Sean Oxner (founder, head coach, CEO) has been coaching for over 25 years. He was a high school teacher for 6 years and has been coaching swimming full-time now for 20 years. He graduated from the University of South Carolina (Philosophy) and Madonna University (Education). As a swimmer, he swam for Michigan State University.
Coach Oxner has coached 4 Olympic swimmers, 2 US Olympic Trial qualifiers, several All-Americans, and several National, Junior National, and Sectional qualifiers. Many of his swimmers have gone off to swim in college and some have even been NCAA champions and World Record holders. In addition to coaching Sailfish, he is the head swim coach for Walled Lake United boys and girls high school teams as well as the middle school swim coach. He has coached swimming in Florida, South Carolina, Michigan, and Internationally in Egypt and Ireland.
When coaching in Alexandria, Egypt, he had swimmers break 6 national Egyptian records.
Coach Sean has two sons- Adam, who was a Michigan high school state champion in breaststroke (South Lyon) and swam for and graduated (Computer Engineering) from the National Champion University of Michigan (part of four Big Ten championship and one National champion teams), and Levi, who was a diver at South Lyon East High School and graduated from Michigan Tech University with two engineering degrees.
As the head swim coach at Walled Lake United HS teams, the boys swim team broke 11 new school records, had had several All-State swimmers, All-American Consideration swimmers, and three All-American times with the fastest 200 freestyler of all divisions in the State of Michigan. The girls have broken 7 high school records.
Overall, Coach Sean has sent swimmers off to swim at many college programs including University of Michigan, University of Georgia, Indiana University, University of South Carolina, Texas A&M, Florida State University, University of Missouri, Georgia Southern, University of San Diego, Edinboro University, St. Leo University, University of Tampa, Indian River College, Grand Canyon University, Oakland University, Grand Valley State University, Aquinas College, Wayne State University.
Just recently, Coach Oxner has opened a new swimming pool site in Livonia as he has helped rejuvenate the old Livonia YMCA pool (now called Sailfish Swim Club pool). In Livonia, Sailfish will conduct the best swim lesson program around in addition to creating and adding new champion competitive swimmers.
