Dan Allee.  Growing up in a military family, Dan moved around the United States many times yet always found his way back to the Piranhas. He began swimming around ten years ago and has not stopped since. Dan swam in the NVSL as a Piranha as well as for club and high school teams. Dan currently is swimming at Randolph College where he competes in the 50, 100, and 200 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly. With over five years of coaching and swim instructor experience, he is excited to bring his leadership experience and knowledge of the body, mind, and sport to the Piranhas. Dan loves meeting swimmers where they are and helping them push themselves to reach their full potential. His favorite part about summer swimming is when everyone works together to improve both as people and swimmers. He cannot wait to further Parklawn’s long tradition of sportsmanship and fast swimming.

John Gullickson.  John grew up in the Mount Vernon area where he swam at Mansion House and the Mount Vernon Yacht Club. Later, he swam at FBST, AAC, Mount Vernon and West Potomac in addition to Club Swim & Water Polo at James Madison University. Also known as Mr. G. in Alexandria, Coach John teaches K-8 PE at St. Mary’s School and is the Varsity Head Swim, Dive and Water Polo Coach at Bishop Ireton High School (in addition to coaching club with the Potomac Marlins). With 30+ seasons of coaching experience, Coach John is looking forward to working with the Piranhas this summer and having a fun, fast and exciting team time!

Armi Mack. Armi has been coaching and/or teaching swimming since 1963. She holds master’s degrees in German and Education and retired from Alexandria City Public Schools after 30 years of teaching high school, middle school, and community college. Armi taught swimming at Competition Swim Clinic from 1983 –2016, where she was a coach, director and administrator. In 1985, as a teacher and parent, Armi lobbied for and started the T.C. Williams Swim and Dive Team, which she coached for the first seven seasons. More recently, Armi has helped start and taught the ACPS 4th grade PE Swim program. She has coached both NVSL and Colonial League summer teams, including Parklawn where she was head coach for the Parklawn Porpoises (now Piranhas) from 1989 –1992. As Assistant Team Rep in 2011, Armi started the Mini-Piranhas Swim Lesson Program. She has also been a member of the NVSL Scholarship Committee since 2017 and loves reading the applications of our many multi-talented NVSL swimmers.  Summer league is her favorite coaching environment, and she enjoys working with the Parklawn swimmers and being part of the team and community.

Kevin Nicholson.  Kevin has coached at Parklawn since 2019.  Kevin also coach with Arlington Aquatic Club year-round and have done so since 2018.  Kevin swam on various teams in suburban Philadelphia and upstate New York and ultimately swam for four years at Division III Gettysburg College.  His favorite strokes were (and still are) breast and IM but he likes coaching every stroke equally.  Kevin believes that the best things about swimming on a team is the fun everyone has while participating and the bonds formed between everyone as they practice and compete together.  Parklawn is an awesome place for this and Kevin is excited to be a part of our team this summer!

Gypsy Roberts.  Gypsy has been coaching for Parklawn for seven years. She began swimming at the age of four at Parklawn and swam competitively for USA Swimming clubs and high schools in the area. She was the Lead Coach for Arlington Aquatic Club (AAC)’s Age Group Prep program and an Assistant Coach for AAC’s Sunday Gators program and continues to coach for AAC. Gypsy loves coaching the summer swim team because everything about summer swimming is fun! It gives kids of all ages and abilities the opportunity to improve and feel team camaraderie. It also builds a sense of community among the kids, parents, volunteers, and supporter.