David, born and raised in San Diego has been in and around the water all of his life. He was born half a block from the ocean and never liked living much farther away than that. He grew up swimming in a backyard pool and spending countless days boogie boarding, surfing and making sand castles at the beach. He fell in love with the sport of swimming through high school water polo and swimming. He excelled mostly in swimming and went on to swim at Palomar College where he continued to progress and eventually help his team achieve 2nd place at the State Championships with only 5 swimmers! He started teaching swimming when he was 16 years old and began coaching water polo and swimming shortly after graduating high school and has been teaching and coaching ever since. He moved to Ketchikan in April 2022 and started coaching with KKW in October 2022. When he is not on the pool deck he can be found with his family in their new home, on the ocean fishing for salmon or wandering in the woods looking for mushrooms.