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Chris Tucci

Chris Tucci

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    Volunteer Coach
Chris Tucci is in his first year as a Strength & Conditioning Coach at Manhattan. He competed as a Jasper on the men’s tennis team before assisting in the process to bring back the men’s swim team in 2008. A four year varsity athlete, Tucci was a CSCAA Scholar All American, Team Captain, and Jasper Award recipient. Tucci also aided in the creation of officer positions for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, where he served as President and acted as Manhattan’s representative to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

After graduating from Manhattan in 2011, Tucci continued to work in the fields of aquatics and fitness while continuing to develop his own personal training and sports performance coaching business. At the Wyckoff Family YMCA Tucci taught swim lessons, classes, and clinics to swimmers of all abilities, including members of the Wyckoff Shark’s nationally ranked swim program. Tucci was the Program Director for the Swim School of Boulder at Ocean First Divers where he started their swim team program, while also training and certifying swim teachers.

Tucci returned to the Ed & Ruth Lehman YMCA as an Aquatics Coordinator and Personal Trainer, creating learn to swim curriculum and conducting sports performance coaching sessions with high school and college athletes. He is currently at the Westside Family YMCA as the Director of Healthy Living, overseeing all Group Exercise, Youth Fitness, and Strength& Conditioning programs. Tucci also continues to work on other projects including his own company, Hungry & Fit, in his effort to increase water safety and global wellness. 

Tucci has held certifications, memberships, and/or affiliations with organizations including but not limited to the American Swimming Coaches Association, World Swimming Coaches Association, Swim Schools International, Scuba Schools International, IDEA Health & Fitness Association, American Heart Association, American Red Cross, National Swimming Pool Foundation, National Association for Fitness Certification, National Council for Certified Personal Trainers, ACTION, TRX, POUND, Les Mills, and the YMCA of the USA.

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