Desert Storm Swimming-Coaches

Meet the Coaches

Bill Carroll

Head Coach, Bill Carroll, grew up in the Tampa Bay area of Florida were he competed for the Brandon Blue Wave Swim Team. He won numerous State and Junior Olympic Championships, and during his high school career he was a 3 time High School All-American. He attended the University of Florida and received a degree in accounting and finance. Following college, Bill received a commission in the United States Navy. He spent the last 4 years of active duty stationed at Little Creek, Virginia.

Bill has been coaching is Las Vegas since 1994. First with the Las Vegas Gold and then as Head Age Group Coach for Team Rebel Aquatics. While in that position he led his team to 4 top 6 finishes at the Southern California Junior Olympics. Following the summer of 2000, Bill started Desert Storm Swimming. In his various positions, Bill had coached 1 Olympic Trials Quailifier,154 Nevada State Age Group Champions, 54 Southern California Junior Olympic Champions and 90 National Top 16 winners. 6 of those swimmers ended the year being ranked 1^st in the nation. On the high school level, Bill has coached 21 High School All-Americans and 28 Nevada High School State Champions. Additionally, he has coached 18 swimmers to Junior National cuts in over 100 events, and several US Open and Senior National qualifiers.

Sara Carroll

ssistant Head and Senior Coach, Sara Carroll, grew up in the Kansas City area. Sara later attended the University of Arizona earning a degree in Spanish as well as a Master in Bilingual Reading. She had been a teacher in Nevada, Arizona and California. In addition to swimming, Sara has coached soccer as well as track and field. Since 1981 Sara has coached swimming first with Boulder City Henderson and then with Team Rebel Aquatics. Team Rebel Aquatics. Sara joined the staff of Desert Storm in September 2

Her swimmers have won 13 Nevada State Age Group Championships. In addition, she has had several swimmers reach finals for the Junior Olympic Championships as well as the National Top 16 list. Sara is also the Head Coach for Boulder City High School were her boy’s have won 3 Nevada State Team Championships. During her tenure, she has coached over 50 High School All-Americans. She has been voted Sunrise Coach of the Year on 9 different occasions. This past season Sara was inducted into the Nevada High School Swimming Hall of Fame.

Hollee Garcia

Head Age Group Coach, Hollee is a Utah native where she was a competitive swimmer. She actually traveled to Las Vegas on several occasions to swim in local meets. Hollee later attended Utah State University where she graduated with a degree in Accounting.

She has logged many miles traveling the world with her 3 children and her husband Navy Commander Karl Garcia. All 3 of their children swim for Desert Storm. Her most recent coaching experience was with the Spartan Aquatic Club in Jacksonville, Florida. Hollee’s duties included coaching the top age group swimmers as well as assisting with the Senior/National and Junior Groups.

Chris Godwin

Assistant Coach, Chris Godwin, is a former member of the National Group for Desert Storm. Chris swam the butterfly and sprint free events, and was a valuable member of numerous relays over the last 5 years of his career. He is currently a member of the Team record setting 200 Free Relay.

During his career, Chris had numerous top 8 finishes at the Nevada State Meet, and he represented Desert Storm at the 2005 Junior Nationals held in Orlando, Florida. He was a 4 time MVP for Western High School, and he was a 3 time qualifier for the Nevada State High School Championships. During the 2004 season, Chris Placed 1^st in the 50 and 100 free at the Sunset Regional Championships.

Chris is currently enrolled at UNLV, and he will be assisting both the High School and the State and Junior Olympic groups.

DEDeanna Aruajo

Assistant Coach, Deanna is a former Desert Storm and Las Vegas High School swimmer. She has been active in the City of Las Vegas summer youth programs and the city’s lessons programs. Deanna will be working with the pre-competitive groups where her knowledge and youthful energy will be greatly appreciated.

Lalo Rodeles

Begining Age Group Coach,

Dear Desert Storm Swim Team Parents and Team Members,

I would like to take this opportunity to formally introduce myself now that I have had a few weeks to be back on the pool deck and doing what I love, coaching swimming! I am 43 years old and happily married to my wife, Kristie, whom I met in college. I have two beautiful children, Haley and Aubry. I was born and raised in Las Vegas, served in the United States Army as a medic for three years in active duty, and then served for eight years with the National Guard. I attended UNLV where I received a bachelor’s degree in education and furthered my education by receiving a master’s degree in technology from Lesley University. I currently teach at Von Tobel Middle school as a 7^th grade math teacher. I love teaching children to believe in themselves and giving them the tools they need to be successful in and out of the water. My first coaching job was for the City of Las Vegas Parks and Recreation Sunrise Swim Team at the age of 16. I have worked with Jim Reitz’s swim school as a swimming instructor, coached with Team Rebel (formally the Las Vegas Gold), served as the head coach of the Las Vegas YMCA, and as the head coach of the Las Vegas Sandpiper Swim Team. Although I took time off from coaching while pursuing my education and building my family, I continued to teach private swim lessons during the summer months over the past several years. I currently teach Desert Storm’s beginning age group team and love it! I am very fortunate to be part of this team and hope to be here in my position for a very long time.

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