By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
Franklin Regional Swim Team in suburban Indianapolis has hired Jason Roberts as its new associate head coach and top senior coach.
The team is led by head coach and club director Zach DeWitt.
Roberts, most famous for his work in building the Northern Kentucky Clippers as head coach, has led programs at Foxjet, the Countryside YMCA, and most recently the North Texas Nadadores in Dallas, where he took over a program that was in the throes of battles over mismanagement and local swim politics two years ago.
That experience with NTN could help him in providing a stabilizing force at the FRST, which itself has seen challenges in recent months, but has brought in some high profile coaches already in 2026.
In late 2025, Colin Mothersead, a coach with the FRST senior group, was the subject of an investigative report by a local newspaper accusing him of abuse, including allegedly pinning a 16-year-old swimmer to the wall on the pool deck.
Less than a month later, Mothersead resigned from his position after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Then on February 11, the team announced the hiring of Jennifer Brinegar as an age group coach. In addition to being an experienced local coach, she was a 1976 U.S. Olympian. Her son Michael Brinegar represented the U.S. at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
But one parent says that Brinegar hasn’t been on deck in more than a month, though the team still lists her on its website as part of its coaching staff.
Enter Roberts, who is expected to start on May 17.
From the FRST:
But what makes Jason truly special goes beyond results. Throughout the hiring process, one message came through loud and clear from those who have been coached by him: he cares deeply. He builds trust. He sees the person before the athlete. That ability to form genuine relationships is what fuels not only faster swims but also stronger, more confident individuals. It’s the kind of leadership that inspires belief—and belief is where breakthroughs live.
This next chapter for Jason is also a meaningful return home. With family living outside of Batesville and deep roots in the Cincinnati swimming community, Jason brings both a national perspective and a personal connection to this region.
This is more than a hire—it’s a step forward for our entire program. With Jason’s leadership, experience, and commitment to people-first development, we are excited for what lies ahead.
The future of Franklin Regional is bright. We will have a welcoming event of some sort for Jason, where we’ll be able to introduce him to our families, but more details on that later.
With the Clippers, his teams won 8 Ohio LSC Championships and in 2008 and 2012 he qualified 14 swimmers for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Among the Nadadores’ top current swimmers is high school senior and Texas A&M commit Ella McWhorter. She was the Texas 6A (big school) High School State Champion in the 100 breaststroke in February and is one of the top breaststrokers nationally in the class.
With FRST he takes over a senior group that also feeds one of the state’s top high school programs. Among the program’s big names is Lucas Ackermann, ironically another Texas A&M breaststroke commit in the class of 2026. He won the Indiana Boys’ High School State Championship in February in the 100 breaststroke in 53.23.
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