KYD Coaching Staff
Coaches who swam, coach, teach and parent, on deck at the Keene Family YMCA.
Pedr Seymour
2026 marks Coach Pedr's 10th year as Head Coach of the Keene Dolphins. Over the last 40 years he has coached 6 swim teams.
Pedr swam in high school and Division 3 college. He started as an assistant coach for the Brattleboro Swim Team in 1984. In 1993 he started The Edge Swim Team in Essex, Vermont where he coached for 3 years. In 2012 he joined the Connecticut River Valley Stingrays and became the head coach in 2013. He left the Stingrays and joined KYD in 2016. Pedr’s coaching philosophy is based on developing the whole athlete; water-comfort, body-awareness, positive eating habits and conscientious behavior are some of the topics contributing to his coaching philosophy. Pedr is a video editor and lives in Brattleboro with his wife and 2 daughters.
Megan Alberta
Coach Megan swam for the Beverly YMCA Sharks where she first became a coach in 2013; the 2026-2027 season will be her tenth year with the Dolphins team. Her exceptional skills at transitioning our youngest swimmers from lessons to a structured competitive team are apparent whenever she's on the pool deck. Coach Megan has a Masters in Education and is currently a middle school teacher in the town of Jaffrey, NH.
Coaching staff
John Koopal
Lead Senior Coach (Silver & Gold)
Coach John swam for a large club team in Des Moines, Iowa before continuing in college at the Division III level. He brings a different perspective to age group, club swimming. John is an optical engineer at a firm in Keene, NH.
Kyleigh Dyer
Assistant Coach
Amy Mitchell
Volunteer Coach
Questions for the coaches?
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