Coaches

Coach Paul has been the head coach of the Birmingham Athletic Club swim team since 2023 and has been involved in the sport of swimming since he was 6 years old. He began his swimming career at Oakland Hills where he was a MICSA champion and record holder. Paul attended Lahser High School where he was a three sport athlete and captain of the swim team. Following high school, he attended Kalamazoo College where he swam and played baseball. He was elected captain of the swim team his senior year, was the MIAA MVP his junior and senior year, and he was a national champion and national record holder in the 100 backstroke.

His coaching career began when he was 18 at Oakland Hills as an assistant coach. Since then, he has coached all levels of athletes from the learn to swim level through Olympic gold medalists. Coach Paul spent several summers at Auburn working with their professional team that consisted of two Olympic gold medal swimmers. He coached at Washing and Lee University, a division three school, where he produced several All-Americans. His coaching career at the high school level includes time at his alma mater, Lahser High School, Bloomfield Hills High School, and currently Cranbrook Kingswood. During his high school tenure, his swimmers went on to swim at NCAA Division 1,2, & 3 schools including the University of Michigan, Ohio State University, Northwestern University, Miami University, Oakland University, Miami of Ohio, Washington and Lee University, Kalamazoo College, University of Chicago, Case Western Reserve, and many more. He produced numerous All-Americans and won state championships with both the boys and girls teams at Cranbrook Kingswood. He was voted the Division 3 Coach of the Year in 2023.

Coach Paul is looking to continue the tradition of excellence at the BAC and produce a top tier MICSA team year in and year out. Following the culture produced by Coach Bill, Paul believes in the ‘Shark Family’ attitude. Our foundation is based in doing what is right, being a team player, and challenging everyone to be the best version of themselves each day. SHARKS ROCK!

Coach Bill has been a swim coach for over 37 years. He has been a coach of the BAC Sharks for over 20 years. Coach Bill has coached all levels of athletes, from the novice/learn-to-swim level, through the Junior National, Senior National and Olympic Team Trial Qualifier level.

Athletes that have trained with Coach Bill have continued their swimming careers at numerous NCAA Division 1, 2 & 3 colleges and universities, including the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, the University of Connecticut, Harvard, Yale, the University of Chicago, Washington University, Denison, Stanford and the University of Florida.

Coach Bill also has an “in-water” swimming background, as he swam at Groves High School where he set several team records and was elected captain his senior year. He then moved on to Eastern Michigan University where he also set several team records and was elected captain his senior year. During his college years Coach Bill also played water polo, and was a starter on a team that placed second at the Junior National Tournament. He also was a member of the Midwest Team that competed in the Olympic Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Coach Bill obtained his law degree from the University of Wyoming where, in his spare time, he was the head coach of the Laramie Swim Club and led the team to several state championships. After moving back to Michigan, Coach Bill continued coaching while practicing law. In addition to being the head coach of Motor City Aquatics and the Bloomfield Hills High School Men’s Swim & Dive Team, Coach Bill was the head swim coach at the BAC, home of the 2014 and 2015 MICSA League Champion SHARKS!