Shaynah began swimming at the age of 12 and continued to swim at the club level in college and enjoyed masters swimming after college.  She became the Head Coach at ATOM in 2012 after being the Head Age Group coach at ATOM for 7 years.  Prior to coaching at ATOM, Shaynah was an Assistant Senior Coach at Chapel Hill YMCA.  She graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a masters degree in secondary education and also taught high school social studies in Gaston County for 6 years before becoming a full time swim coach.  Shaynah has coached Olympic Trial Qualifiers, NCAA athletes, Junior National and U.S. Open qualifiers, and State and Sectional Champions throughout her coaching career.  She is passionate about teaching life skills through swimming and providing an environment that meets the needs of each individual swimmer.

Stephanie has over 20 years of coaching experience and is familiar with North Carolina Swimming having coached at High Point Swim Club, Swim MAC and NCAC in Chapel Hill.  She has coached swimmers at all levels of the sport including numerous state, sectional and zone champions as well as record holders at each of those levels.  She has also coached swimmers to the Junior National level and several USA top 10 swimmers.  Coach Stephanie also adds a wealth of experience with developing curriculum for swimmers to help them smoothly transition from one group to the next, as well as an attention to detail and strong technical foundation. 

Pierce Bradshaw has been an active member in the Charlotte swimming community for nearly 20 years. Throughout his swimming career, Pierce competed in four Junior National Championships, two Open Water National Championships, achieved several top 3 State Championship finishes, and was captain of the Providence High School swim team. In 2014, Pierce was selected to represent the United States at the FINA Open Water World Championships, and continued swimming at the Division One level with West Virginia University and later transfering to swim for East Carolina University. He graduated from ECU with a degree in Health Fitness.  Pierce began coaching at a young age in the Charlotte area. His year round coaching experience started out in Eastern North Carolina with the Riptides where he was the Lead Dryland Coach and Head Age Group Coach. From there, Pierce moved back to Charlotte and became Head Coach at New South Swimming where he grew the team from 10 to over 80 swimmers.  During his four years at NSS, Pierce not only grew the program, but he also quickly produced several State and Sectional qualifiers and finalists. Pierce is excited to apply his Health Fitness education and coaching experience at ATOM and is looking forward to being a part of ATOM Nation!

Erica grew up in Stafford, Virginia where she started swimming at the age of seven. She continued swimming through college at Radford University where she served as Captain her Senior year. After graduation Erica moved to Charlotte to work in marketing and shortly after realized how much she missed being involved in swimming. Erica began with ATOM in 2016 as the ATOMites coach and became the lead Purple Group coach in 2017. Erica enjoys teaching our youngest swimmers the foundations of competitive swimming and watching  them find a passion for the sport of swimming. 

Katie is excited to return to her ATOM roots - she swam for ATOM for 10 years where she was a Junior National finalist and US Olympic Trial qualifier.  Katie also swam at UNC - Chapel Hill.  She has found her way back to swimming through swim lessons and coaching at South Park Swim and Tennis Club.  She is excited to work with our ATOMites program and assist in other areas as she helps swimmers find a life long love for the sport.

Sophie began swimming at a young age and continued her swimming career at Duquesne University where she swam butterfly, backstroke, and IM events.  Sophie recently moved to Charlotte as a kindergarten teach and a member of Teach for America.  She is excited to work with young swimmers and teach them a love for the sport and help build the foundation to help them be successful long term in and out of the pool.