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Our Coaches

Head Coach Tiffaney Forbes

Tiffany Forbes returns to OA Masters as a distinguished coach renowned for her exceptional achievements in masters coaching across Colorado, Arizona, and California. With a career spanning several states and exposure to many different masters swimming programs, Tiffany has firmly established herself as a leader in the swimming community. She considers her exposure to some of the sport’s greatest programs/coaches/athletes for molding her into the coach she has become.

In Colorado, Tiffany worked with Jane Scott at the Boulder Aquatic Masters, who’s members included many of the World’s top Iron Man triathletes (Dave Scott is her brother). Tiffany created swim sets that helped these athletes excel in their competitions. In Arizona, she continued to inspire and elevate her athletes to achieve personal bests and competitive milestones. In California, Tiffany was involved with many programs, each with athletes who influenced her coaching style further.

Beyond her masters coaching achievements, Tiffany founded and ran the Boulder Swimming Academy, where she applied her extensive knowledge and passion for swimming to nurture and develop swimmers of all levels. It was here she offered her first “Swimming 101” class, an introductory swim class for adults. Typically, “Swimming 101” is offered early January through March, finishing just before spring break. This is a great course to develop the skills necessary to fully enjoy a masters’ swimming program.

Tiffany’s previous and current administrative and youth coaching roles at Orinda Aquatics further added to her versatile skill set, where she was able to again be influenced by some of the sport’s greatest. Her coaching career reached new heights while working with the USA-Artistic Swimming National team as their Speed Swimming Coach from the fall of 2014 through 2019, contributing to the success and development of elite athletes.

Tiffany Forbes’ career is a testament to her passion for swimming and her remarkable ability to inspire and lead swimmers of all levels.

In Colorado, Tiffany worked with Jane Scott at the Boulder Aquatic Masters, who’s members included many of the World’s top Iron Man triathletes (Dave Scott is her brother). Tiffany created swim sets that helped these athletes excel in their competitions. In Arizona, she continued to inspire and elevate her athletes to achieve personal bests and competitive milestones. In California, Tiffany was involved with many programs, each with athletes who influenced her coaching style further.

Beyond her masters coaching achievements, Tiffany founded and ran the Boulder Swimming Academy, where she applied her extensive knowledge and passion for swimming to nurture and develop swimmers of all levels. It was here she offered her first “Swimming 101” class, an introductory swim class for adults. Typically, “Swimming 101” is offered early January through March, finishing just before spring break. This is a great course to develop the skills necessary to fully enjoy a masters’ swimming program.

Tiffany’s previous and current administrative and youth coaching roles at Orinda Aquatics further added to her versatile skill set, where she was able to again be influenced by some of the sport’s greatest. Her coaching career reached new heights while working with the USA-Artistic Swimming National team as their Speed Swimming Coach from the fall of 2014 through 2019, contributing to the success and development of elite athletes.

Tiffany Forbes’ career is a testament to her passion for swimming and her remarkable ability to inspire and lead swimmers of all levels.

Coach Bill Aden

Bill is Head Coach of the Montclair Swim Team, a USA-Swimming age-group program in Oakland. He has been there since 1992. Prior to that Bill enjoyed early success coaching both recreational and high school teams back East. More recently he has spoken at numerous coaches’ clinics in Northern California, addressing topics in stroke technique and teaching.

Besides coaching, Bill has taught high school and middle school English and continues to tutor. He has a Bachelor’s degree in English and philosophy from Bates College in Maine.

Bill coaches the Orinda Aquatics Masters program on MWF from 9-10 AM. As part of his workouts, Bill always includes a “Drill with Bill” session which focuses on a specific stroke or a stroke element. These are always done in a very creative way to better increase the understanding of his lessons. It is a privilege to have Bill as part of our coaching staff.