Jennifer Purvis has lead the high performance and junior/senior development of Crimson for 8 years. She was a home-coach at the 2017 USA Swimming National Select Camp at USA Swim HQ in Colorado Springs. Purvis coached two Crimson swimmers to top 8 finishes at the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals and Crimson won multiple NE Team Championships over the past 8 years. At the 2023 Summer Futures Championship she coached the team to an overall Women’s team 1st Place and combined Men’s and Women’s 3rd place. Purvis has been on deck with 2 world top 100 u18s (Bornstein, Yang) and 2 world top 100 swimmers (Egan, Marcantonio). She joined Crimson Aquatics Boston in 2015 after coaching Trent Swim Club in Toronto. As the Senior and Junior coach at Trent she helped many athletes find success and confidence in their life. She currently leads the Crimson and Senior groups at Crimson and oversees all other groups. 

Prior to becoming a head coach, Purvis was an assistant coach at Arizona State University where she helped the women's team to a top-25 finish at NCAAs.While in Arizona she also coached with the Sun Devil Masters team. During her time in Boston as a Head Coach she has created a Crimson Boston Masters team for 18&older athletes looking to continue in the sport they love as she does.  Purvis is known for motivating athletes to achievements beyond their expectation. Her passion for this sport runs deep, very deep. For 20 years this sport was her life and now she's ready to take Crimson kids to the next level. 

Before becoming a professional coach, Purvis was a competitive swimmer for 20 years, competing in nationals for over 10 yrs. She is a former National gold medalist and Canadian record holder and 8 year member of the national team. Purvis swam and earned her degree at Arizona State University. She was an NCAA All American and competed in the 2011 Pan Am Games in Mexico, bringing home 2 medals and finished off her career as a 2012 Olympic trials finalist with personal best times. Purvis received a degree in Design Studies Built Environment and Sociology

After taking a 6 year hiatus, Rachel was thrilled to return to Crimson in the 2021-2022 season. She coached at Crimson from 2010-2014 under Kyle and Adriana Schack, during that time she coached all age groups but worked primarily with the Junior group. She has worked with many of Crimson's top performers at the Age group level. Rachel was also assistant coach to Adam Hoyt at Tufts University from 2009-2012 coaching and traveling with the men's team. As a kid, Rachel swam for the Ocean State Squids in RI under Josh Stern and went on to have a successful swimming career at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. In her 6 years away from coaching, Rachel worked on developing her career in publishing and had the opportunity to do some extensive traveling. She now works at Harvard Business Publishing in Production Operations but is extremely excited to reconnect with the sport and work with Crimson's young athletes!

Maryn McNeely from Evergreen, Colorado (about 30 minutes west of Denver), and I’m currently a freshman at Tufts University! I have been swimming since first grade, and I swam on my high school varsity team all four years. I have been a coach for one and half years, and a swim lesson instructor for 2 and a half years. I really enjoy getting kids excited about swimming and helping them achieve their goals while also fostering a supportive and welcoming team environment!

Need name of swim team and put coached under Brian Pursley former Arizona State Coach.

Coach Chris is returning to Crimson as the new Junior 1 coach. Last season, Chris led Age Group 3 at Dexter, where he also teaches swim lessons for the Dexter Southfield elementary school. Chris began swimming competitively when he was very young, and grew up competing for the Utica Shelby Swim Club in Michigan. Chris eventually went on to attend Oakland University for undergrad, where he trained with the Oakland Live Y’ers. Chris specialized in the 200 and 500 Freestyle. Chris graduated from Oakland University with a BS in Biology, and moved to New England where he taught swim lessons for multiple years at Goldfish Swim School. When Chris is not at Dexter, he works downtown Boston in hospitality. 

Emily enters her second year with Crimson in a new role as Head Junior Coach. Emily swam competitively for twelve years. In high school, Emily swam under former Olympian and World Record Holder, Martin Zubero, where she broke multiple records at Canterbury School. Emily then competed collegiately as both a swimmer and cheerleader in Tennessee and Florida, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media Studies from Stetson University, with a Minor in French and Religious Studies. 

While swimming collegiately, Emily was the Head Age Group Coach for the West Volusia Killer Whales, where one of her Age Group swimmers broke the Girls 10&U National 50-Yard and 100-Yard Breaststroke records. Upon graduating, Emily moved to Boston where she worked full-time in Fashion while coaching the Senior group at North Shore Swim Club. Emily spent four seasons as the Head Coach of the Matignon High School Swim Team, where the team broke every school record, completed a 27-7 dual meet record, and won eight MIAA titles in girls individual events. 

Emily looks forward to working with the Pre-Crimson and Junior II groups this season.

Jeff comes back to Crimson Aquatics after coming up in the program himself. He swam for under both Coach Rachel and Coach Jen in his time as an athlete. He has a real passion for working with kids and motivating them to their fullest. Upon graduating high school Covid struck and delayed Jeff’s ability to leave and go to college, instead he joined Crimson as a coach. After a year of coaching he left for Michigan State. There he earned a Bachelors degree in Interpersonal Communication. Has has found his way back to his former home with Crimson to keep his passion for the sport alive in the kids. 

GianCarlos (GC) is returning to Crimson as an Age Group 3 coach at Dexter.  Last year, he led Age Group 2, and is excited to work with both new and returning swimmers! GC has been swimming since elementary school, where he started his swimming career with the Flaherty Dolphins in Roslindale. GC went on to swim for the Gator Swim Club, and graduated from Boston Latin School as a team captain and Dual County League All Star. GC furthered his swimming career competing collegiately at Regis College, where he earned a BA in Education. GC left his mark on the Pride, breaking a pool record, multiple school records, and medaling at the GNAC and NEISDA conferences. In addition to coaching, GC is a full-time middle school teacher in Dorchester.