Franz Resseguie, Dynamo Assistant Head Coach, Hired as Tualatin Hills Head Coach

BEAVERTON – Tualatin Hills Swim Club acted fast as it hired Franz Resseguie as its new head coach following the termination of Linck Bergen last week.

Resseguie most recently was the assistant head coach at Dynamo Swim Club in Atlanta, Ga. He spent a year there after five years at Tualatin Hills as the head age group coach.

“The Board is confident that we have succeeded in recruiting a highly regarded, experienced coach to join our excellent coaching staff, and one who will undoubtedly take THSC to never before seen heights,” Tualatin Hills Board President Jay Epperson said.

During his time at Tualatin Hills from 2008-13, the club broke two National Age Group relay records, more than 40 Oregon Swimming records, and wiped out nearly the entire Thunderbolt team record book.

In 2011, Resseguie was named the American Swim Coaches Association’s Age Group Coach of the Year.

Prior to Tualatin Hills, Resseguie worked with Olympic bronze medalist Caitlin Leverenz in Arizona. He coached her to two national titles, a Pan American Games gold medal and a meet record as well as one National Age Group mark.

Epperson stated that he also including USA Swimming Master coach Bob Steele in the hiring process as a consultant to help “develop a shortlist of potential candidates.”

This is the first time in 10 years the team has had a new head coach. Bergen had previously served as the head coach from 2004-14 after also serving as an assistant the previous five years.

Bergen’s father is Olympic coach Paul Bergen. Tualatin Hills top event of the year, the Paul Bergen Junior International, underwent a name change last year to Thunderbolt Junior International SCM Championships following allegations from Olympic gold medalist Deena Deardurff Schmidt that Paul Bergen sexually abused her as a child.

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