Coach Melissa has been with MMSC as the full time head coach since 2004. Melissa has been at MHS since July of 1997. While working at MHS Melissa served as the Aquatics Director/swim Lesson Coordinator and Instructional Aide for the MHS PE Dept. Melissa has coached the MHS HS girls, boys, and girls water polo. As an assistant Melissa was part of 3 state champion water polo teams. As a Head Coach of the MHS girls swim team  Melissa was twice voted sectional coach of the year and had numerous state qualifying indviduals and relays. Coach Melissa will be taking on the Head Coaching role for the MHS Boy’s swim team in 2025-26.

Coach Melissa is an ASCA level 5 educated coach and a current ASCA fellow in 2025. She currently serves on the Illinois Swimming Board of Directors as Operational Risk Chair and has also served as Safe Sport Chair. Melissa has coached numerous state qualifiers, zone qualifiers, and junior national qualifiers. Melissa has also recently served on the Team Illinois zone team staff, Team Illinois Camp Staff and was selected to attend the inaugural USA Swimming Leadership Summit in April 2018.
When away from the pool Melissa enjoys spending time with her husband and three kids. Coach Melissa also enjoys spending time with her 3 fur babies- Oreo, Macey and Raven.
 
 
 

Coach Chris has been a head coach of club teams for 26 years (recently 14 years as the Head Coach at BDSC) and has been coaching high school swimming for 18 years including 13 years as the Head coach at Warren Township High school.

He has coached many swimmers to all levels of championships, from Regionals, Age Group and Senior Championships, Central Zones and Sectional championships (including a 2nd place overall finish at the 2012 Summer Sectionals).
2012 IHSA Boys Swimming and Diving 3rd Place Team finish.
Many Junior, Senior and Open National Swim meet qualifiers and podium finishers.
2 Swimmers on the 2013 Junior National Team.
4 Olympic trial Qualifiers to the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Trials.

Coaching Accolades
2 time IHSA sectional swim coach of the year.
2012 IHSA State Coach of the Year.
2013 National Junior Team Coach
Central Zone Coach for swimming and Open Water Swimming.
Illinois Swimming Age Group and Senior committees!
YMCA Illinois State and National committee staff and coaching liaison.

I’ve been coaching since high school, most of it at MMSC.  I actually swam for MMSC when I was younger, then swam and played water polo at Mundelein High School, and swam distance at Northeastern Illinois University.  I still swim competitively in open water races and my most recent accomplishment was completing the Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii in 2024.

Coach Caileigh swam completely since the age of 7, continuing on to high school and college. In college, she was a conference champion and record holder, as well as national qualifier. She loves strength and conditioning and watching the confidence of athletes grow in and out of the water. Coach Caileigh has a passion for nutrition and helping athletes learn what they can do at home to improve their performance. Her philosophy is simple, and that “a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer. You should have fun while doing the sport you love.”

Coach Kate swam competitively growing up through high school and in college and still swims for fitness and fun in triathlons and masters swimming.  She loves being on deck helping the next generation learn to love swimming too.  She believes that the skills developed to improve at swimming- work ethic, consistency, learning from mistakes, goal setting, confidence, being part of a team- will help in anything they decide to pursue in life.  “Achieving your goal isn’t the best part.  It’s who YOU BECOME through the struggle to achieve it.”