Coaches

Head coach -Radek Smolik

~ Participated in regional & national swimming events

~ Managed a sports shop in Pardubice, Czech Republic

~ Moved to US with wife, Kate; lived in Vermont, then moved to Defiance

~ Attended Defiance College where he graduated in May 2015 with a Bachelors Degree in Integrated Mathematics

~ Coach for Blue Dolphins / DAYS program since 2008

~ Assistant coach for DHS 2008-2014

~ DHS head coach since 2015

~ Contact coach Smolik

Assistant coach -Nick Rath

~ Attended Defiance High School.

~ Graduated from Defiance College with Sport management degree.

~ Swam competitively for 14 years with: DAYS, and DHS.

~ Qualified for Zones 2 years in a row, and districts 4 years in a row.

~ Assistant coach for Blue Dolphins since 2017.

~ Assistant coach for AHS in years 2017 and 2018.

~ Head coach for Piranhas YMCA swim team.

~ Currently works as an Aquatic Director for Defiance Area YMCA.

Assistant coach for Diving – Jeremiah Fleischman

~ DHS Dive Coach since 2017

~ Napoleon Dive Club Coach since 2018

~ Graduated from Western Michigan University with a BS in Materials Sciences

~ Graduated from Kettering University in 2003 with a MS in Manufacturing Operations

~ Compete in multiple running road races ranging from 5k – half marathon (13.1 miles)

~ Compete in multiple Spartan Obstacle Course Races ranging from 4 miles – half marathon (13.1 miles)

Family:

Wife – Becky. Married in 1996

Daughter - Tobiah, graduated from DHS in 2019 and is attending The Ohio State University

Daughter - Addison, Junior at DHS

Daughter - Elliot, Freshman at DHS


Contact coach Fleischman