Andrew Brand
Head Coach (Elite Group)
Andrew has been a member of the Cuda's coaching staff since August 2006. 2010 marks his first year as head coach of the Front Range Barracudas. Andrew started swimming competitively at age nine for the Evergreen Hurricanes club team. He swam with them for nine years and culminated his age group swimming career at the high school state meet his senior year where he was a state champ and garnered honorable mention high school All-American honors for the Evergreen Cougars. He attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND and swam for the Fighting Sioux. He qualified for nationals (in butterfly and IM events) all four years, and earned NCAA All-American and All-American honorable mention honors during his stint swimming up in the great white north. During his current four year run with the Cudas, Andrew has coached multiple swimmers to Colorado state championships in over 25 events total. He has coached Western Zone Champs, as well as All-Star meet champs. Andrew was, as selected by his peers, the Northern Colorado Age Group Coach of the Year in 2009. He was named Front Range League Coach of the year while head coach of the Northglenn High School girls swim team in 2007 and 2009. In his free time he likes to save orphans from burning buildings, rescue cats from tall trees and help old ladies cross busy streets.
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