Coaches

Sam Knapp - Head Coach

Sam has been coaching competitive swimming for over 10 years and joins the Napier Aquahawks from Roadrunner Aquatics in California, where he was director of aquatics. Prior to his time in California, he was the assistant coach at Liz van Welie Aquatics in Tauranga tasked with developing the junior and age group programs. Sam also has experience coaching at the NCAA level with time spent at CSUB and UTPB. His own swimming career saw him swim at Wingate University and also represent Puerto Rico at an international level.

"My coaching goal has always been to help my swimmers improve in and out of the pool by taking ownership of the process and their own success; and I'm excited to help our Aquahawks swimmers develop at every level from Minihawks through to national qualifiers"

Contact Sam: headcoach@aquahawks.co.nz

​​​​​​​Shane Chapman  - Assistant Coach

Karen Kamper  - Assistant Coach (Junior squad)

Tom Grant - Assistant Coach​​​​​​​

Abby Chapman - Trainee Coach

​​​​​​​Sofia Montaperto-Wells - Trainee Coach (Junior squad)