Roxanne Mefford has been coaching at Glen Oaks since 1981! In addition to coaching the Sea Lions, Roxanne coached for many years at Del Campo High School and also for the Sierra Marlins and Rancho Arroyo (year-round club teams). She has also taught private swim lessons (beginning lesson-technical stroke work) for over 40 years in locations throughout the area. Roxanne grew up swimming in the USS world, ended up swimming for the Arden Hills Swim Team, and graduated from Del Campo High School. She went on to swim at American River College, UC Santa Barbara, and Sac State! She holds a degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Sac State. Roxanne lives in El Dorado Hills with her husband Scott (also a swimmer) and her 3 children who swam competitively (Mikayla, Bryce, and Colby).
Primary Age Groups: Head Coach
Best Event: 200 free, 200 back
Coach Rich has been coaching/teaching at Glen Oaks since the fall of 2014. Before Glen Oaks, coach Rich’s coaching career started in the early 1990s with the Sierra Marlins at Sierra College. He also coached swimming and girls' basketball at Casa Roble until 1996. Next from 1997-2006, he joined his father with the Otter Swim Club. From 2006-2014, Coach Rich owned and operated his swim school & swim team, Koa Aquatics. He continued to coach high school swimming and girls' basketball (sporadically). His longest high school stint was at San Mateo High School from 2006-2015. We are so lucky to have coach Rich as part of our amazing coaching staff at Glen Oaks!
Coach Rich is an AMAZING stroke specialist!
Best Event : Backstroke
Ethan McHugh is no stranger to Glen Oaks having swan in these waters since he was 5 years old. He graduated from our Team as a Lifetime Sea Lion, (swimming from the age of 5 through high school graduation) so he knows all about the teams’ standards, expectations, sportsmanship, and coaching. Ethan furthered his aquatic training by swimming and playing water polo while attending Jesuit High School. This is Ethan’s 6th year working at Glen Oaks and his third year coaching and giving private lessons for Roxanne. While he has many fond memories growing up at Glen Oaks, reaching the 13/18 group and working out with Gary, along with our annual summer BBQ, tops his list. Certainly, the lifelong friends, connections, and memories of being a sea lion are priceless. He looks forward to being part of this coaching staff and helping to create more memories for the team.
