulf All-Star select team. He has been a member and chair of the TSA All-Star committee and has also served on the board of Gulf Swimming. In 2019 and 2023, Rey was named the Gulf LSC Senior Coach of the Year. Rey is a former Dad’s Club swimmer and was part of El Salvador’s national team, where he represented the country in numerous international competitions. He earned a degree in business marketing and advertising from the University of St. Thomas in Houston.

Coach Dustin Myers has experience coaching various ages and levels of swimming, and he is the head age group coach with the Dad’s Club Swim Team. His experience includes young age group swimmers all the way to college and Olympic trial qualifiers.

As an assistant at Centenary College in Shreveport Louisiana, Coach Dustin oversaw the sprint group and dry-land training programs. During his tenure, he helped lead several individual and relay conference champions. While working at Centenary, Dustin was also the senior coach for the City of Shreveport Swim Team (COSST). There he produced numerous Louisiana State qualifiers, state champions, sectional qualifiers, high school all-Americans and junior national qualifiers.

Most recently, Coach Dustin worked with Cy-Fair Swim Club (Fleet) where he worked with various age groups. During his time at Fleet, he was an instrumental part of the club’s success at the age group, state and national levels. Coach Dustin helped produce several Gulf champs, tags, sectional, junior national and Olympic Trials qualifiers. In 2023, Dustin was named the Gulf LSC Age Group Coach of the Year. Coach Dustin grew up in Round Rock, Texas where he swam for Round Rock High School and Texas Gold. He swam collegiately for Centenary College of Louisiana, where he graduated with a BS in health and exercise science.

Coach John McClure is a senior coach with the Dad’s Club Swim Team. He comes to us from Mansfield, TX, where he started swimming at the age of 6. Coach John swam competitively through college at Texas A&M, and he began coaching during his sophomore year of high school. Coach John has coached at every level of swimming, from novice, to national, to college. Most recently, he was the head coach of Heart of Texas Aquatics Team in Waco, TX. Coach John has coached several sectional, junior national and national qualifiers; national age group Top 10 swimmers; and one Olympic Trials qualifier. Coach John has a passion for teaching the sport of swimming and is very excited to help Dad’s Club to many more successful seasons.

Coach Jenny Brown is an age group coach with the Dad’s ClubSwim Team. Before focusing solely on competitive age group swimming, CoachJenny also worked with masters and outdoor education. Her experience with this wide range of ages and levels makes her one of our most well-rounded coaches.Coach Jenny grew up swimming competitively and was a collegiate swimmer at JohnBrown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Coach Jenny has coached at TylerRose Aquatics and most recently at Katy Aquatics. She brings a passion for teaching the sport of swimming and is very excited to help Dad’s Club continue building on our success.

Coach Leonel Dubon is an age group coach with the Dad’s Club Swim Team with more than 25 years of coaching experience. Throughout his long career, he has worked with all different ages and levels. Coach Leonel has developed countless Texas Age Group State (TAGS) qualifiers, with many becoming TAGS finalists and champions. He has also helped many of his swimmers qualify for sectionals and become nationally ranked in their age groups.

As a swimmer, Coach Leonel was part of the Guatemalan national team and later became one of their national team coaches. After immigrating to the U.S., he continued coaching with Alief Aquatic Club, where he worked with their age group swimmers. Before joining Dad’s Club, Coach Leonel was age group coach at Houston Swim Club, where he aided in the success of their age group program.

Coach Jonathan Edwards is an age group coach with the Dad’s Club Swim Team. Prior to coaching our competitive team, Coach Jonathan was one of our lead coaches for stroke and endurance in our swim lesson program. Jonathan has a wide knowledge of swimming, from beginner levels to more advanced competitive swimming. He grew up as a competitive swimmer in Gulf Swimming and went on to swim at Stanford University. Coach Jonathan was also a UIL state champion and competed at the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials.

Coach Rushed Smith taught swim lessons in our ‘Learn to Swim’ program for six years and coached our Spring Valley Dolphins swim team during the summers before joining the competitive team staff. He now coaches with the Dad’s Club year-round swim team. Coach Rushed has extensive experience working with a variety of levels and ages, and he’s certified in lifeguarding, first aid and CPR, and as a Water Safety Instructor and Life Guard Instructor. He attended Alief Taylor High School and graduated in the class of 2008.

Coach Carlos is an age group,senior, and masters coach with Dad’s Club Swim Team. Before joining Dad’s Club, Coach Carlos coached at the year round USA Swimming Harris County Aquatics Programand and has been the AWTY international school head swim coach for the past two years. He has also worked with our learn to swim program. The wide range of skill, age, and level Carlos has worked with make him one of our mostwell-rounded coaches. Carlos grew up as a competitive swimmer in the Gulf area and went on to swim collegiately at Southwestern Oregon University. After transferring, he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in General Studies from Texas Southern University.

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Coach Jorge Mijares currently works with our morning masters groups. He is a passionate swim coach with over 15 years of coaching experience. He has worked with various levels and ages throughout his career. One of his areas of focus is working with adults and open water swimmers.

Coach Jorge began his competitive swimming career when he was six years old and continues swimming till this day. As a masters swimmer, he has participated at many national and international competitions. He is originally from Venezuela and currently holds several Venezuelan national masters records.