Matt Sprang
CEO & Head Coach
During the summer of 2008, Matt worked out an agreement with the Gloucester County Vocational School District to privatize the US Swim Program. GCIT had owned and operated GCIT Swimming since September 1994. The new program, now known as Greater Philadelphia Aquatics, would operate as a private entity and pay the school a monthly rental fee. Matt is the owner of Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Enterprises, LLC which operates GPAC and the GPAC Swim School.
Matt started coaching in the summer of 1995
as an assistant to Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame member
Tony Lisa with the Greenwood Park Frogs of the Tri-County Summer
League and would continue in that position every summer from
1995-1999. Matt first came to GCIT Swimming in May 1998
as an assistant age group coach and worked in this capacity for
three years until being named the Head Age Group Coach in
September, 2001. Matt has also served as the Head Coach at
Greenwood Park (2002-2003), an Assistant Coach at Rowan University
(2000-2001), and the lead assistant coach at NCAA Divison I
Binghamton University (2003-2004).
While with GCIT/GPAC Matt has coached
Olympic Trials qualifiers, Senior National qualifiers, Junior
National Qualifiers, and numerous USA Swimming Top-16 ranked
swimmers. However Matt feels the program's greatest
accomplishment is the success shown by former
GCIT/GPAC swimmers at the collegiate level. Former team
members are frequently Conference champions and record
holders. Three former swimmers have qualified for the
Division I NCAA Championship Meet with Bill Cregar (first
male - 2008 - Georgia) and Jamie Marks (first female - 2009 -
Arkansas) becoming the first former team members to score points at
the meet.
At the 2007 NCSA Junior National Meet
the team finished in 7th place overall. Six team members
(Bill Cregar, Emily Creran, Jamie Marks, Mike Joyce, Joanna Thomas,
and Blake Trabuchi-Downey) were selected for the
NCSA All-American team. Matt was selected at the Head
Coach for the East Women at this meet which took place in Honolulu,
Hawaii in June.
From 2006-2009 Matt served as the Age Group
Coordinator for USA Swimming. He was awarded the
ConocoPhillips Outstanding Service Award in 2007 for his work with
the MA Age Group program.
Matt graduated from Rowan University in
2000 with a B.A. in History. He received a Masters degree
from Temple University in 2005 in Sports and Recreation
Administration. While at Rowan he was an Aacdemic
All-American (twice) and a Swimming All-American (three
times). In 2000 he was awarded the Athletic Director's Award
for having the highest GPA of all Rowan male athletes.
Matt lives in Gloucester County, NJ with
his wife Tjitske and their dog (Izzy) and cat
(Bella).
