Scott Bonine
Head Coach
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Scott Bonine has been a member of the
staff since May 2001 and is an ASCA Level 4 coach. Bonine is the
Head Coach/Program Manager of TG and the primary coach for the
Senior groups. He has over 30 years of coaching experience on all
levels including stints as an assistant at the University of Nevada
Las Vegas, and head coaching positions in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and
LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Coach Bonine has worked with athletes that
competed in the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games, several U.S.
Olympic Trials qualifiers, and various swimmers that scored at the
NCAA Championships, Senior Nationals, and Junior Nationals. His
swimmers have also achieved world and national top sixteen
rankings. Bonine, a native of Minnesota, received his undergraduate
degree from Winona State University (MN) and pursued graduate
studies in Recreation Administration at the University of
Wisconsin, LaCrosse.
Since his arrival in Greenville, Coach Scott has had numerous
USA Swimming Academic All-Americans and National High School All
Americans. He has had four swimmers qualify for the United
States Swimming National Championships and two achieve Olympic
Trial qualifying standards. Many of his swimmers have received NCAA
Division I scholarship athletes. Bonine’s swimmers have
scored at the US Nationals, Junior Nationals, and US Open.
Swimmers from the TG senior program are consistently among the
state’s best and many have been members of the South Carolina
Zone Team.
Coach Scott has served as Senior Chair and Coaches Representative
for SC Swimming Board of Directors. He was recognized as the South
Carolina Coach of the Year in 2003.
Steven Justin Clossen
Head Age Group Coach
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Justin Clossen has been with Team Greenville since May 2009 and
has over 11 years of coaching experience on all
levels. Primary coach of the Red and Green groups, Coach
Justin also serves as head age group coach for Team Greenville,
heads up our team promotions and clinic programs, and assists on
all levels of the program as needed.
Coach Justin is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a
Junior National Champion in the 100 Back and attended the
University of Kansas on a full scholarship. His coaching
experience includes stints with the Metro Aquatics Swim Team (IA),
Cedar Rapids Aquatic Association (IA), City of Plano (TX), and most
recently the Lawrence Aquahawks (KS). He has coached all level
of swimmers from beginners up through and including high school
state champions, LSC champions, and Zone, Junior and Senior
national qualifiers. Coach Justin also served multiple times
on the Missouri Valley Zone meet and Zone training camp
staffs.
Roy Dessloch
Age Group Coach/Team Administrator
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Roy Dessloch has been with Team Greenville with since
September 1991 and has over 34 years of coaching experience at all
levels. Primary coach of the Yellow group (Coach Roy is the
“godfather” of Eight and Under swimming), he also works
extensively with the TG Champion Swim School and Home School
programs. Coach Roy also handles team communications and numerous
other administrative duties. He assists on all levels of the
program as needed.
Coach Roy served as head coach of what is now Team
Greenville from September 1991 until October 2004. He has competed
and coached on the age group, high school, collegiate, and Masters
levels. His coaching experience includes head coaching stints at
Hagerstown YMCA (MD), Mountaineer Swim Club (WV), and Anderson Swim
Club (SC) producing numerous national top sixteen swimmers in
addition to Zone, YMCA, and Junior National qualifiers. Dessloch is
a native of Pennsylvania, a graduate of Wabash College, and
obtained his masters at West Virginia University. He has
served as Head Zone Team Coach, Secretary, Age Group Chair, Coaches
Representative for South Carolina Swimming, and currently serves as
Technical Planning Chair. He is also the Records Chairman for
South Carolina Masters Swimming.
John Henikman
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Coach John is in his third year coaching with Team Greenville
and is the primary coach for the Varsity and High School
groups. John is a native of Ashland, Ohio where he grew up in
YMCA/USA and High school swimming. He is a graduate of Eastern
Michigan University where he swam for four years, serving as team
captain his senior year. John was a three-time Mid-American
Conference champion in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke and is ranked
in top 5 all-time in both breaststrokes at EMU.
During college John had the opportunity to train and work with both
the University of Arizona and the University of Michigan
swimming teams. Following college, John served as an age group
coach with the Plymouth Canton Cruisers in Canton, Michigan
coaching numerous state qualifiers and champions.
John is currently a Physical Education teacher and department chair
at Mauldin Elementary in Simpsonville. For the past
four years John has coached with the Mauldin High School
swim team and spent two summers coaching with the Stonehaven SAIL
team.
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