Coach Craig grew up in Western Pennsylvania and as an age group swimmer started out at the North Hills YMCA in Pittsburgh. At age 10 he moved to the Pittsburgh Aquatic Club (now Team Pittsburgh). At age 12 his family moved to the Chicago area and Craig swam for the Hinsdale Swim Club and Hinsdale Central High School. At Hinsdale Central, he was a two time NISCA All-American and an Illinois State High School Champion in his junior year. After graduating, Craig went on to swim at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
After college Craig began his coaching career and spent three years at the Larose Regional Park in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. In 1986, Craig was hired by the Guatemalan Olympic Committee and the Guatemalan Swimming Federation to coach their National Team. In 1994 he moved to Puerto Rico and coached for three years at the Albergue Olimpico. In 1997 Craig moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee and along with Cindy Baker formed the Middle Tennessee Swim Club.
Craig has coached swimmers of all levels ranging from novice to the Olympic Games. While in Guatemala, he had one swimmer compete in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, five swimmers compete in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and one swimmer compete in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
At the Middle Tennessee Swim Club Coach Craig has coached swimmers that have reached almost every level including SES Champions, Junior and Senior National qualifiers, NCAA and U.S. Open qualifiers, and Olympic Trials Qualifiers. Thirty-two swimmers have gone on to swim in college.
Coach Craig can be reached at 615-734-9552 or by email at gringodelnorte@hotmail.com
Alex coaches at the Lebanon MTSC Campus. He graduated from Wilson Central High School (2006) as a swimmer and multi-year team captain. He began his coaching career in 2008 as the Head Coach at Wilson Central High School. Over his 14 year tenure, Wilson Central secured 10 consecutive Wilson County Championships. Alex began coaching with MTSC in 2009. He possesses multiple American Swim Coaches Association certifications. Alex has coached two Southeastern Swimming (SES) Champions, High School State Finalists (both individuals and relays), and has had many swimmers go on to swim in the collegiate ranks. Alex says he is sincerely appreciative of how many families have entrusted their athletes to our program over the years, and that he looks forward to continuing to serve MTSC athletes and their families.
Cindy Baker began her swimming career in 1985 when she was hired as a swim teacher, primarily teaching babies. Over the year as the babies grew up, she found herself teaching competitive strokes and began looking for a competitive swim team. In 1997 she met Coach Craig and together they formed Middle Tennessee Swim Club. For three years she coached alongside Coach Craig in Hendersonville while waiting for the Jimmy Floyd Family Center (JFFC) to be built. In late 2000, 30 competitive swimmers joined the JFFC and began their practice there. In 2021 she became the Aquatics Manager, and facilitated the start of high school swimming in Wilson County. After retiring from the JFFC in 2013, Cindy can be found in Chattanooga, Ruskin Florida or here in Lebanon. She handles all administrative duties of MTSC.
This coach is awesome!
Lindsay primarily coaches age-group swimmers at our Hendersonville campus. She is a former cross country and track and field athlete who was a 7x state qualifier for Beech High School and a DII athlete at Lee University before an injury curtailed her running career. She then turned to swimming and fell in love with the sport. Lindsay joined the MTSC Master's team in 2023 and started coaching in 2024. She holds a degree from Vanderbilt (go 'dores!) and is currently applying to medical school.
Sidney was a competitive swimmer in El Paso, Texas before moving to Hendersonville in 2014. Here, she competed for MTSC and specialized in the butterfly. She later started coaching for MTSC in 2019. In addition to coaching, Sidney has an Elementary Education degree from Western Kentucky University and currently works as a 4th grade teacher. She absolutely loves being a swim coach and is excited to work with swimmers of all abilities!
Coach Randy grew up in Iowa and was involved in YMCA, summer recreation league, AAU Age Group, High School and Collegiate swimming. A state qualifier all years of high school with a top 5 finish in 100 breaststroke, top 7 in the 200 IM and two relay runner up finishes to his credit. Randy has been a US Masters swimmer for the past 30 years, competing in local and National level meets. Retiring several years ago afforded Randy opportunity to give back to the sport that has been a mainstay in his life. “My hope is to bring a lifetime of swim knowledge and bit of wisdom to a new generation of swimmers”.
Coach Erin has been a swim coach since 1995, starting with the JFFC league. While attending Tennessee Tech, she coached MTSC swimmers in Cookeville as well as the YMCA of Cookeville team. After completing her bachelor's degree from MTSU, she moved to Chattanooga and coached for the Baylor swim team before finding her way home to Lebanon where she started her own very successful swim program. In 2022, Erin accepted the position of Aquatics Director for the Jimmy Floyd Family Center (home of our Lebanon location). She is a former Lebanon High School swimmer and currently coaches for us five days a week.
Ethan's swimming career started when he was a sophomore at Lebanon High School. There, he qualified for Regionals in the 100-yard breaststroke. He got his first taste of coaching in 2017 when he coached the JFFC Swim League. He continued as a coach in the fall and spring until 2022 when he graduated from MTSU with a degree in Leisure, Sports, and Tourism Studies. On top of coaching with MTSC, Ethan also coaches the Mt. Juliet High School swim team and serves as the Assistant Aquatic Director at the JFFC. While still new to coaching, Ethan enjoys constantly learning new things daily from our coaches in Lebanon. His ultimate goal is to give our swimmers the joy that he found in competitive swimming and build them up to be great swimmers down the road!
Rocky started swimming with MTSC when he was 11 years old. He went on to become a 9x SES Championship Qualifier, 4x TISCA State Championship Qualifier, and an SES Champion in the 50 butterfly. He primarily coaches the junior group at the Lebanon campus and enjoys helping swimmers refine their strokes to become the best they can be.
Nicholas Sandino is the Head Coach of the Lebanon High School Swim Team and currently coaches with MTSC. Originally from Fresno, California, he swam competitively for seven years before coaching for two years. After moving to Nashville in 2023, Nicholas returned to coaching in August 2025 with MTSC and became the Head Coach of the Lebanon High School Swim Team. He is excited to lead Lebanon’s swimmers, foster a strong and positive team culture, and help each athlete reach their full potential.