Blue Dolfins

Raised in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Charlie was registered as an athlete with Florida swimming for 17 years. As an athlete, 4 national age groups records, 4 individual State records, and over 30 top 16 USA finishes in his career. Rose swam for Lyman High School, was a 6 time High School All-American and was a State Champion his Junior and Senior years. He was a Junior National and Senior National finalist. He went to Florida State University were he received his BS Degree in nutrition and fitness and completed the Didactic requirements. He also swam for FSU and twice was an NCAA All-American. He then went on and was the Grad Assistant Coach for FSU from 1991-1992. In 1994 he was the Assistant Coach of the USS Blue Doflins of Orlando and in 1995 became the Head Branch Coach for the Oviedo pool. From 1995-1996, Charlie was the Co-Head Coach for Oviedo High Swimming and is now the Head Coach for the swimming and water polo teams. He is the head coach for Blue Dolfins at the Oviedo branch. Charlie has served as the coaches rep for Florida Swimming on the board of directors as well as the senior chair for Florida Swimming and the board. Charlie enjoys coaching, fishing and time with the family. He is married to Renee and has 2 daughters, Carlie and Marin.

HEAD COACH - WINTER PARK - - - - Joe grew up swimming for the Blue Dolfins and owned several national records by the time he was 10 years old. A Winter Park High School alumni, Joe was a high school team captain and helped lead the Wildcats to three consecutive state titles. He was also a 9-time high school All-American and won eight state titles before heading to swim for the University of Florida under legendary coach Randy Reese. Joe was later inducted into the Winter Park Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. As a coach, Joe has worked with swimmers on all levels, age group through college, and has had swimmers set state and national records as well as qualify for the US Olympic Trials. He has also helped many swimmers achieve their goal of collegiate swimming, including on the Division I level. As a USA Swimming coach for nearly 30 years, Joe originally coached on deck with Harry Meisel. He then gained experience as a coach for the Miami’s Stingray Aquatics, Highlander Aquatics, and Longwood Aquatics before returning to the Blue Dolfins in 2007. In his non-coaching time, Joe started Florida Swim Network which grew into one of the nation’s largest swim sites. Florida Swim Network was tapped to broadcast collegiate swim meets for ESPN and the SEC Network and Joe was on-deck in Rio covering the 2016 Olympics. Florida Swim Network was acquired in 2017, and now Joe occasionally can be found hosting the nationally-syndicated SwimmerJoe Show on select Sundays.

ASSISTANT SENIOR COACH, WINTER PARK - - - - SKim Burke grew up swimming for Harry Meisel and the Blue Dolfins. She was also part of a legendary era at Winter Park High School where they proudly won their State meet every year before she went on to swim for the University of Kentucky. Also a former Masters Swimmer, Kim is still ranked Top 10 in many short course meter events in the 30-34 year old category. As a coach, Kim had a short stay with Rick Benner and the Central Florida Y before coaching age groupers for the Winter Park YMCA for 8 years. She is also a longtime coach with Winter Park High School's high school team and the Blue Dolfins since 2017.