Head Coach Bill Natlo enters his second year as Head Coach of the Setters Swimming & Diving Program and has already begun to bring major change to the young program. During the 2008-2009 season, in his first year with the program, Coach Natlo's athletes rewrote the record book as he guided the Setters to 22 school records. Along with 22 school records, the 2008-2009 season saw Natlo's athletes reach the top of the NE-10. At last December's 2008 NE-10 Championships, Callie Grace had top-8 finishes in the 100 and 200 Yard Breaststroke and the 100 and 200 Yard Freestyle, Chelsea Oberhauser finished 2nd in both the 100 and 200 Yard Backstroke and Diver Cassandra Gentile finished 2nd in both 1M and 3M diving. Natlo's athletes were awarded special recognition during the season, including: Freshman Cassandra Gentile was named ECAC diver of the week and NE-10 Co-Diving Athlete of the Week; Freshman Chelsea Oberhauser was named to NE-10 weekly honor roll twice; Senior Craig McClintock was named NE-10 Swimming Athlete of the Week; Freshman William King was named NE-10 Freshman of the Week and Sophomore Callie Grace was named to the NE-10 All Academic Team for the 2008-2009 season.
Further, Natlo has begun to transform the program after inheriting a small roster of 6 women and 6 men in 2008. Through strong recruiting and retention efforts, Natlo has already grown the Setters 2009-2010 roster to 18 women and 10 men. This growth will enable the Setters to establish themselves locally, within the NE-10 and ultimately at the national level soon.
From 2004 - 2007, Natlo was a lead coach at Middies Swimming in White Plains, NY. In 2007, he joined the former Middies staff at "Empire Swimming," where he continues to coach today, concurrent to his Head Coaching role at Pace. While with Middies and now at Empire, Natlo's clubs have been named #1 in Metropolitan Swimming and in the top 30 in the nation by USA Swimming. During the last five years, athletes under Natlo's guidance have consistently reached high levels in the sport, such as County/Conference Champions, Junior Olympic Qualifiers & Champions, YWCA National Champions, Team and Metropolitan Swimming Record Holders, Sr. Met, Sectional, Junior National and Senior National qualifiers.
In 2007, Coach Natlo was Head Coach at the Ursuline School, an all-girls private high school located in New Rochelle, NY. In his year at Ursuline, Natlo's team was undefeated and captured the Section I Championship. Natlo sent six athletes from the 2007 Ursuline team to the New York State High School Championship Meet.
In the summer of 2005, Natlo took over as Head Coach at Rocky Ledge Swimming Association in White Plains, NY, a small summer club in the Westchester County Swim Conference. Since taking over as Head Coach, Natlo has taken a small team of approximately 40 swimmers and built the program to a largely competitive one of over 80 swimmers. Under his leadership, Rocky Ledge captured the Conference's Division IV title in 2006 and the Division III title in 2007. At the conclusion of the 2009 season, Natlo's five year record at Rocky Ledge was 18 wins and only 7 losses. Natlo's success was recognized by his peers in 2008, as he was named the Westchester County Swim Conference "Coach of the Year." Coach Natlo serves on the Conference Board as a Division Representative, helping to introduce, review, evaluate and implement Conference rules and regulations each summer.
Coach Natlo is a Certified Pool Operator, a Certified Aquatic Manager and has achieved Level III recognition from the American Swim Coaches Association.
Coach Natlo lives in Elmsford, NY with his wife Tara and their
three children, Hannah, Colin and Brendan.
