OUR COACHES
LASA Athletes and their Coaches
Coach Parks trains with swimmers at the YMCA pool, and the team's Asst. Coach will run land practices on Friday. Our team Captains design workouts for both types of workouts.
All athletes will also have the opportunity to do some weightlifting with Coach Parks on campus. Members of the Diving Team join in Land Practice / Weigh Room; however, their diving training is done via the high school program at the University of Texas.
LASA Divers work with Coach Beran at UT. You can find the steps to join the UT Diving program here:
Coach Parks has been teaching languages since he graduated from SMU and returned from studies in Berlin in 2006. His passion for German language, literature, and culture grew out of his time spent with his grandmother, who was born in Berlin in 1942. Outside of teaching English, German, and Italian before coming to LASA, he also took classes to improve his Spanish and Dutch, along with some beginner courses in Mandarin Chinese and French. Languages have been a lifelong passion of his since he first learned German nursery rhymes from his Oma.
Alongside his fascination with languages and cultures, he grew up being very active in marching band. He's always loved team sports and has been a member of a championship masters rowing team with the Texas Rowing Center since 2016. Swimming is one of many sports that Coach Parks enjoyed during his High School years, and he rowed during college. He enjoys reading and writing in his free time. You can even find a copy of his novel, The Berliners, on amazon if you enjoy historical fiction.
If you are trying to reach Coach Parks on campus, use the main LASA phone number below. His extension is 23098.
OUR CAPTAINS