Our Staff

Bill Copland
Bill has over 43 years of club coaching experience, along with over 25 years at the high school level, and eight years of college coaching. He was instrumental in the re-founding of Delphinus in 1987 and has been the head coach since 1992. Since he left Alma College in 2017, he has resumed his role at Delphinus as owner/head coach.


Kara Berg
Kara started with Delphinus in 2019. She swam in high school and college (Ball State University). She moved to the area this past year to work for the Lansing State Journal
Kathrine Kelley
Kat swam at Delphinus through high school and was on the Okemos High School team for 3 years. She began coaching in 2006 both teaching lessons (WaveRunners, Delta Township, Walnut Hills Country Club, and Eastern Michigan University) and coaching (Delphinus Swim Club, Walnut Hills Country Club, and Alma College). After graduating from Alma College, she is now teaching 5th grade in the Waverly district while also coaching their high school swimming teams.
Victoria Schade
Coach Vicki swam at Lansing Eastern High School and Delphinus Swim Club. Her coaching experience includes both high school (Eastern) and Delphinus. Her day job is with Jackson National Life.

Our Philosphy

  • Team competitive swimming
  • Learn to swim
  • Very low swimmer to coach ratio for more personalized attention
Our Delphinus program is designed to provide opportunities for those who want more instruction and a higher degree of feedback to improve their technical and mental sides of swimming. We actually DO treat swimmers as individuals and design their program based on where they are and where they would like to go. Whether you just want to improve your freestyle efficiency for your triathlon, or you want to make the Olympic Trials cut in the 200 Butterfly, we work with you to  help you understand the path to your goals.