Senior Coaches

Pat Howes - Senior 2 Coach 
Pat has been coaching with CHY since August 2006.  She previously coached at the Iredell-Statesville YMCA for 3.5 years before coming to Chapel Hill.   She swam competitively in high school and furthered her career at the College of William and Mary.  She specialized in distance free and fly.  She currently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and is a science teacher at Cedar Ridge High School.

Jill Hoffmann - Senior 1 Coach 

Jill started swimming competitively at the age of 10 in the Northern Virginia area for Solotar Swim Team (later absorbed by Curl-Burke), and began her coaching career at the age of 16.  She coached multiple summers as a summer league coach, and was hired at the age of 17 by her club team as well.  After taking several years off after having 3 children, Jill returned to coaching in North Carolina, first for Swim Carolina, then Tar Heel Aquatic Team, then New South Swimming, and finally her current position as Senior Assistant for CHY.  She also has coached area summer league teams, as well as being the head coach for Riverside High School in Durham.  Jill is an ASCA Level 2 certified coach, and is working toward her level 3 certification.

JP Sypniewski - Assistant Senior Coach

JP is beginning his first year with the Chapel Hill YMCA Swim Club.  He swam in Charlotte for SwimMAC, and then took up water polo at UNC, leading the school to its first back-to-back conference championships.  His previous coaching experience includes summers at Lake Hogan Farms and the UNC Faculty-Staff Recreation Association, as well as assisting with his high school team.