Peter Howes Head Coach

Peter is our Head Coach and coaches all of our senior squads and has direct oversight of coaching of all of our junior squads. Peter started his coaching at age 17 and has been a competitive swimmer since the age of 13. Peter has been involved in teaching/supporting learn to swim since the age of 12. Peter has been in a Head Coach role since 1997 in Canada with Port Hawkesbury Thunderbolts & Chena Swim Club before moving overseas in 2002 as Head of Swimming with the Bangkok Patana Tiger Sharks (Thailand) prior to moving to Melbourne to found and develop Swimland Swim Club.  Other roles have included Head Swim Coach of the National Canadian Triathlon Centre, Merritt Otters, Oak Bay Orcas and Niagara Falls Summer Swim Teams.

Peter has coached Olympic Gold medallist Simon Whitfield (Triathlon) and Olympic finalist Rick Say, both from Canada. On Australian soil, Peter’s most successful swimmer to date was Brooke Griffin (2012 Olympic Games Trials qualifier and 2010 Commonwealth Games Trials qualifier). Peter has coached a growing number of Age and Open Nationals qualified swimmers as well as numerous successful athletes in the Victorian State Age and Open Championships as well as Open Water Championships.

Peter has a Bachelor of Mathematical Science, an Honours in Recreation and Leisure Studies and a MEd in Coaching Studies. Peter has graduated from the National Coaching Institute gaining his Diploma of High Performance Coaching (NCCP Level IV) National Coaching Certification Program (Canada) being mentored by Master Coaches and specific field specialists to the equivalence of tasks fulfilling the Swimming Australia Performance Coaching Course and is currently completing the Gold Coach Recognition requirements.