Dylan Muir: Head Coach 
Dylan has been Head Coach of SGB since the 2012-13 season, starting with a small group of 45 swimmers and helping to build the club up to its current membership base of over 220 swimmers. During his time as coach at SGB Dylan has been involved as a Coach with the Gippsland Sports Academy, Assistant Coach of Team Vic at the Australian State Team Competition, Coach of the Vic Country Program on multiple occasions and an Assistant Coach for the Australian Talent ID Program at the AIS.
Through his involvement with Gippsland Swimming and other performance programs, Dylan has built a strong network of coaches that he can bounce ideas off, compare notes, and work alongside to develop his coaching further. His mentors have included current Australian Head Coach Rowan Taylor, Former Australian Head Coach Leigh Nuggent and his own coach as a swimmer, Ivan Moore, the founder of SGB and former Head Coach of Nunawading.
Caiden Gill: Assistant Head Coach 
Caiden has had an array of experience as an athlete in the water. Starting his swimming career with Traralgon Swimming Club winning National Age medals from 13 years old each year to his last age appearance at 18 years winning gold in the 50m Free.
Having been offered a scholarship, Caiden continued his training at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) representing Nunawading Swimming Club and Australia at the Oceania Championships and beyond.
Finishing his time in the water in 2019, Caiden moved his focus to studying the science that operates in competitive sport. – Particularly Swimming – gaining his qualifications in Personal Training, Sporting Biomechanics, Nutrition and Teacher of Competitive Strokes.
Caiden has been with SGB for over 1 year and is ready to pass on his knowledge and fast-track the performance of our swimmers. Caiden’s mentors have included: Brian Ford, Dean Gooch, Ben Geard (TSC) John Fowlie, Tracie Menzies, Shannon Rollason (AIS) Scott Talbot (NUNA)
Samantha O’Keefe: Assistant Coach 
Having been in the water from 3 months old and competing from when she was 3 years old, swimming has played a huge part in Sam’s life. Sam’s mother was a Swimming Teacher and her father the Head Coach and President of the club she swam for.
Sam has loved swimming for over 40 years and it has brought her so many beautiful memories of interstate, local and country competitions, fitness, discipline, team mates, successes, disappointments and now the pleasure of coaching.
Sam is currently coaching Juniors, Country and State swimmers with a Bronze Level qualification. Coaching has enabled her to follow her passion and love for the sport which is contagious in the way she coaches.
Lorri McKenzie: Assistant Coach 
Lorri has been an Assistant Coach at SGB since 2014.
Lorri’s passion for swimming began at a young age as a competitive swimmer.
She has been swim teaching since 2011, which fueled her passion to pursue a Coaching career.
Lorri has her Bronze Coaching qualification, has been involved as a coach for Gippsland District Junior Teams and taken part in Gippsland Academy sessions. Most of Lorri’s time on pool deck is focused on developing our Development, Junior and Country Squad program. In more recent times she has taken charge of the SGB Multi Class program, a new passion for her.
Sarah Wickham: Assistant Coach 
Sarah started swim teaching for the YMCA in 2016 and 6 months later joined the SGB coaching team. Sarah added administrative duties to her role in 2020 and is enjoying the experience of seeing the behind the scenes of club life and helping it grow.
She has added her certificate 3&4 in fitness and her Development Coaching qualifications along the way.
Her time on pool deck is predominantly spent coaching the Development Squad groups at Leongatha.
Sarah enjoys building young swimmers’ skills, their love for the water, and helping them advance groups. She loves to pop in to see the older swimmers on occasion when she can.
Tomei Dal Pozzo: Junior Coach 
Tomei began swim teaching at the beginning of 2021 and absolutely fell in love with the kids. At the time she was studying a Bachelor of Arts at The University of Melbourne and was not enjoying it at all.
She has since started studying a Bachelor of Education at Monash University and it was around this time that Dylan approached her to see if she would be interested in Coaching at SGB. Her answer was YES!! And the rest is history.
South Gippsland Bass Swimming Club is Tomei’s family. She has been a swimmer, club captain and now a coach. She is looking forward to getting to know everyone and if you haven’t met Tomei yet, please don’t be afraid to approach her and have a chat.