08/19/2026
KSC alumni .wolff is now head coach for the Terrace Bluebacks swim club! 👏
From the Terrace Standard:
“I coached my whole undergrad. I’ve worked three different coaching contracts, including coaching water polo even though I never played. I kind of realized that not everybody viewed coaching as a career and I really did,” she said.
Raised in Strathmore, Alberta, Wolff began began swimming at a very young age with the Strathmore Sharks before a move to Calgary connected her with the Killarney Swim Club and volunteer work as a coach.
“I started young, really young, and the coaches, my mentor coaches, told me I was good at it,” Wolff added of her desire to coach.
As a youngster, she had watched the TV coverage of Michael Phelps winning multiple swimming gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, a performance that convinced her she wanted to do the same.
After one year at the University of Calgary, Wolff moved to the University of Victoria because of its fine arts program in its own building, graduating there in 2025. But she was also a member of the university’s varsity swim team, providing her with the perfect combination of an academic pursuit and her love of swimming.
Wolff is looking forward to her new job, particularly because the Bluebacks develop young swimmers.
“I really like working with kids in the fundamentals area. I think if you build up those building blocks really strong, then they have better opportunities and a firmer foundation to continue in the sport,” Wolff explained.
“But I have coached pretty much every level except for varsity at this point. I’ve coached masters. I’ve done learn to swim with two-year-olds. I’ve done teenagers.”
Wolff said swimming is also good for social and other development of young people.
“It helps build peer-to-peer relationships. They learn how to function with other kids in a competitive atmosphere. There’s a way to be humble and kind,” she said.
“The important thing about swimming is that it is a team sport. It’s an individual team sport and you have to be a team to have shining stars. That’s how you rise as a whole by being that team.”
