Coach Dan’s Swim School

06/12/2025

I have taught swim leasons or coached swim teams for tbe past 40 years. For the last nearly 3 years, I worked at Little Otter Swim School in Huntersville, NC. I AM NOW AVAILABLE TO TEACH PRIVATE LESSONS IN YOUR POOL!

03/31/2022

Coach Dan’s April - May Special

For people that have their own pool and would like a first time lesson with Coach Dan, the cost is $20 for a 1/2 hour lesson. If you like the lesson that you had and buy a package of lessons 4 lessons for $125, you get a fifth lesson free!

Normal rates for a single 1/2 hour lesson is $40.

For every new customer that buys a package of 4 that you referred, you get a free 1/2 hour lesson.

We all know the weather in North Carolina can be fickle. I do not charge for lessons that weather interferes with or cancels. This includes thunder showers we can’t wait out, it’s too cold for your youngster, etc.

I have been teaching swimming lessons to people ages 2-100 since 1985, where my first job was teaching lessons at the Greater Portland YMCA in Portland, ME. After they built the Sanford-Springvale YMCA in Sanford, ME my sophomore year in high school I worked there through high school. Ever since then I have been teaching swimming lessons either part time or full time. Until 2016 I worked exclusively at YMCA’s in Maine.

Along with teaching swimming lessons I was an assistant coach for YMCA swim teams from 1989-2003 then was the head coach for the Casco Bay YMCA in Freeport, Me from 2003-2016. After meeting my current wife we moved to the Charlotte area where I was an assistant coach for the Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg (ATOM) and then the Mecklenburg Swim Association (MSA) until the spring of 2019, when like many other people Covid-19 changed my life. I found a job working for a pool repair business that I really enjoy. But still enjoy teaching swimming lessons without the time commitment of being a full time swim coach.

Along the way, I have taught youngsters to be safe and have fun around the water; a teenager how to swim that went on to be a Navy Seal; an adult to swim and complete in their first triathlon; several swimmers to set state records in Maine, at least one YMCA National Meet qualifier from 2006-2016 (one even finishing 17th); changed the stroke of a open water world record holder so her shoulder would stop hurting as much; and sooooo much more.

I am lucky enough that one of the best newspaper articles ever written about me is still available online. If you don’t want to Google it the link is https://www.pressherald.com/2012/10/23/a-decade-of-dan-at-casco-bay-ymca/

Tell me what your goals are and let’s make a plan to help you fulfill them as well as any other questions or concerns you may have.

The best way to contact me is email, which is [email protected] you can also call or text me at 207-210-2217 (yes, I kept my Maine phone number when I moved to North Carolina).

FREEPORT – Right from the start, Dan St. Pierre seemed destined to be a coach. “When I was in high school, I was probably the slowest boy on the team,” St. Pierre said of his days at Massabesic High School in Waterboro. “But I got most valuable swimmer because I liked to teach the other […...

08/01/2021

Like most people, COVID-19 has changed my life. In 2020, I was forced to find a new way to make a living. After trying new trades, I decided my love for swimming drew me back to the pool deck. My love for teaching people how to swim and eventually coaching a swim team started way back in the 1980’s. I was coaching swim teams of multiple ages for 30 years with one swimmer placing 17th in a national swim meet and one who went on to become a navy seal. I really miss teaching one on one and seeing that spark in their eye when they learn a new stroke or don’t sink to the bottom of the pool for the first time while showing confidence.
Coach Dan’s Swim School is my own private lesson swim school at your pool. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to my own pool. If you have your own pool or a member of a HOA that allows members to participate in private lessons, I am able to come to you.
For a limited time we are offering a one time $20 introductory lesson. After the introductory lesson, the prices will be $50 for a 1/2 hour or four 1/2 hour lessons for $160. Inquire for further specials that we are offering. I hope to hear from you soon.