Head Coaches

Annie Wahlen will graduate this May from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor’s in Special Education and will attend graduate school at UTK, pursuing her Master’s in Special Education. When graduating with her Master’s in 2027, Annie plans on becoming a Special Education teacher. Back in her hometown of Atlanta, Annie swam for her summer league team from ages 5 to 18. She also swam competitively for 6 years at Dynamo Swim Club, but her passion has always been summer league! Annie has coached her hometown summer swim team for the past 5 summers, with the goal of fostering the same love of the sport that she was gifted. During the school year, she coaches Special Olympics swimming here in Knoxville! Outside of the pool, Annie enjoys spending time with friends, playing Sudoku, doing a variety of crafts, and reading. She is so excited for this swim season with Gulf Park!

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Alyssa (Aly) Corb has been swimming since she was 4. She grew up in Maryland, began summer swimming when she was 6, and coached at her summer pool for the last 4 summers. Alyssa swam for the Y in Catonsville from 2007-2014, then she swam for the Retriever Aquatic Club from 2014-2021. Last year, Alyssa graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor's degree in Secondary Math Education; she
is currently a math teacher at Powell High School. During her time at UT, Alyssa was president of the swim club and qualified for the National Championship meet. Over her swimming career, she broke numerous team records and qualified for Maryland State Championships every year. Alyssa is also a soccer player, playing from age 4 up to the club level at UT as well. When she’s not coaching or teaching, Alyssa likes to play soccer, hang out by the pool, and volunteer for Swim Across America. Alyssa is in her 5th year working with Swim Across America Nashville, raising money for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, after many years with SAA Baltimore. Alyssa is very excited to join Gulf Park this summer and have fun swimming with all of you!

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Assistant Coaches

Kassidy Cooper is studying Healthcare Management at Pellissippi State. She was a competitive swimmer for 10 years, 9 of them being at Gulf Park. During those years she has been a lifeguard, manager, and Shark School instructor, and this past year was the assistant coach for Hardin Valley Academy and Middle School. Her favorite events are 100 IM and 100 Backstroke. Kassidy is really excited to be back at Gulf Park this season!

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Lucy Evers is a freshman at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville studying business. You may recognize her because she has been a part of the Gulf Park summer swim team for the past 8 years (12 years total as a swimmer). Lucy also lifeguards and is a Shark School instructor at GP. She was a volunteer coach for the swim team last summer and is looking forward to a great summer as an assistant coach!

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Karsen Taylor is studying elementary education at Pellisippi State community college and will be transferring to the university of Tennessee Knoxville in August. She was a competitive swimmer for 12 seasons and is also currently a swim instructor. She really enjoys swimming and teaching people how to swim and teaching kids to enjoy the sport is a very big passion of hers. She’s very excited to work at Gulf Park this season and is looking forward to meeting your kiddos. As a swimmer, her favorite event is the 200 yard free style. 

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Sam Toth just finished his sophomore year at the University of Tennessee, studying Applied Artificial Intelligence, with experience in website development as well. He swam competitively from the age of five through his senior year of high school, where he was the team captain, specializing in the 100 Breaststroke and 200 Freestyle. His favorite competitive memories include High School State Championships in Nashville and the Turkey Classic Showdown at the University of Maryland. Sam is excited to return to the pool as a coach and enjoys the technical side of swimming, particularly analyzing stroke mechanics and helping swimmers improve through detailed, thoughtful instruction.

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Volunteer Coaches
Evan Riedel
Colin Mears
Rylie Bremer