Danica R Burge
Aquatics Director, Head Coach, CEO
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Head Coach, Danica Burge is
a native to San José, born and raised in East San
José. She has also been a coach of several
high schools within the San José area for over 10 years
including Branham high school, James Lick and currently Evergreen
Valley High school. She has taken many of those teams to league
championships, CCS Championships, trained an athlete to a two years
CCS title, and had many relays and individuals place in the top
five at CCS for the past 4 years in a
row.
Coach Danica grew up
as a WEST swimmer, swimming for West for over 15 years. She
is deeply routed in the succes of this team and the
community. She was a member of WEST's Senior Gold group and
swam for Head Coach Paul Weiss. She has been able to
experience the success that comes with being part of a competitive
USS club team, traveling to elite meets, swimming in Nationals, and
later being awarded a swimming scholarship to a Division I
University. She is a graduate of San José State
University with a Bachelors of Arts in Kinesiology and Masters in
Education with an emphasis in Administration and
Counseling.
Kristin J Fific
Lessons Director, AG Bronze & S.S. Coach
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Coach Kristin Fific grew up in
Santa Maria, CA. She swam competitively for the Santa Maria Swim
Club from age 8 until she graduated high school. Her favorite
stroke is Butterfly, and her favorite events are the 200 IM and 200
Fly. After high school, Coach Kristin went on to attend and
graduate from the University of the Pacific where she played
intercollegiate water polo, worked as Business Manager for her
collegiate paper, The Pacifican, and was a member of Delta Delta
Delta’s. She moved to San José with her husband, and
has been enjoying teaching and coaching her favorite sport ever
since.
Samantha J Greenlee
Pre-Competitive Coach
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Samantha Greenlee has been with WEST since March 2007 and is the
Pre-competitive Swimming Director. She graduated from Santa Clara
University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology in June
2009, and is now continuing on to get her Masters Degree and her
teaching credential. Originally from Kaneohe, Hawaii, she now
lives in Hollister with her two beautiful dogs and husband to be.
Her hobbies include cooking, swimming, hiking, dogs, and interior
design.
