Coaches
Ms. Rhodes is a native of Milton, GA who graduated from Milton High School in 2015. She started swimming at 9 years old, when her and her sister joined the City of Alpharetta Sharks summer swim team. She swam with the Sharks until she was 18 years old and was a member of the MHS Swim team from 2011 to 2014, most often swimming the 100 Back Stroke and 200 Free. Ms. Rhodes also coached with the Sharks for her last two summers while lifeguarding at the Alpharetta City Pool. She went to University of Georgia for undergrad and got her Masters in School Counseling at Vanderbilt University, all while keeping up with swimming recreationally. She moved back to the Atlanta area during the summer of 2021 and started her position as a High School Counselor with Fulton County Schools that August. Since then she's enjoyed being a part of the Milton Community and is excited to start another year as the Staff Coach for Milton Swim.
Coach Nelson was born in Venezuela and moved to Georgia when he was 7 years old. Growing up, he swam for a summer league team and year round club at Swim Atlanta. He attended Duluth High School, where he was a member of their high school swim team, serving as their captain his senior year. Coach Nelson was a summer league coach for 11 summers and a year-round coach for 7 years at Atlanta Swim Academy and most recently Swim Atlanta Roswell. He is a husband and father - he can't wait for a bigger family! Swim coaching is his passion, and he can't wait for this upcoming season of Milton high school swim!
Tyler was born and raised in Milton, and graduated from Milton in 2020. Having swam for Swim Atlanta for most of his childhood and adolescent life, he enjoyed his four years as a part of Milton Swim & Dive. Tyler’s favorite races to swim were 100 fly, 100 free, and 50 free. A sprinter through and through. After his time came to a close at Milton, he attended Auburn University and still got laps in where he could between studies. After graduating, he moved back to his hometown to start his job as a Pediatric ICU nurse at CHOA. Helping to coach and giving back to the program he once swam for is an opportunity he is quite excited for!