Please join us in celebrating your coaches during Coach Appreciation Week, October 6-12, 2025.

Let’s say “thank you” to the coaches …

  • Who open the gate before sunrise and lock up after dark
  • Who stand in the rain, sweat buckets in the heat, and fight frozen toes
  • Who plan workouts with you in mind
  • Who make travel plans, mobilize volunteers, and somehow know how to work the timing system, no matter how old or broken it is
  • Who motivate, cheerlead, and check in
  • Who never miss a race
  • Who never miss a birth, death, graduation, retirement, illness, injury, or promotion
  • Who always have your back

It's always a good time to recognize and acknowledge USMS coaches, but it’s especially important now. Your coaches are working hard behind the scenes to bring back USMS programming in ways that are safe, fun, and fulfilling for everyone. 

If you’d like to send your coach some extra love this Coaches Appreciation Week, here are some ideas to consider:

  • A card or email telling your coach how his/her instruction helped you accomplish a goal 
  • A gift card or certificate for a special treat
  • Flowers, candy, book, wine, or a surprise meal delivered from his/her favorite restaurant
  • Thank-you notes to your coach's partner, for selflessly sharing him/her with you on weekends, evenings, and early mornings
  • A letter to your facility’s management, thanking it for employing or contracting with such a great person (send your coach a copy)
  • Thank him/her on social media using our social shareables -- and be sure to tag USMS 

Thank you for supporting those who support you!

Social Media Shareables

Coach Appreciation Week Contest Winners

Congrats to the following coaches have received prizes as part of our 2025 Coach Appreciation Week.

  • Ally Sega - Orange Masters (OMSC)
  • David Ensor - Severna Park Community Center (SPCC)
  • Kevin Dorn - San Jose Clownfish (SJCF)
  • Cheryl Corvo - City of Mobile Masters (CMSA)
  • Brad Pence - CoastSide Tiger Sharks (CSTS)
  • David Cameron - EP Foxjets Masters (FOXJ)
  • Michael Heaney - Walnut Creek Masters (WCM)
  • Steve Stahl - Walnut Creek Masters (WCM) )