To supplement their list of individuals who are permanently banned from coaching or participating in USA Swimming, USA Swimming has released a list of individuals who are banned temporarily. The list allows the public to know about individuals whose membership has been suspended for violations of USA Swimming’s Code of Conduct.
The list is part of USA Swimming’s Safe Sport initiative to promote transparency within the organization and on its teams nationwide.
“Safe Sport created a culture of community vigilance against actions that compromise the safety of our members,” said USA Swimming Director of Safe Sport Susan Woessner. “We have zero tolerance for Code of Conduct violations and publishing the names of those who commit such acts is an important part in safeguarding all youth sport participants. This is one of the many resources we provide to help prevent or stop harmful situations.”
The now-public list hopefully will help prevent cases such as the Lois Daigneault incident where Daigneault was hired by the Kelowna Aqua Jets six months after her suspension began. The Aqua Jets said they were not aware of her temporary suspension; at the time, only permanent ones were readily available on the USA Swimming site.
The list only includes individuals who are currently suspended and does not reflect past suspensions.
Coaches for whom we could quickly identify possible reasons for suspensions:
The list is printed below:
| First Name | Last Name | State | Suspension Start Date |
Suspension End Date |
Code of Conduct Section |
| Mika | Allred | CA | 11/14/2014 | 11/14/2024 | 304.3.4, 304.3.8(B), 304.3.19 |
| Elizabeth | Backler | MA | 11/24/2015 | 11/24/2022 | 304.3.6, 304.3.8(A), 304.3.9,304.3.19 |
| Victor | Bowen | MA | 3/6/2014 | Indefinite | 304.3.6, 304.3.18, 304.3.19 |
| Lois | Daigneault | NM | 12/26/2014 | 12/26/2021 | 304.3.14, 304.3.18, 304.3.15,304.3.19 |
| Michael | Habig | LA | 5/15/2015 | 5/15/2022 | 304.3.6 |
| William | Jewell | CA | 6/10/2013 | 6/10/2016 | * |
| Patrick (PJ) | Keller | GA | 7/1/2015 | 7/1/2025 | 304.3.15, 304.3.19 |
| Kameron | Killiam | OK | 4/16/2014 | 4/16/2024 | 304.3.6, 304.3.9, 304.3.19 |
| Jamie | Manser | NY | 9/11/2013 | 9/11/2018 | 304.3.4, 304.3.8(A), 304.3.14,304.3.18, 305.1 |
| Carolyn | Mayberry | MS | 11/20/2014 | 11/20/2019 | 304.3.4, 304.3.8, 304.3.19, 305.1 |
| Travis | Mims | FL | 4/20/2015 | 4/20/2021 | 304.3.6, 304.3.19 |
| Kyler | Pawlowski | MT | 9/5/2014 | 9/5/2017 | 304.3.8, 304.3.19 |
| Claude | Rhen | GA | 6/10/2013 | 6/10/2016 | 304.3.6 |
| Solomon | Robinson | VA | 8/15/2014 | 8/15/2017 | 304.3.14, 304.3.19 |
| James | Sanders | NY | 3/3/2015 | 9/3/2016 | * |
| Justin | Smith | MS | 4/8/2013 | 12/31/2018 | 304.3.5, 304.3.7, 304.3.10 |
| Sarah | Torrey | FL | 1/15/2015 | 1/15/2017 | 304.3.4, 304.3.8, 304.3.19, 305.1 |
| Danny | Truong | MN | 9/10/2013 | 9/10/2016 | 304.3.8, 304.3.18 |
| Kirsten | Watanabe | CA | 6/20/2012 | 6/20/2017 | * |
| David | Weeks | GA | 6/2/2015 | 6/2/2025 | 304.3.4, 305.1 |
*Occurred prior to current Code of Conduct, information not available, or no Code of Conduct section applies.
We have a coach that has bounced around the country. Changing teams every 4-5 years. Sometimes being fired other times quitting right before he gets fired. Then lies to the parents and swimmers about his experience and employment history.
USA Swimming is a joke. I’ve complained to them about this coach and the Safe Sport never returns the calls.
Who’s really protecting the swimmers.
Look out California. Here he comes.
What about Rob mirande??
The real joke is that USA Swimming has a zero tolerance policy. Those policies are enacted to protect staff that are too lazy to do real investigation of a complaint. Not defending the people on the list, but that policy makes it too easy to be on the list.
And it often takes YEARS for an offender to show up on the list; in the meantime they’ve been coaching at other clubs or sometimes put in other functions like “Dry Land Coach” but “not associated with USA Swimming”.
USASwimming needs to do a *much* better job at this and stop sweeping real incidents under the rug. Act quickly to save lives and enforce the Safe Sport policies on a timely basis, both current and past offenders.
What a joke list!!! So many others who should be on the list including those who suddenly walked away and are no longer coaching and others who laugh at the codes and continue to do whatever they please. Once again LIP SERVICE from USA Swimming. Don’t be fooled!!!
YEP! There are names missing of offenders that engaged in these same, illegal and Code of Conduct violations, and fled the country, or left USASwimming on their own, or negotiated settlements.