Canterbury Woods Swim Team

Coach Joe Schaefer is returning as Head Coach at Canterbury Woods Swim Team this summer! Joe brings experience as an NVSL Coach, a Woodson High School Swim Team Coach, and personal experience as an NVSL, club, and collegiate swimmer. Most importantly, Joe brings a love for NVSL being part of a great team. Go C-Serpents!

More about Joe:

This will be Joe's second year as Canterbury Woods Swim Team Head Coach. Last year he led the C-Serpents to a 3-1-1 record in Division 7, and sent 5 relay teams to All Star Relays and 13 swimmers to Individual All Star (with 10 top 10 finishes, including two first place finishes)!

Prior to his inaugural year at Canterbury, Joe was the 2021 - 2023 Head Coach for a sister NVSL team, coaching a wide range of summer swimmers from those that were just developing their skills to those competing at All Star meets. 

Growing up as a swimmer and Junior Coach for the Wakefield Chapel Wahoos (NVSL), Joe was a leader and an accomplished member of the team; including achieving first place finishes in All Star Relays and Individual All Stars. Joe holds a Masters Degree from West Virginia University where he was a collegiate athlete for the Division 1 swim team. At WVU, Joe specialized in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke and swam at the Big XII Conference Championship all four years. Joe is an elementary school teacher and a Woodson High School Swim & Dive Assistant Coach. As a former swimmer at Woodson, Joe was a Team Captain, member of the 2020 State Championship team, and a member of the 200 Medley Relay team that still holds the school record.

Coach Katie Bauernshub is returning to CW in her second year as the Assistant Head Coach! Katie brings experience as an Assistant Head Coach for both Canterbury Woods and a sister NVSL team, competitive swim experience (club, high school, and NVSL), and several years as a Junior Coach for the C-Serpents. As the Assistant Head Coach for CW Katie helped lead CW to a 3-1-1 finish, sent 5 relay teams to All Star Relays and 13 swimmers to Individual All Stars (with 10 top 10 finishers, including two first place finishes)! 

Katie is looking forward to returning to CW this summer and supporting all our C-Serpents and Super Serpents! Katie is a Senior at Christopher Newport University where she is studying to earn her degree in Education and pursue a teaching career.