Head Coach - dr. Michael H. Goldhardt
Coach Goldhardt has been coaching for 26 years. He has a Bachelor's degree in History Education from the University of Utah, a Masters of Education and a Doctorate Degree in Education from the University of Phoenix.
His coaching career includes founder of the Granite Stingrays in South Salt lake, and the Herriman Aquatic Team in Herriman Utah. As a head coach in both swimming and water polo, he has coached at Granite, Jordan, and Herriman High Schools. In Water Polo he has coached at the University of Utah, the Southwest Zone Age-Group Team and the Mountain Zone Olympic Development Teams.
Coach Goldhardt believes that the skills and development from aquatic sports build character. This character is needed to become better members of the community, family, and other organizations. He believes it's important to work hard and his workouts have been known to push athletes to the max. Coach Goldhardt has coached 23 State Champion Swimmers, a Region Championship Swim team, 9 State Championship Water Polo Teams, as well as the Rocky Mountain Conference Championships at the University of Utah. His athletes have set school records in swimming and water polo at every program he has coached.
He has been the recipient of the Utah High School Water Polo Coach of the Year (2002, 2005, 2013, and 2019), The College Water Polo Southwest and Mountain Division Coach of the Year (2003 & 2004) and the USA Water Polo Mountain Zone High School Girls Coach of the Year in 2013, 2016, & 2019
His coaching career includes founder of the Granite Stingrays in South Salt lake, and the Herriman Aquatic Team in Herriman Utah. As a head coach in both swimming and water polo, he has coached at Granite, Jordan, and Herriman High Schools. In Water Polo he has coached at the University of Utah, the Southwest Zone Age-Group Team and the Mountain Zone Olympic Development Teams.
Coach Goldhardt believes that the skills and development from aquatic sports build character. This character is needed to become better members of the community, family, and other organizations. He believes it's important to work hard and his workouts have been known to push athletes to the max. Coach Goldhardt has coached 23 State Champion Swimmers, a Region Championship Swim team, 9 State Championship Water Polo Teams, as well as the Rocky Mountain Conference Championships at the University of Utah. His athletes have set school records in swimming and water polo at every program he has coached.
He has been the recipient of the Utah High School Water Polo Coach of the Year (2002, 2005, 2013, and 2019), The College Water Polo Southwest and Mountain Division Coach of the Year (2003 & 2004) and the USA Water Polo Mountain Zone High School Girls Coach of the Year in 2013, 2016, & 2019
Assistant Coach - Steve Leeper
Coach Leeper has been a coach for several teams including JL Squids and the Lifetime USA Team. He currently serves as an Assistant Swim Coach for Herriman High School
Coach Leeper started competitive swimming quite young at “The Fort” and “EAT” following his older sisters’ examples. He swam for Skyline High School where he was a member of state championship swim and water polo teams and served as captain his senior year. He also swam for the University of Utah where he was named athlete of the month until ultimately transferring to Brigham Young University where he graduated from the school’s MAcc program.
Steve started instructing swimmers at age 16 in the valley’s country club league for Snowbird Canyon Racquet club, ultimately filling one of the club’s coaching roles until graduating from college. He later joined JL Sorenson’s Squids program in order to spend time with and coach his daughters. His girls growth in swimming lead to a coaching opportunity at Lifetime’s USA team until ultimately moving over to HAT in order to be more involved in the Herriman High School program where he is an assistant coach and his girls also swims.
Coach Leeper started competitive swimming quite young at “The Fort” and “EAT” following his older sisters’ examples. He swam for Skyline High School where he was a member of state championship swim and water polo teams and served as captain his senior year. He also swam for the University of Utah where he was named athlete of the month until ultimately transferring to Brigham Young University where he graduated from the school’s MAcc program.
Steve started instructing swimmers at age 16 in the valley’s country club league for Snowbird Canyon Racquet club, ultimately filling one of the club’s coaching roles until graduating from college. He later joined JL Sorenson’s Squids program in order to spend time with and coach his daughters. His girls growth in swimming lead to a coaching opportunity at Lifetime’s USA team until ultimately moving over to HAT in order to be more involved in the Herriman High School program where he is an assistant coach and his girls also swims.
Assistant Coach - Kevin Ohlson
Coach Ohlson has been a coach for more than a decade in soccer, water polo, and swimming. He graduated from Weber State University in Information Systems and is a highly skilled product manager and director of operations on several levels.
He has been the assistant coach at Herriman in both swimming and water polo since 2015 and has immediately added a level of experience and leadership that has lead to state championships. Coach Olhson received the Scholastic Boys Coach of the year for Water Polo Boys team from the Mountain Zone Water Polo Association in 2016.
Coach Ohlson believes in a strong work ethic from his athletes and has been able to help them achieve a fundamentally sound foundation to improve their technique and capability.
He has been the assistant coach at Herriman in both swimming and water polo since 2015 and has immediately added a level of experience and leadership that has lead to state championships. Coach Olhson received the Scholastic Boys Coach of the year for Water Polo Boys team from the Mountain Zone Water Polo Association in 2016.
Coach Ohlson believes in a strong work ethic from his athletes and has been able to help them achieve a fundamentally sound foundation to improve their technique and capability.
