About Us - Coach Joel Wilson
Head
Coach Joel Wilson is a founding member of Santa Cruz Masters and has
been coaching the team since 1988. A team captain and an All-American
swimmer at the University of California, Berkeley, he started swimming
Masters in 1974.
He has served as Meet Director for PMS Long and Short Course Championships
since the mid-1990"s. He has been the Race Director for the Pier
to Pier 10 Kilometer Swim since the early 1990"s. In 2002 he was
chosen Pacific Masters Coach of the Year.
He appreciates the wonderful people who swim with CRUZ and strives
to make the program meet the needs of all of you who participate.
Says Joel, "I want more of you to participate in our pool meets
and open water swims because they, too, are lots of fun and fun people
go very nicely with fun events. Let me know how I can help you take
even more pleasure from our program."