{"id":2100,"date":"2016-06-22T13:53:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2016-07-18T09:07:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:07:37","slug":"erica-rose-swim-dive-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/erica-rose-swim-dive-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Named Head Coach for Swim & Dive Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Erica Rose has been named the new head coach of the men\u2019s<\/a> and women\u2019s<\/a> swim and dive teams at Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP. Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPlaunched the women\u2019s teams in 2013, and the men\u2019s teams in 2014.<\/p>\n

Rose is already familiar with Maryville\u2019s swim and dive teams, having served as a substitute coach for the Saints last season. \u201cI hope to make this a program people will believe in. We\u2019ve got a lot of good competition in this league, so we have work to do,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to make this a program people will believe in. We\u2019ve got a lot of good competition in this league, so we have work to do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Her own college experience will help inform her coaching, Rose says. \u201cI had such a great experience as a college athlete,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was like having a family away from home. The work I put in to achieve that success and camaraderie was very special\u2014it was one of my best decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a student-athlete at Truman State University, she helped the Bulldogs to three top-five finishes in the NCAA Division II National Championships, including runners-up her senior season.\u00a0As an incoming freshman, Rose had not intended to join the swim team at Truman. But when she accompanied a friend on a recruiting trip\u2014a friend who ultimately decided not to swim\u2014Rose was impressed by the program and joined the team as a walk on, earning scholarships for the sport in her junior and senior years.<\/p>\n

Currently an instructor for the Parkway Swim School, and an assistant coach at the Cedarmill Swim Club, Rose has been a master’s swim coach for Rockwood Swim Club, and has coached for the club team at Parkway Swim. She is also the former head swim coach at Visitation Academy. Her first coaching experience came as a student assistant coach at Truman.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a coach, I don\u2019t focus on the sport\u2014that\u2019s secondary,\u201d she says. \u201cThe lessons you get outside of the sport are what\u2019s most important. You learn best when you fall and you get back up again. In doing so, you have to ask, \u2018What went wrong?\u2019 \u2018How do I turn this into a success?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA positive coach gets a positive reaction\u201d is a motto Rose learned from her collegiate coach. She intends to honor that creed at Maryville. \u201cYou have to help student-athletes achieve a balance. Sports can\u2019t be your world, because there is so much more to you than that one game or season. You are also a sister, student, friend, employee.\u201d<\/p>\n

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