Zionsville Swim Club is fortunate to have an excellent and stable group of coaches. Please take a minute to learn a little more about them by reading the information below. Contact information is also provided.

Head Coach Darrick Thomas
Head Coach
(317) 536-6095

Darrick has been with the Zionsville Swim Club since 2005. He came to the team from Louisville, KY, where he was the Senior Coach for the Lakeside Seahawks. Before Lakeside, Darrick was an assistant coach with Western Kentucky University and the Head Coach of the Vette City Stingrays. Darrick has coached every level of swimmer from beginner to Senior National and NCAA qualifiers.  He hopes to continue to bring his experience to Zionsville’s swimmers and encourage them to strive to become the best swimmers and young people they can be.

Darrick lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Jen. They have a daughter, Kiarra, born in May of 2007 and a son, Garreth. born in May 2009.

Coach Holly Day
Head Developmental Coach

Holly Day was the co-founder of the Indy Dolphin Swim Team. She served as the Head Age Group Coach and Team Administrator for the Indy Dolphins. Since 1994 Day has coached swimmers at all levels from age groupers to masters. At the age group level, she has coached nationally ranked (top 16) swimmers along with Indiana Top Ten swimmers, Zone Swimmers and State Champions. She has also coached many state and divisional qualifiers. Holly has been with ZSC since the 2007 short course season.

Coach Day holds a Swim America Program Directors license and is a Level 3 ASCA coach. Day served on the Indiana Swimming board as Quad and Zone team manager in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has worked several swim camps including the Auburn Tiger Swim Camp with Coach David Marsh and Coach Kim Brackin. Day has functioned as meet director for the senior state championship and central zone meets.

Coach Day and her husband, Paul, are the parents of two children. Her daughter, Emily, is a collegiate swimmer with the University at Buffalo, New York. Her son, Chris, is a graduate from Purdue University working with Duke Energy as a Mechanical Engineer.

Coach Liz Hoover
Assistant Age Group Coach

Liz has been coaching with ZSC for the past year and has always loved swimming. She started with the Lawrence Swim Team when she was 7 years old and continued swimming through high school on the Lawrence North High School Team. She received her B.F.A. from Ball State University with a degree in Graphic Design. Currently, Liz works for Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity as their Graphic/Web Designer.

Coach Craig Howe
Assistant Age Group Coach

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