Meet the Instructors

Coaches Cheryl and Bryan Parker have both been coaching swimming since 2001. They bring more than four decades of experience teaching swimmers of all ages and abilities ranging from first-time beginners to national-level competitors. Together, they are a power couple of coaching! As a team they develop strong fundamentals, water safety, and a LOVE of the water! They direct their program toward learning the 4 competitive strokes with the goal that all swimmers grow to the next level.

Coach Cheryl

  • Began teaching swim lessons and coaching summer league swimming in Knoxville, TN in 2001

  • Coached 4 different summer league teams from 2002–2008 winning Knoxville Summer City Meet twice and Smoky Mountain meet multiple times.

  • Coached high school swimming 2006-2009 first for Farragut High School winning City meet and then Bearden High School also winning City meet and winning State runner-up in both combined and women’s team in 2008.

  • Began coaching competitive swimmers with Pilot Aquatic Club (now Tennessee Aquatics) in 2007-2009.

  • Became Head Age Group Coach for Memphis Tiger Swimming in 2009, leading the program to a 12-and-under Southeastern Championship in 2010. Coach Cheryl grew the program and became known as the pied piper of Memphis swimming producing 100s of Southeastern qualifiers, all-star team qualifiers and building swimmers who continued swimming throughout their college careers.

  • Southeastern Zone All-Star Team coach for six consecutive years, including two years as head coach and one year as head age group chair. Won Southeastern zone championship in 2011.

  • After stepping away in 2015 to pursue nursing school, she returned to the pool deck to coach Varsity and Elementary swimming at Hutchison alongside Coach Bryan, whom she met while Coaching at Tigers in 2009 and married in 2013.

  • Coach Cheryl is currently a full-time emergency room nurse and continues to coach the Hutchison varsity and elementary programs.

Coach Bryan:

  • Began his career coaching summer league at Memphis Country Club where he was head coach from 2002 - 2013.

  • Began coaching with Memphis Tiger Swimming in 2009, developmental, competitive, senior group swimming where he met Coach Cheryl.

  • Coached at MUS and Hutchison 2010-2023.

  • At MUS, he built a championship program that earned a Tennessee State Championship in 2016 and 10 consecutive county championships.

  • Named Tennessee State High School Coach of the Year twice

  • Memphis Best of Preps High School Coach of the Year 10 times.

  • Coach Bryan stepped away from year-round coaching in 2016 to pursue his current career in IT but continued coaching for MUS and Hutchison.

Our Swim Philosophy

  1. Swimming should be fun FIRST! Swimming is the best sport in the world and before we move to perfecting each child’s technique, we want to inspire a love of the water!

  2. Correct technique must be taught when kids are little! As soon as kids are water safe we begin teaching the four competitive strokes.

  3. Each level should build on the level before. Swimmers will move from learning to put their face in the water, to learning to be deep water safe, to learning the 4 competitive strokes. We will meet swimmers at the level at which they enter our program and take them to the next level!

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