Hank Reed has been part of the Hill City family since 2004. As head coach he has a chance to work with, teach and inspire swimmers of all ages in the “greatest sport in the world”. 

His coaching career began immediately after graduating from college while he was working at the local YMCA in Franklin, PA. Not only finding success in coaching age group swimming, Hank also coached high school athletes and built perennially competitive teams. That success led him to Lynchburg, VA to coach the Lynchburg YMCA program. Coaching at the Y for 12 years, his swimmers and teams had many achievements: state champions, national top 16 rankings, as well as national qualifiers. After stepping away from being the head coach at LY he has continued being involved in swimming at Brookville High School.    

Besides being involved in the coaching side of swimming since graduating from college, Hank has participated in almost every aspect of the aquatic world. He grew up as a competitive swimmer – competing as an age group YMCA swimmer in PA, living in Texas while swimming with a nationally recognized USA Swimming program, representing his high school in swimming, and competing in intercollegiate swimming at nationally ranked Division III Allegheny College. After college he continued to compete in Master’s Swimming, Open Water Swimming and Triathlons. Growing up swimming and competing in all these different levels of competition involving water, he developed his personal philosophy: Everybody swims, everybody wins! (The YMCA motto)

This motto has become the driving force behind his love of coaching. Swimming has been a route that has taken him all over the country, making friends around the world and taught him lessons that have led to success.