Coaching Staff

Jackie Bussard-Bertucci, Head Age Group Coach the daughter of legendary UT and Olympic coach Ray Bussard, is head age group coach.  She joined Pilot as a coach in 1994 and has since become one of the top young swim coaches in the country.   Jackie was named the Southeastern Swimming Age Group Coach of the year in 1999, 2002, 2003, Age Group Chair of Southeastern swimming 2002-2006 and she was named Head Coach of the Southeastern Zone All-Star Team in 1999, 2000 and 2001.  Prior to coming to Pilot, Jackie coached for several years with the UT Continuing Education swim program and at swim camps at Mercersberg, PA, St. Lawrence, NY and St. Bonaventure, NY.
We also have three assistant coaches who lead groups under the direction of Coach Howland and Coach Bertucci.  All of our coaches have extensive experience in teaching stroke technique and each brings a different strength to the program.  The goal of our coaching staff is to maximize the potential of each swimmer in our program.
Contact Information:  Jackie Bussard-Bertucci, (865) 207-7297,  jackiebertucci@knology.net
 

Marshall Goldman, Senior Assistant Coach, Pre-Senior/Senior II
Marshall is excited to return to Pilot after coaching up in Boston for the past year.  While in Boston he served as the Brandeis University assistant coach.  He was also the assistant National team coach for the Bluefish swim club which included a member of the 2007 World Championship team.  Prior to his stint in Boston, Marshall served as an assistant coach at Pilot working with all the groups but mainly with the Black group.  While with Pilot he coached on the Southeastern Zone staff in 2005 and 2006.  He was named the 2006 Women's Coach of the Year for Tennessee State high School as the Webb School coach.  As a swimmer, he was a Junior National Qualifier for Pilot.  At Brandeis University he held school and New England conference records and was named the 2003 Brandeis Male Athlete of the Year.
Contact Information:  Marshall Goldman (865) 300-5912,  mgoldman1103@gmail.com

Jamie Tannhauser, Red Group & Gold Group
Jamie Tannhauser comes to Pilot from the University of Florida,
where she was a 4 year letter winner and an NCAA qualifier for the
Gators. She grew up in Seattle swimming for Salmon Bay Aquatics.
As an age group swimmer she was an Olympic trials finalist as well
as a member of the 2000 National Junior Team that traveled to
Spain. She coached the Sheridan Beach swim club in the summer of
2006. In addition, to Pilot she is currently working as an
assistant teacher at the Episcopal School of Knoxville.
Contact info: Jamie Tannhauser, jamietan@ufl.edu

Cheryl Schoenberger, Red Group & Gold Group  
Cheryl Schoenberger comes to us with a myriad of coaching experience throughout Knoxville.  She got her start as an assistant at the Holston Hills country club before moving on to the University Club.  She served as the head coach for the Kingston swim team which resulted in a league championship.  Her performance with the Kingston clippers caught the eye of the league five Village Green gators.  The gators moved quick and snatched Cheryl up, where she has had the great privilege of working for renowned summer league veterans Robin Wells and Anita Dinwiddie for the past three summers.  On the high school level, Cheryl has served as assistant coach for the Farragut Admirals for the past two seasons.  In those two seasons, Cheryl has helped in the development of many swimmers into city and state finalists.  Her leadership helped lead the Admirals to the 2008 City Championship.  Cheryl has honed her teaching style and skills over the past two years as she has led competitive swim clinics at both the Y and Fort Sanders(nearly tripling the amount of participants).  As a coach Cheryl has become famous for her energy, dry land knowledge, eagerness to learn, and most importantly her use of flair.

As a swimmer, Cheryl was a four year letter winner and state qualifier for Coach John Woods at the Girls Preparatory School.  Cheryl is certified as an Instructor in spinning, Water Safety and Lifeguarding.  She spends her weekday morning as one of the lead instructors at the Knoxville Operation Bootcamp. Cheryl has a beautiful one year old boy Simon with her husband of four years, Mike Schoenberger.
Contact Information:  Cheryl Schoenberger, coachcheryl@gmail.com