David Marsh
The 2016 USA Head Women’s Olympic Swim Coach and one of the top D1 NCAA coaches in history.
In 2017 David Marsh moved Team Elite from Charlotte to San Diego. Coach Marsh has continued to develop the Marsh Swim Academy offering unique camps, clinics, and consulting.
Marsh joined MAC in 2007 and during the 10 years in Charlotte, he lead MAC to become the top club in the nation.
Prior to his time in Charlotte Coach Marsh had a dominate 17-year career his alma mater, Auburn University.
His collegiate coaching accomplishments included numerous NCAA Team Championships, 7 men’s (1997, 1999, 2003-07) and 5 women’s (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007). It is an unprecedented achievement that 4 of these Men’s and Women’s NCAA titles were earned in the same season. His teams earned 1,312 All-America honors by 276 athletes, along with 45 NCAA individual titles and 30 NCAA relay crowns. At the conference level his athletes won 17 SEC Team titles. Coach Marsh was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
Coach Marsh has been a pioneer in the evolution professional swimming. He coached a Pro group in 1988 in Las Vegas,NV and continued leading his Auburn post grads to the top levels during the 90’s and 2000’s. In 2007 USA Swimming sponsored his move to Charlotte to initiate the first Pro Excellence Center. Currently Coach Marsh is the Head Coach for the LA Current in the new International Swim League.
Team Elite athletes have earned 15 Olympic Medals and millions in prize money and endorsements.
Team Elite has featured some of the world’s best swimmers including Cullen Jones, Davis Tarwater, Mark Gangloff, Kara Lynn Joyce, Nick Thoman, Anthony Irvin, Kathleen Baker, Jimmy Fiegan, Ryan Lochte, Katie Meili, Cammile Adams and many more.
Coach Marsh has become known by his unmatched “coaching tree”. Many of the world’s finest coaches have swam for, coached with, or are mentored by David. He currently serves as technical advisor for the Israel National Team.
Coach Marsh was honored by being named the USA Head Women’s Olympic Swim Team. In Rio, the USA team had unprecedented success in total medal count and in the improvements made between the Trials and the Games. Marsh is one of the most respected coaches in the country and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in the fall of 2021.
Marsh is married to the former Kristin Burke who was a swimmer at California-Berkeley. She earned her masters degree in English Education at Auburn in March of 1995. Together they have three children; son Aaron & daughters Alyssa and Maddie.
