Tom Beck has been involved in swimming in Nebraska since his first trip to Keystone Pool back in 1968. Tom started swimming for the summer rec team at Keystone at the age of 6, taught and coached by his sister Barb (now Barb Graeve). Tom started swimming year-round for the Metro Omaha Swim Team (MOST) under Joe Stocker, and later for the Omaha Westside Swim Club (OWSC) under coaches Cal Benz, Pat DiBaise, Bob Nedley, Peter Young, and Doug Krecklow. Tom attended Creighton Prep High School where he was a relay state champion, a state runner-up in the 100 butterfly, and a relay and individual (100 butterfly) high school All-American. Tom attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, graduating in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. During his senior year at UNL, he was a member of Nebraska’s Big Eight championship swimming team.

Tom began coaching in 1985 as a summer rec coach at Keystone Pool, leading Keystone for the next 3 years and climbing to the top 3 in Omaha’s A Division. He began coaching USA Swimming with MOST in 1988 immediately after finishing his year with the UNL swim team. Tom coached for 7 years with MOST, the majority of time in the role of head age group/assistant senior coach. At MOST, Tom helped head coach Mike Hayhurst to develop the team into a perennial age group state champion, winning the state short course age group meet from 1990 through 1996, as well as the state long course meet in 1990 and 1991. Tom coached several swimmers at MOST to National Top 16 rankings, as well as LSC and Zone championships. Tom was named the Midwestern LSC Age Group Coach of the Year in 1990.

Tom began coaching the high school team at his alma mater Creighton Prep in the fall of 1990. His Creighton Prep teams were state runner-ups in 1993 and won the State Championship Meet 22 times between 1996 and 2025. During this time Coach Beck coached swimmers to 75 individual and 50 relay state titles. He has been named Nebraska Boys High School Coach of

the Year by his peers 14 times.  Omaha World Herald named Coach Tom the 2010 Nebraska High School Boys Coach of the Year, an all-sports

honor. Christ the King Church Sports Club named him it's 2014 Athetic

Achievement Award winner, for contributions to sports in the Omaha

area. Creighton Prep inducted Coach Beck into their athletic hall of fame

in 2020.  The Metro Conference inducted Coach Beck into their Swimming Hall of Fame in 2010, and awarded him a lifetime achievement award in 2019.

Immediately before founding GOAL, Coach Beck was at the Millard Aquatic Club (MAC) in Omaha. Tom was the head age group/assistant senior coach from 1995 until 1998, when he became head coach, a position he held until the spring of 2001. While at MAC the club doubled in size, growing from 130 to 260 swimmers. Tom coached 3 swimmers to Senior National standards, 2 swimmers to Olympic Trials standards, and 1 swimmer to a Junior National

championship. Coach Beck was one of three finalists for the Midwestern LSC Senior Coach of the Year in 2001.

Since starting GOAL in 2001, Coach Beck has helped the team to steadily climb the team rankings at the Midwestern Swimming Championship Meets, then remain at or near the top. GOAL achieved it's first runner-up finish at MW Champs in the summer of 2008, and won it's first championship in the

summer of 2009. After finishing as runner-ups numerous times between

2009 and 2019, GOAL recaptured the title in the summer of 2019, and winning again in 2022, ’23, ’24, and 2025 (13 & Over).  Coach Beck

has been named the Midwestern Senior Coach of the Year 7 times

since 2009. In 2012, GOAL had it's first Olympic Trials participants,

when Ryan Miksch and Will Raynor both competed in Omaha at the CenturyLink Center. Later that summer, GOAL had it's first-ever multiple A finalists at Junior Nationals, when Jacob Molacek and Bob Glover both made the championship finals in Indianapolis. Coach Beck was honored by his peers by being selected as the Hank Enterline Central Section Region 8 2012 Long Course Coach of the Year. He was again awarded that honor in the summer of 2014.

Bella began swimming for GOAL at the young age of 3 years old. She spent much time in and around the pool in her childhood, being one of the youngest swimmers swimming for the Westgate Summer Rec Swim Team as well. After many years of swimming for GOAL and Westgate, Bella took a short break from swimming before beginning coaching for GOAL at the end of 2019. During the summer of 2019, she also began coaching for Westgate. She spent about two years as an assistant coach for the Penguin group at GOAL, before ultimately becoming the head Penguin group coach that she is now.

Bella’s main goal in swimming is to encourage the swimmers. Whether this is with their technique or their confidence in the water, she helps the kids to achieve their goals in the ways that work best for them. She strives to help the kids to have fun with their time in swimming, which is what she believes is the most important part of the sport.

Bella went to high school at Marian and now is currently a sophomore at Creighton University. She is studying Journalism on the News track in hopes to be able to travel the world with her future career. In her free time, she enjoys singing, playing the ukulele, and playing with her cat , Rajha, that is her pride and joy.

Hiliary grew up in Omaha and has been around the pool for most of her life. She has a passion for the sport of swimming and swam for the Y for several years. After several years of life guarding and teach lessons for the Y, she began her coaching career with them in 2009. In 2015, she joined the GOAL coaching staff, assisting mostly the Dolphin/Shark/Senior groups and was the head of the Shark group for a couple of seasons.Hiliary approaches coaching with an emphasis on technique and positive mentality, while also trying to maintain a fun and supportive environment on deck. Her goal is help swimmers be the best they can be while also finding joy in the sport.  

She graduated from Marian High School in 2006, obtained her B.A. in English Specializing in Creative Writing from Creighton University in 2010. She can be found working on her writing when not on deck coaching.

Coach Hannah is an assistant coach with a strong foundation in competitive swimming and coaching. As a former high school swimmer, she developed a deep passion for the sport, which now fuels her commitment to training and mentoring young athletes. With a focus on technique and discipline, Coach Hannah is devoted to helping swimmers reach their full potential both in and out of the pool. Off deck, Hannah is a full-time business teacher at Millard West High School and enjoys training for triathlons. 

Kody has been swimming since he was 3 years old. Barb Graeve was his first swim lesson teacher. Kody never liked the water and would spend his lesson time with Barb making up stories so he wouldn’t have to swim.  Kody has had quite a change of heart since then because now he loves competing and loves swimming. Kody has been swimming for GOAL since 2012. Kody’s philosophy is never quit. He also believes the smile comes before the fast swim.   You can expect a smile from Kody and a kind word when he is on deck.

Kody will be attending the University of South Dakota in the fall of 2019 to study exercise science and coaching. He plans to return and coach at GOAL.

This coach is awesome!

This coach is awesome!

This coach is awesome!

Becky started coaching swimming right after she graduated from Cathedral High School in Omaha in 1985. Her first coaching job was as an age group swim coach for the US Navy in South Carolina. She coached there for 2 years. She then moved back to Omaha to attend Message Therapy School. Becky graduated as a Message Therapist in 1991.  Becky then started to assist in coaching the Westgate Summer Rec Swim Club in 1994. When she started, Westgate was in the D League, with a squad of 17 swimmers. In her final season at Westgate, in 2006, she was co-Head Coach of a team of 90 swimmers in the B League. Becky was awarded parent volunteer of the year award at Westgate for her outstanding abilities in motivating and encouraging children. In the 2009 long course season Coach Becky was a finalist for the Midwestern Age Group Coach of the Year Award. Then Coach Becky was awarded the MWS Age Group Coach of the Year honor in both 2015 and 2016.  Becky brings to GOAL a great understanding of the most effective techniques for the sport of swimming, as well as the ability to help kids to love the sport, enjoy coming to practice, and just getting to see her and say hello every day! She works with the dolphin group primarily, but has worked quite a bit with every group in GOAL. Coach Becky lives in Waterloo where she is married to Jim Yungbluth and has 2 daughters, Carey and Cass

Jay has been around swimming for over 25 years. He began his swimming career in high school for Rich Hood at Omaha Burke in the early 90's He continued to compete at The University of South Dakota, where he was a four year letter winner and two time team captain. Following his eligibility, he continued as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. During his coaching tenure at South Dakota, he helped work with USD's first ever National Champion, and while swimming he was part of team that finished inside of the Top 8 nationally every year and won two North Central Conference championships.  

Upon returning back to Omaha, he has spent time as an assistant coach for Omaha Burke before becoming the head coach of the girl's program in 2002. Jay lead the girls program from 2002-2009 before becoming an assistant coach with the Elkhorn High School in 2010. In 2016, Jay became the girl's head coach for the Elkhorn swim program. During his tenure as head coach, Jay's teams set every school swimming record, placed Top 5 at State every year, produced numerous conference and state champions, and had 12 Academic All-Americans. He was named Metro Conference coach of the year in 2019 and 2020, and Nebraska Swim Coach's Association coach of the year in 2020.

In cooperation with the high school work, Jay was introduced as the Club Director for the Aquatic Club of Elkhorn in 2010. Under Jay's guidance, the club grew from 80 swimmers to over 200 in his first 6 years, and it continued to develop with talent as the years progressed. While directing the club and primarily coaching the senior group, Jay still had the opportunity to work with swimmers of all ages and abilities, ranging from beginner to high school All-Americans, Junior National Finalists, Olympic Trials qualifiers and collegiate athletes in all divisions. He has been able to help guide athletes to numerous school records, club records, state championships, and National Level Recognition. In 2018, Jay was recognized by his coaching peers as the Midwestern Swimming Senior Coach of the year.

Following the 2020 short-course season, Jay resigned from his Club Director and Head Coaching positions for personal and health reasons. During the 2021 season, Jay rejoined the Elkhorn High School aquatics program as an assistant coach. During the fall of 2024, he took over as head coach of the Elkhorn Girll's Swimming and Diving program for a second time. He is currently an art teacher at Elkhorn High School. Jay is married to his wife Shawna and has two daughters, Grace and Charlotte

Alex had a long swimming career in Omaha, starting at the age of 4 for Westgate Recreational Swim Team. She started club swimming age of 7, trying several different clubs in the area for the next two years until she found her perfect match at GOAL. Alex was the first Green Group swimmer at GOAL and was the 14th member of GOAL. She is the first swimmer at GOAL to pass through all levels on the team. She swam High School for Marian and was a part of a state championship and 3 runner up championships. Alex taught swim lessons for Barb Graeve Swim School and the GOAL Swim School. She was head Penguins coach 9 years, starting at the young age of 16. Alex brings to GOAL a great love for the sport and for children in general, as well as an upbeat, positive personality. Alex graduated from the Creighton University Nursing program, and left her position at GOAL to become a full-time labor & delivery nurse, and now holds a position as a travel nurse to see the world!

Dannie is a Nebraska native; she swam for Greater Nebraska Swim Team and Lincoln Southwest High School. As a Nebraska high school athlete, she was a multi-time U.S. Open and Junior National finalist, Olympic Trials Qualifier, 11x state champion, 4x state record breaker, and 3x Scholastic All-American. Dannie swam for the University of California-Berkeley (CAL) and the University of Kansas (KU). At CAL, she was a 6x PAC-12 Championship Finalist and her team won two-consecutive runner-up finishes at the NCAA Championships and PAC-12 Championships. At KU, she was a 10x BIG-12 Championship Medalist and her team earned three consecutive runner-up finishes at the BIG-12 Championships. Dannie was team captain, nominated for the Kansas Athletic Department ‘Best Jayhawk in a Supporting Role’ award, and twice awarded the Karen Dionne Most Inspirational Team Member Award. She graduated from KU with a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Neuroscience and Master of Science in Applied Statistics, Analytics, and Data Science. Dannie currently works as a statistician at Creighton University School of Medicine. 

RJ has been connected to the sport of swimming for most of his life. He was

first introduced to the water at Montclair Elementary, where weekly trips to the

community center pool sparked an early interest. Although he spent many

summers at the lake and around water, he didn’t begin competitive swimming

until high school. RJ swam for Montclair during the summers with friends and

later joined the Mount Michael/Omaha Burke co-op team, coached by Rich

Hood in the early 2000s.

RJ began his coaching career while still in high school, leading Montclair’s

summer team in 2006 and 2007. He then became the head coach of the

Happy Hollow Club summer program from 2008 to 2011. During his tenure,

the team broke nearly every program record and consistently finished first or

second in its division.

In the fall of 2008, RJ joined the Omaha Burke boys’ program as an assistant

coach. He remained in that role until 2019, when Rich Hood retired and RJ

became just the fifth head coach in the history of the boys’ program. He later

took over the girls’ program in 2023. Throughout his time at Burke, RJ has

coached athletes to numerous school records and helped produce an All-

American relay in 2014. He places strong emphasis on academics, with Burke

teams regularly ranking among the top team GPAs in the nation and earning

multiple Academic All-American honors. RJ was named Metro Conference

Coach of the Year in both 2013 and 2014 and was inducted into the Metro

Conference Hall of Fame in 2016.

In 2021, RJ joined the GOAL coaching staff, where he primarily works with

Senior National and college-level athletes, while assisting across the program

as needed.

RJ works in Real Estate full time. He is married to his wife, Kate, and they

have two daughters, Molly and Sloane.

This coach is awesome!

This coach is awesome!

This coach is awesome!