Janet Martin has enjoyed being in and around the water all her life.  She has a swimming passion and enjoys open water swimming the most.  Her coaching experience stems from over 30 years of teaching toddlers, children, and adults to swim.  Before coaching with the Red River Masters, she swam competitively with the Master's team and competed in triathlons.  Her coaching background comes from her on-deck experience along with a broad range of swim camps, technique workshops, and private swim instruction.

MaryAnn McInnis
MaryAnn began her swimming career living in Florida at the age of four, diving headfirst into a pool wearing an inner tube, which impressed upon her the importance of proper breathing technique. This skill paid off in high school, when she was member of a synchronized swimming club. MaryAnn has been a Red Cross water safety instructor trainer and lifeguard instructor and instructor trainer, and has participated in triathlons. MaryAnn loves everything water--swimming, kayaking, sailing--and is committed to promoting the health and safety benefits of swimming as a lifelong sport. Her hero is her mom, who at age 87 swims at least three times a week.
 
Randy Patton
I started swimming on the North Highlands Swim Team in the 8 & under age group and continued until I was 15 or 16 years of age.  I came back to swimming
in 2005 or 2006 as an adjunct to my workouts. I was also motivated by a desire to compete in the Senior Olympic Games at the local, state, and
possibly national levels. I was told about the local Masters' Swimming group, contacted them, and have been swimming with the Red River Masters
since then.
 
I believe that there are certain "core" elements to swimming each stroke that need to be mastered for a fast, efficient stroke. But there is also
variation within these "core" elements. Each swimmer is an individual and each may attain these levels of proficiency in different ways. Some of
these differences are slight and some more profound. As in so many other aspects of life, no one path is the optimal approach for every individual.
To me, one of the greatest pleasures of coaching is helping swimmers discover their path to greater proficiency and seeing how it affects them
and their performance.
 
Howard Hart
Howard learned to swim in the Huey P. Long natatorium on campus at LSU Baton Rouge. His swimming skills were sharpened in more lessons at the Downtown Shreveport YMCA and as a Boy Scout. He swam competitively as an adolescent and teenager on early versions of the City of Shreveport Swim Team and at the collegiate level at Ouachita Baptist University. He has been a Red Cross certified lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor/Trainer and is a Level Two Open Water scuba diver. His coaching philosophy is a combination of this experience, listening to, talking with and reading other coaches’ work and “swimming what he learns” in his personal workouts.