Wilton YMCA Wahoos Hires Randy Erlenbach as New Director of Competitive Aquatics

WILTON, Connecticut, June 8. BEGINNING June 8, Randy Erlenbach will become the new leader of the Competitive Swimming Program at the Wilton Family YMCA located in Wilton, CT.

The Wilton Y Wahoos are a perennial powerhouse in competitive YMCA/USA age-group swimming. Randy will assume the overall responsibilities of the program with an emphasis on the senior and national level swimmers. The Wilton Y Wahoos currently have 265 swimmers within the program. Randy will direct 3 other full-time swimming coaches along with 5 part time coaches. Erlenbach will also be responsible for the Y Masters Program and the Water Polo Program.

Randy Erlenbach coached for 16 years with the swimming program at the University of North Carolina. Like most Tar Heel swim coaches, Randy became very familiar with success. His performance as an assistant swimming coach at Carolina and as the head coach of the North Carolina Aquatic Club was quite remarkable. According to UNC and many of his fellow professionals and former swimmers, Randy is simply one of the most gifted swimming coaches in the nation. United States Swimming had consistently named Randy to its International Coaches List, an honor going only to the most elite coaches in the United States. He was first named to that list in 1997 and continues to be a member of that prestigious company.

Randy, a former four-year swimming letterman at Duke University was also an assistant coach at Clemson University before joining the Tar Heels. He also served as the head swimming coach of the North Carolina Aquatic Club, an age group and master's swimming program based in Chapel Hill, N.C., in addition to performing his duties as an assistant coach for Carolina's men's and women's teams. He was also the director of the annual Carolina Swimming Camps conducted each summer on the UNC campus.

As the coach at NCAC, Randy was very successful at developing local swimming talent. Several members of Tar Heel teams have been former NCAC swimmers. In addition, Randy has coached a talented array of age group swimmers who have gone on to earn scholarships at other NCAA Division I institutions. He developed NCAC from a team of 40 to a team of over 200. He was named the United States Swimming North Carolina Coach of the Year in 1995, 1997 and 2000 for his work with the North Carolina Aquatic Club.

Randy, is a native of Brookfield, Conn., and a 1981 Duke University graduate. He co-captained the Blue Devil swimming team in his last season. After graduating from Duke, Randy served as an assistant swimming coach with the Wilton (Conn.) YMCA Wahoos team for a year and then was the head coach of the Durham (N.C.) Aquatic Club for two years.

From 1984 to 1989, Randy served as the aquatics supervisor for the city of Lenoir, N.C. He also served as the head swimming coach for the Caldwell County Swim Team. After a year working as a registered representative for Edward D. Jones and Company, he returned to college coaching as an assistant swimming coach at Clemson for the 1990-91 school year. He moved to Chapel Hill for his position with the Tar Heels in 1991.

Randy and his wife, Sian, are the proud parents of their 2 year old daughter Avery. They also enjoy biking, hiking and fishing in their spare time. For the past 2 years Randy has stayed at home to be with his daughter.

During this time he has kept his hand in professional coaching options such as volunteering with Duke University Swimming and Diving, teaching clinics and lessons through his company SwimStart and coaching part-time with local swim clubs such as the Marlins of Raleigh and the Raleigh Swimming Association.

Below is Erlenbach's Coaching Accomplishment List: At UNC, each coach was solely responsible for an independent squad. The following list summarizes achievements of swimmers Randy personally coached from 1993-2007. University of North Carolina Women's Individual NCAA All-Americans – 10 Women's Individual NCAA Honorable Mention All-Americans – 16 Men's Individual NCAA All-Americans – 2 Men's Individual Honorable Mention All-Americans – 4 Women's ACC Champions – 32 Men's ACC Champions – 9 Women's Individual University Short Course Records -16 Men's Individual University Short Course Records – 2 Women's Individual University Long Course Records -5 Men's Individual University Long Course Records -5 Women's Individual ACC Records -5 Men's Individual ACC Records – 1 The following notable results for swimmers occurred while he was the Head Coach of NCAC. North Carolina Aquatic Club Team Finishes: USS Nationals 1997, Combined 7th USS Jr Nationals 1997, Women's 1st High Point Winner Jr Nationals – 5 National Jr Team Members – 5 Olympic Trial Finalists – 3 Olympic Trial Semi-Finalists – 5 Olympic Trial Qualifiers – 15 International Team Qualifiers: World Championships – 2 Short Course World Championships – 1 Pan Pacific Games – 2 Pan American Games – 1 Maccabean Games – 2 World University Games – 4

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