Chris Culp
Club Swimming Head Coach

Coaching Experience:

2008 marks Head Swim Coach Christopher Culp’s fourth year with the Burlingame Aquatic Club, and during that tenure he has helped bring BAC to the next level of competitive swimming. Led to coaching as an extension of his passion for the sport of swimming, Culp has channeled that enthusiasm to all those who train under his guidance. He started his professional coaching career working for two years as the Assistant Coach at San Francisco State, and then took over the program as Head Coach for the following four years. While coaching for the SFSU Gators, the men added 67 marks in the top ten list and broke nine individual school records. On the women’s side, 49 new times were entered into the top ten lists with two school records falling in the process. In addition, both the single-season and career point records for men and women were set under Coach Culp’s watch.
Since his arrival at BAC in May 2004, Coach Culp has been a key part in the growth and development of the swimming programs here in Burlingame. As the Head Swimming Coach, Culp oversees all aspects of training and has helped to develop the club to be a strong and competitive force among all age groups. Culp leads a professionally certified coaching staff that delivers high quality swim instruction and youth leadership. Coach Culp continues to educate himself in the sport of swimming by maintaining membership with The American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) and National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA), furthering his education through clinics and regular dialogues with some of swimming’s top contributors. During his four years at BAC Culp has produced multiple Far Western Champions, High School All-Americans, and Jr. National Qualifiers and National Qualifiers. Coach Culp continues to guide his athletes to be leaders in and out of the water.

Swimming Experience:

As an athlete, Culp competitively swam since the age of six and trained under two different Olympic coaches during his age group years.  A native of Sacramento, Calif., Culp spent one year in the water for the Gators but what a year it was. During the 1996-97 season, he placed 10th in the 100-yd butterfly (:49.93), 11th in the 100-yd breaststroke (:57.29) and 13th in the 200-yd breaststroke (2:06.85) at the NCAA Division II National Championships to earn All-American honors in all three events. Culp broke school records in the 100-yd butterfly, 100 and 200-yd breaststrokes; swam on two school record relay teams and became the first male or female swimmer to score over 300 points in a season. His 324 points is still fifth highest in SFSU history. 

Contact Chris - chris@burlingameaquatics.com