MAGGIE POPE

Lead Coach Novice at Greenbrier & Lead Coach Senior Silver at Great Bridge

Coach Maggie joined Tide Swimming in January 2021 as both a Swim School Instructor and an assistant coach at our Hilltop location. She began swimming when she was four years old and swam for the Seven Hills Barracuda summer swim team in her hometown of Nashville. Maggie started coaching for her summer swim team when she was fourteen. Her home club team was Excel Aquatics, where she competed both regionally and nationally, and earned the spot of team captain. Coach Maggie went on to swim for the University of Richmond, where she helped the team to four conference championships in her four years as a Spider. She also took multiple top-three relay finishes and individual finishes in the 100 and 200 backstroke. After graduating, Coach Maggie was head coach of a summer league team back home where she coached the team to a divisional championship win for the first time in years. Coach Maggie is elated to be back in the swimming community after a few years off and happy to contribute to a sport and life skill as important as swimming. We are excited to help Maggie continue on her coaching journey in her transition from Swim School Site Supervisor at Norfolk Academy to Tide Swim Team coach at our Greenbrier and Great Bridge locations.