Our HTX Staff - Your HTX Team
HTX Swims coaching staff are professionals who have dedicated their life to the sport of swimming. We are coaches, swimmers, swammers, and parents of swimmers.
HTX Swims coaches are USA Swimming registered and certified. All coaches have current background checks, Athlete Protection Training, USA Swimming Safe Sport Trained and CPR/First Aid Certified.
HTX Swims - Competitive Team Staff
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Jason Wedlick
Coach | Owner | Learn 2 Swim and USA Bridge Program Director
Jason is excited to continue to offer swim programming to the greater Houston area. He utilizes thoughtful technique-driven coaching to swimmers ages four and older. For the past 20 years, Jason has worked with Houston swimmers of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds.
Much of Jason’s extensive experience comes from his last 15 years as Head Coach for RICE Aquatics. Under his leadership, the team has grown to over 200 swimmers, achieving new excellence levels and developing into the top 200 ranked USA swim team. Jason is most proud of the lasting relationships built with hundreds of swimmers and families that have stepped on the deck looking to try the sport of swimming and a community of families that have grown into a large swim family.
Jason’s ability to implement proper stroke techniques and mechanics while keeping the atmosphere fun and enjoyable for the swimmers has allowed his athletes to achieve success at all levels of competition.
Numerous National, Jr National, Sectional, State qualifiers.
Ten of his swimmers competed for their college teams at conference or NCAA Championship meets this past year alone.
Admin Vice-Chair of GULF Swimming Board of Directors 2014-2018
USA Swimming National Committee for Club Development 2014 - 2018.
Has served on multiple committees and select coaching of the Gulf All-Star team, Gulf Zone team, and "Catch the Spirit" camps
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Michael Nordmann
Coach | Founder | Competitive Program Director
Senior and Age Group Coach
Coach Nordmann is a Missouri native that comes to HTX Swim with over 26 years of coaching experience. Moving to Houston in 2007, Michael has worked with The Woodlands Swim Team, the Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club, and most recently, the Magnolia Aquatic Club.
Nordmann swam in St. Louis with the Sugar Creek Swim Club, CSP Tideriders & Rockwood Swim Club. A Senior National qualifier, Nordmann competed for the University of Utah, where he was an All-Conference athlete.
Nordmann served Magnolia in many roles. Head Age Group Coach to Senior Team Coach, Associate Head Coach, and Interim Head Coach. Mike guided Magnolia to Level 4 in USA Club Recognition Program and Recognized Club status from USA Safe Sport. Mike’s athletes have TAGS, Sectional, and Junior National titles. Many members have gone on to represent schools in NCAA competitions.
As a leader in Gulf Swimming, Michael volunteered his time and efforts on the Board of Directors Executive Committee, holding such positions as Coaches Representative, Records Coordinator, Club Development Liaison, and Awards Committee. Nordmann coached athletes at North American Challenge Cup, LSC Open Water Championships, and the Southern Zone Age Group Championships.
Coach Nordmann is married to Amy Sullivan Nordmann (a 3-time NCAA National Champion in volleyball), a physician, specializing in the early detection of breast cancer. Michael and Amy have four daughters, Lucie and Lillie; both swim for Stanford University. Mary and Zoe swim with the Magnolia Aquatic Club and represent The Woodlands High School.
When not swimming, Michael enjoys listening to music, watching movies, and hanging out with his dogs, Phoebe and Louie.
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Carlon MCclerkin
Coach | Lead Age Group Coach Comp 1 & 3
Age Group Coach
Carlon MCclerkin is a Houston, Tx native who comes to HTX Swims after an extensive swimming background in USA Swimming (HCAP) and HISD (Lamar High School). Carlon has been swimming competitively since the age of four with Harris County Aquatics Program (HCAP). Carlon turned his focus to swimming once he achieved multiple TAGS standards as an age grouper. . From that point forward, he fell in love with the sport of swimming. Carlon is currently a part of the 4x400 freestyle relay record for Lamar High School.
Carlon pursued his swimming at the collegiate level at Barton County Community College and then transferred to Lindenwood University. Carlon is currently enrolled in the University Of Houston in the Global Hospitality and Leadership Program and wants to pursue a career in aquatic Sports.
In addition to HTX Swims Carlon is currently apart of the Swimming staff for The Awty School.
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Jean Gomez
Coach | Lead Age Group Coach Comp 2 & High School Conditioning
Assistant Age Group Coach
Coach Jean is natve of the Dominican Republic where he was a member of the National Team for swimming. Jean brings experience coaching all levels of swimming and competing at the international level to HTX Swims. Jean most recently worked with the club youth program in the Dominican as well being an assistant at the same university he trined for as an athlete.
Jean and his wife are both former natioal team membrs who have a passion for swimming.
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Hobie Huston
Coach | Lesson Program | Bridge Program @ Heights
Coach Hobie works with the USA Bridge Program in the Heights and is a Lead Instructor for the Lesson Program at Lodge 88. Coach Hobie has years of experience on the pre-competitive side of swimming having previously been the Lead Flight School coach at RICE Aquatics and Program Director of Katy Aquatics Swim-America program.
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Hanna Huston
Coach
Senior Assistant Coach
Coach Hanna comes to HTX Swims from RICE Aquatics where she spent this past season coaching the Senior program as well as 12-14 year old age groupers.Hanna had instant success as a senior-level coach with swimmers achieving new Sectional, Futures and Junior qualification times. Hanna has spent her first two years working with all levels of the program emphasizing her enthusiasm, stroke awareness and technical coaching to the swimmers. Former Owl star Hanna Huston spent three seasons as an assistant swim coach at her alma mater RICE University and recently was named the first Head Mens and Womens Swim Coach for St Thomas University.
Hanna Huston closed out her collegiate career in 2019 as one of the top distance swimmers in school history, recording a best of 16:33.37 in the mile, a time of 10:00.91 in the 1000-freestyle, and 4:49.90 in the 500. In addition to scoring for the Owls every year at the Conference USA Championships, she finished third overall at the 2017 CSCAA Collegiate National Open Water Championships in Kansas. Later that same season she was a Top 8 finisher in the 1650-free at the CSCAA National Invitational (often nicknamed the 'Swimming N.I.T.').
Huston was a regular member of the C-USA Academic Honor Roll throughout her collegiate career. She was also the 2017 recipient of the program's Kathryn Scholl True Blue Spirit Award, which is presented annually to the Owl who "has shown dedication, discipline, and leadership, but most importantly, has been an inspiration to her teammates with her consistent hard work and commitment to the team concept." In her final semester as a Rice student-athlete, Huston was recognized by Conference USA as one of the league's Spirit of Service Award winners for her various community outreach initiatives. While at Rice she was a member of Jones College
USA Bridge Program and Lesson Program Staff
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Jason Wedlick
Coach | Owner | Learn 2 Swim and USA Bridge Program Director
Jason is excited to continue to offer swim programming to the greater Houston area. He utilizes thoughtful technique-driven coaching to swimmers ages four and older. For the past 20 years, Jason has worked with Houston swimmers of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds.
Much of Jason’s extensive experience comes from his last 15 years as Head Coach for RICE Aquatics. Under his leadership, the team has grown to over 200 swimmers, achieving new excellence levels and developing into the top 200 ranked USA swim team. Jason is most proud of the lasting relationships built with hundreds of swimmers and families that have stepped on the deck looking to try the sport of swimming and a community of families that have grown into a large swim family.
Jason’s ability to implement proper stroke techniques and mechanics while keeping the atmosphere fun and enjoyable for the swimmers has allowed his athletes to achieve success at all levels of competition.
Numerous National, Jr National, Sectional, State qualifiers.
Ten of his swimmers competed for their college teams at conference or NCAA Championship meets this past year alone.
Admin Vice-Chair of GULF Swimming Board of Directors 2014-2018
USA Swimming National Committee for Club Development 2014 - 2018.
Has served on multiple committees and select coaching of the Gulf All-Star team, Gulf Zone team, and "Catch the Spirit" camps
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Hobie Huston
Coach | Lesson Program | Bridge Program @ Heights
Coach Hobie works with the USA Bridge Program in the Heights and is a Lead Instructor for the Lesson Program at Lodge 88. Coach Hobie has years of experience on the pre-competitive side of swimming having previously been the Lead Flight School coach at RICE Aquatics and Program Director of Katy Aquatics Swim-America program.
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Hrisa Katsigiannis
Coach | Lodge 88 Lion Fish Summer League Team
Coach Hrisa is so excited to join the coaching staff for the Lodge 88 Lionfish. Hrisa is a Houston native and Texas Christian University graduate, with a bachelors of science. She's a middle school math teacher at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart and has been in education for 10 years. She has also been a swim coach since 2010 and the head coach for the Middle School and Varsity swim teams at Duchesne since 2019. Hrisa loves to coach all the strokes but has the most fun teaching starts and turns. Her favorite event is the 200 IM but if she had to pick a favorite stroke it would be backstroke! Go Lionfish!