Payton Brooks

Head Coach / Director of Competitive Swimming Payton Brooks was named Head Coach / Director of Competitive Swimming in October of 2022.  Brooks comes to Baylor after a stint as an Assistant Swim Coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies.  Coach Brooks becomes the tenth Head Coach in Baylor Swimming program history. “Payton is everything that … Continue reading Payton Brooks

Madison Jacobi

Varsity Assistant Coach / Lead Senior Group Assistant Coach Madison Jacobi has been named an assistant coach for the Baylor School Varsity Team and the Lead Senior Group of the Baylor Swim Club. Jacobi, while working as a special education teacher, also served as the head coach for Harrison High School Swimming & Diving. In … Continue reading Madison Jacobi

Laura Pitman

Director of Operations / Assistant Coach Laura Pitman grew up swimming in the Chattanooga area. Pitman swam for Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, PA during her high school years, where she was a member of the National record-setting medley relay and Eastern prep school champions. At the University of Tennessee, she was an All-American. She has … Continue reading Laura Pitman

Rudy Aguilar-Fernandez

Head Age Group Coach / Head Middle School Coach Rudy Aguilar-Fernandez leads the Middle School / Junior Group and assists with the Varsity / Senior Group. He swam for Oakland University a Division I program where he was a part of the 2020 NIC Championship Team and a four-time conference championship team. Some of his … Continue reading Rudy Aguilar-Fernandez

Jessica Klotz

Assistant Coach Jessica Klotz is a graduate from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a minor in Sociology.  Jessica is known on our pool deck as Coach Jess. If you have spent much time near our pool you have heard her laugh and yell with your children! Jess … Continue reading Jessica Klotz

Stephanie Davis

Masters Coach Stephanie Davis found her passion for exercise while maintaining a career as a teacher and raising a family. As a longtime swimmer and triathlete, Stephanie realized she could apply her success as a classroom teacher to the world of triathlon swimming and strength & conditioning coaching. She then left the teaching field to … Continue reading Stephanie Davis

Francine Chittum

Assistant Coach / Age Group Coach Francine Chittum was born and raised in Michigan.  She began swimming at the age of five in her town’s local summer swim team and moved onto the year-round YMCA swim team.  Her love for swimming continued to grow and in middle school, her town developed a USA swim team … Continue reading Francine Chittum

Stephanie Cohen

Assistant Coach Stephanie Cohen earned her MBA from Southern New Hampshire University and a B.S. in Sports Administration and minor in Business Administration from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She began teaching swimming lessons at Baylor in 2012 and moved into a coaching role shortly after. In addition to coaching at Baylor, Stephanie spent … Continue reading Stephanie Cohen

Samantha Jameson

Assistant Coach / Swimming Lesson Instructor Samantha Jameson was born and raised in Chattanooga, TN, and began swimming for the Chattanooga Area Swim League at age six. Shortly after, she started swimming year-round at Baylor Swim Club. Sam attended Signal Mountain High School and began coaching at the age of fourteen for Signal Mountain Green … Continue reading Samantha Jameson

Catie Carden

Assistant Coach / Swimming Lessons Instructor Catie Carden was raised in Chattanooga, TN, and began swimming for the Colonial Shores Swim Team at age eight.  She continued to swim for Colonial Shores and Stuart Heights swim team before moving to year-round swimming.  She started swimming competitive year-round swimming for Baylor.  She attended Baylor School and … Continue reading Catie Carden

Marcella Hakun

Swimming Lessons Instructor Marcella is new to the Chattanooga area and is currently a teacher at Middle Valley Elementary. She is bringing her 20 years of swimming experience to Baylor. She grew up swimming competitively in San Diego, California, and in Annapolis, Maryland. When Marcella moved to Tampa, Florida for college, she found a new … Continue reading Marcella Hakun

Caroline Klotz

Swimming Lessons Instructor Caroline Klotz is a student at Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts as a dancer; she graduates high school in 2024 and plans to attend college to become a nurse. She has been teaching swim lessons for four years and has been a lifeguard at Baylor for a year. She was a swimmer … Continue reading Caroline Klotz