Coach Jones is a native of nearby Dalton, GA and began his swimming career as most do, at the tender age of 7 in 1976 swimming with Pat Landry of the Dalton Dolphins. He continued his competitive swimming career through the age of 20, swimming with the Dalton Dolphins, Dalton High School and moving on to Georgia State University in Atlanta. After an 8 year rest, he became involved again as his sons Stephen and Chas joined Carpet Capital Aquatics Club (CCAC). He served as a board member, vice president, and president for the next 7 years. He began his coaching career when a coaching vacancy became available at CCAC where he coached age group swimmers and helped run the senior practices with both CCAC and Dalton Dolphins for the next 3 years. He then took a short break from coaching to focus on his business ventures and spend more time with his family. Coach Jones returned to coaching in 2013 as the head coach of the CASL Ringgold Tigersharks and stated " I am eager to get back into a sport I truly love."

In the fall of 2014, Coach Jones moved back into year round coaching and was named the head coach of the Ooltewah Swim Club Waves. He has demonstrated success here in Ooltewah sending qualifying swimmers to the Southeastern Championship meets where several have placed quite high! In the fall of 2015, Coach Jones assumed management of the Ooltewah Swim Center and will be transitioning into taking over ownership of the center.

Todd resides in the Apison area with his wife Lisa and daughter Evie. He also has three sons Stephen, Chas, and Hardy.

We are excited to have him coaching our summer CASL Tidal Waves!

Lily Parr is a rising senior at Carson Newman. She is an elementary education major and has completed three seasons of collegiate swimming. This is her third season coaching the Tidal Waves. She competed for the Tidal Waves for nine years and loved every second of it. She loves this team and coaching these swimmers with her whole heart!

I’m Coach Maddie. I started competitively swimming when I was 8 years old for the Tidal Waves. I continued to swim competitively with SETS year round, Tidal Waves in the summers, and with my school team until I graduated high school. This swim team is a family to me and I’m so excited to use my love for the sport through coaching!

Ashley Young is a rising junior nursing major at Berry College where she has completed two seasons of collegiate swimming. This is her second season coaching for the Tidal Waves. She swam for SETS for six years and completed three seasons on the Tidal Waves. She absolutely loves coaching in the sunshine and encouraging swimmers!