Skyline Coaching Staff

Bridget Hoppe
  
Position:
Head Coach		Age:
29		  
Experience:
First Year		Email:
bhoppe@skylineswimclub.com		  
Bridget Hoppe joins the Skyline staff in 2008 as Head Coach. Bridget is a professional, year-round swim coach with many years of experience, a strong following and a successful record. She is USA Swimming and ASCA Level 3 Certified, has coached many different programs and worked with all age groups. Bridget is a hands-on, motivational coach and a great teacher.

Bridget graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Human Resources. She started swimming competitively at the age of seven at a small community pool. Two summers after that she started swimming year round at the western YMCA. She loved it, swam competitively until the age of eighteen and then stopped due to a major shoulder injury. Her coaching experience includes:
  • Started to coach at age 17 at Arundel Swim Club and coached there for three seasons
  • Coached at Oakwood Valley for two seasons
  • Coached at Delaware Swim Team for three and a half years, where she was the primary coach for the developmental program; won three Mini Champ titles while primary developmental coach. Coached the Masters program for a season and a half. Also started working with the special needs population during this time.
  • Volunteered at A.I. Dupont High School in 2003; worked with two special needs swimmers.
  • Coached at Oaklands for three seasons
  • Has been with Team Delaware for the past four years, head age group coach for all 12 & under swimmers. Three Mini Champ titles while head developmental and age group coach. Currently has two swimmers that are ranked top ten in the nation in multiple events.

Bridget is very excited about the opportunity to be the head coach of the Skyline Swim Club. She looks forward to meeting, working with, and coaching everyone. She loves coming to work everyday to coach, and never has the same experience twice.