Joe first discovered swimming as a High School Swimmer in Peoria, IL, and although he has enjoyed a myriad of workouts in the years since he always comes back to the pool. After leaving Illinois in 2000 he and his wife, Dena moved around a lot, spending time in Missouri, Kansas, and Virginia before finally settling in Minnesota in 2004. Joe first discovered West Express in the spring of 2013 when their then 7-year old Casey tried out for the team. After that Joe became a USA swim official, and joined the Master's team at West until finally he began teaching swim lessons for Foss Swim School in both Chanhassen and Plymouth, MN. He is excited to work with West on developing its youngest swimmers for both fun and competition.