About Us

 ¨ EST. 2015 ¨

The Manning Method is a culmination of over 30 years of swimming experience. Officially established by Shea manning in 2015, our goal is to personally tailor swimming lessons to your needs.

Shea Manning

HEAD COACH

Coach Shea Manning grew up in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington DC. Comprising of 6 unique leagues, with over 200 independently owned neighborhood pools/teams, and nearly 50,000 athletes ages 5-18—the DC Metropolitan area has the world’s largest circuit of summer league swimming and diving programs. The success of the leagues would not be possible without early opportunities to learn how to swim in the lesson programs that feed into the competitive leagues. This is where Manning got his start both as a swimmer, and as a coach, spending a total of 21 summers involved in the largest league—the NVSL. Those 21 summers were a foundation of what Manning would eventually build on in his career and volunteer work:

  • Attended Claremont McKenna College from 2003-2007 (All-Conference Performer each year)

  • Assistant Coach at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges from 2008-2010—helped lead the Women’s Team to a pair of NCAA Top 10 finishes. 

  • Assistant Coach at George Washington University 2010-2011—Atlantic 10 Men’s Team Coaching Staff of the Year

  • Head Coach and Director of Aquatics at Occidental College 2011-2015—Coached 2x NCAA Champion, Conference Athlete of the Year, Tiger Cup team award for community and campus involvement

  • Aquatics Director/Assistant Program Director for Special Love Inc’s BRASS Camp—Teach lessons and organize pool staffing for a camp of 110 campers whom have siblings with cancer

  • Director of Occidental College Summer Swim Lessons 2011-2015

  • California Triathlon Club Swim Coach 2011-2015

  • U.S. Masters Swimming 2019 Kerry O’Brien Grass Roots Coaching Award