Coach Mike is a Michigan native who has lived in Maine for several decades now. He is a lifelong swimmer who started swimming competitively as a youth at a local YMCA, swam through high school, swam through college and swam U.S. Masters. His accomplishments in the sport are now so old they have been forgotten. Mike has coached competitive swimmers (intermittently) for over 30 years. He has enjoyed coaching swimmers from kindergarten to college at YMCAs, clubs, high schools, and colleges. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in American History and a J.D. from Indiana School of Law, which he employed practicing law for nearly 20 years. He resides in Vassalboro with his wife, 1 remaining child, the other joined the Marines, 2 dogs, 2 cats and zero chickens.