Counsilman Center - Our Graduates
Biographies
Read about our graduates below.
| Brammer | Gold | Noble | Ruth | White |
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Chris Brammer joins the Davidson family as an assistant coach, after three successful years of graduate school and coaching at Indiana University.
During his graduate work at Indiana, Brammer studied human performance under the direction of Dr. Joel Stager at the Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming. Based on the teaching and coaching philosophy of the legendary Dr. James Counsilman, the Counsilman Center serves as a research center and resource for the swimming community.
Brammer played a pivotal role in research projects that included an analysis of the progression of elite and masters swim performance across time, measurement and identification of swimming power, the development of training devices and protocols specific to swim performance, the relationship between selected anthropometric dimensions and flutter kick performance, and recovery aides following endurance exercise. He is currently finishing his Masters thesis titled “Cutaneous Input and Motorneuron Excitability.”
“Chris’s education equips him with first-rate technical knowledge,” head swimming coach John Young said. “And his ability to address not only ‘what’ questions, but also ‘why’ questions will advance the effectiveness of training sessions and the intellectual engagement of our athletes. He’s a great fit for our student-athletes, and they’ll enjoy his expertise.”
In addition to his responsibilities as a graduate student, Brammer served as an assistant coach for local high school and middle school swim teams, and as co-head coach at the Counsilman Center Swim Team (CCST).In May 2011, Chris receved the Honorable Mention as Coach of the Year for his work at Davidson College.
Brammer earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from Truman State University, where he was a four-year varsity letter winner and three-time academic All-American. Competitively, he competed at the NCAA Division II Championship three times, earning NCAA All-America honors twice and Honorable-Mention All-America honors five times as a butterfly specialist. He is a native of Omaha, Nebraska.
Temujin Gold joined the Brown University swimming & diving staff as an assistant coach in August of 2011. Gold comes to Brown with a strong and varied swimming background at both the club and collegiate levels.
Most recently, Gold was a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M, a perennial Top 10 team at NCAA's. Beyond his direct club and college duties, he has extensive swimming camp experience.
A 2004 graduate of Indiana University, Gold was a three-year letterwinner who excelled primarily in the distance events for the Hoosiers. Following graduation, Gold coached club teams in Arizona and then returned to IU where he received a masters degree in Exercise Physiology in 2010.
Gold has studied under Dr. Joel Stager at the Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming at Indiana University. Stager is well-known and respected in the swimming community as an expert in the physiology of human performance, especially in the sport of swimming.
A California native, Gold was a three-year swimming letterman for the Indiana from 2002-04, and specialized in distance free and the IM for the Hoosiers. He earned a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science in 2004 and a master's in Exercise Physiology in 2010 from IU.
Brent Noble enters his first year with the Pirates after a successful season as an assistant coach at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. At DePauw, Noble primarily worked with the sprint and stroke swimmers. He helped the team obtain a conference title and five swimmers advance to the NCAA Division III Championship meet. Along with his duties at DePauw, Noble also coached a team of post-collegiate swimmers for the Counsilman Center Swim Team in Bloomington, Indiana. The swimmers won numerous Indiana State Championships individual titles and achieved multiple Senior National cuts.
In addition to these most recent coaching positions, Noble has accumulated six years of coaching experience at various levels including high school, middle school, age group, collegiate club swimming, swim camps, and masters swimming. The Terre Haute, Ind. native was also a four-year swimmer and senior-year captain at Eastern Illinois University. He is currently finishing a Master's degree from Indiana University in exercise physiology. He spent the last two years studying in the Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming under Dr. Joel Stager.
Position: Assistant Coach
Experience: First Year
Alma Mater: Eastern Illinois 2009
Kyle Ruth joins the SwimMAC coaching staff as the Dolphin Division Leader and SR division coach.
An ASCA Level 3 certified coach, Ruth brings more than 16 years of competitive swimming experience and four years of coaching experience to the table. Most recently, he worked simultaneously as the head coach at Bloomington High School South, as well as the senior coach of the Counsilman Center Swim Team, both in Bloomington, Indiana.
He led the boys’ high school team to back-to-back Sectional and Conference titles in 2010 and 2011, while guiding ten athletes to NISCA All-American honors over two years. As an assistant with the program from 2007-2009, Ruth worked with the girls and boys sprint groups and directed the strength and conditioning and nutrition programs.
At the Counsilman Center, Ruth designed and directed the training for two of the team’s senior groups, including the Championship Prep group, comprised of elite athletes. Seven of his athletes qualified for finals at the 2010 Summer Indiana Senior State Championships.
An accomplished swimmer himself, Ruth was a five-time NISCA All-American at Yorktown High School in Yorktown, Indiana. He went on to swim collegiately at Indiana and in 2008 finaled in the 100 fly and 50 free at USA Swimming’s winter national championships. Ruth also qualified for the 2009 U.S. World Championship Trials in the 100 fly.
Ruth earned his Bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Indiana University in 2008. He graduated from Indiana University May 7, 2011 with his Master’s degree in the same field, also at Indiana.
In 2006, White attained his Ph.D. in human performance from Indiana University, studying in the Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming. His graduate research focused on the power generated during swimming and swimming power training.
Josh White is in his third year as the Michigan men's swimming assistant coach. Prior to his arrival in Ann Arbor, White was head coach of the men's and women's swimming teams at Division-III Pomona-Pitzer (Claremont, Calif.) from 2006-08.
While pursuing his Ph.D. at IU, White spent three years as a volunteer assistant coach with the Hoosier men's swimming team working with swimmers placing as high as second at the World Championships and World University Games. Additionally, White coached at Bloomington South (Ind.) High School and has club team experience with The Indiana Swim Team and Bloomington Swim Club. White has spent the last several summers coaching at swimming camps and lecturing on the topics of nutrition, metabolism, and training.
White is a summa cum laude graduate of Kenyon College where he was a three-time All-American and two-time national champion in the 800 freestyle relay. He was a member of four Kenyon College NCAA Division-III national champion teams.
