Katie McAlpin is a 2002 Raider graduate. For the last 20 years, she has been a staple in the Hastings High School swim programs. Katie started coaching boys and girls swimming in the fall of 2002 as an assistant and became the girls head coach in 2003, which she has done for the last 17 years. Katie has an enormous amount of experience as a swim coach and talks about her evolution as a coach throughout the 20 year coaching span. She also goes into great detail on how to make meaningful connections in her athlete’s lives and use a sport like swimming to propel you into a successful future.