Head Coach Steve Schiessl:
Coach Steve Schiessl has 20 plus years of coaching experience at both the club and high school
level. He has worked and continues to work with each level of swimmer on the WAM Swim Club. Coach Steve has had many State
and National qualifiers, including several State, Zone and National Champions. He has won awards as the age group,
conference and state "Coach of the Year". Coach Steve has been a Wisconsin Zone coach numerous times and the Head Coach on two
occasions. His swimmers have gone on to very successful college careers setting many school and conference records
along the way. Coach Steve has also worked at a number of camps and clinics in Wisconsin. He has coached the Kiel
High School and Grafton High School Girls teams as well as the Kiel High School Boys team. His Kiel High School Girls
finished 3rd as a team at State and the Grafton High School Girls were the State runner up and State Champions twice in
his three years at the helm.
Coach Steve lives in Kiel, WI and is the father of five children. He also works part
time for both the Kiel and Grafton Recreation Departments.
Coach Patrice Herzfeld:
Coach Patrice
Herzfeld has been with WAM for 5 years. She has had many roles; parent, master swimmer, Meet Director, and WAM President.
Patrice is a USA Swimming Stroke and Turns Official (National Level). She comes to WAM with 20+ years experience teaching
swimming lessons to all levels. Patrice is a Sports and Fitness Professional with national accreditations from the
American Council on Exercise.
Patrice has worked in the Health Care industry for almost 30 years as a Radiologist
Technologist, with expertise in Cardiac and Interventional venues and presently works at Children's Hospital of WI.
Patrice hopes
to pass on her love for swimming as well as a passion for life long fitness and a healthy life style. She is married and
the mother if six children.
Coach Jane Halverson:
Coach Jane Halverson has been working with the WAM swim team since
2006. She is a USA certified stroke and turn official. She has also a certification as a USA coach which includes Red
Cross lifeguard and first aid certification. Jane is active in assisting with the Kiel High School swim team as well.
Coach
Jane lives in Kiel, WI with her husband and three boys. She works full-time as the Director of Junior Achievement in Sheboygan,Manitowoc and Calumet Counties. All three of her boys swam with WAM over the years. Two of her sons have been consistently
swimming with WAM since 2006. Her sons have completed at both State and Zone levels.
