Brent Matheson is the Head Coach of Eastern Express, and has been involved with swimming for over 30 years. As a young age-group swimmer, Brent was ranked in the top 16 nationally in butterfly events, and was a New Jersey State record holder. Brent was also a prep school All-American at the Peddie School, Eastern Champion in the 100 fly, and captain of the Peddie swim team his senior year. In college, Brent swam at Penn State on an athletic scholarship, and qualified for the NCAA Division I championships his senior year. Since college, Brent has competed in USA Masters Swimming, and has been ranked top 10 in the US and the world on the Masters circuit.

In 2000, Brent began coaching with Peddie Aquatics where he developed young swimmers into NJ Junior Olympics Champions and Eastern Zones qualifiers. In the fall of 2004, Brent took over the operations of Eastern Express as the Head Coach and President of Express Sports, Inc., the parent corporation of EEX. Since then, Brent has directed the team to a 3rd place finish at the NJ Junior Olympic Championships, and has coached the development of senior level athletes who have qualified for the USA Swimming National Championships and USA Olympic Trials. In the fall of 2005, Brent was a coach participant in USA Swimming’s National Select Camp conducted at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Brent's formal educational training is as a lawyer, and he has worked for several years as a criminal prosecutor. Currently, Brent devotes all of his time and attention to Eastern Express, the training of its swimmers and the development of club. Brent lives with his wife, Cathy, who coordinates the business functions of Express Sports, along with their three children in Skillman, NJ.

This will be Mike’s third full year as EEX’s Head Age Group Coach and first as its Head of Program Development. Mike has been a Coach Member of USA & New Jersey Swimming since 2003. For three years he worked as an Age Group assistant at Somerset Hills YMCA before joining Express as its Senior Assistant from 2006-2008. After another season as an Age Group Assistant (this time for EEX) and a summer study at Germantown Academy, Mike took on his current role of Head Age Group Coach, responsible for the Senior I (2009-Present), Pre-Senior (2009-Present), and Age Group II (2010-2011) training groups. Mike is a three-time Zone Coach for the New Jersey Swimming All-Star Zone Team and has served on the New Jersey Swimming Board as Co-Records Chair for the past seven years.

Coach Emily has been a swim coach and lesson instructor in the area for many years, returning to Eastern Express this fall for her third full season. She swam competitively through high school and then attended Gettysburg College, where she was a member of their swim team. She graduated with degrees in Psychology and Elementary Education and is now a full-time fourth grade teacher. Emily enjoys sharing her passion for swimming with her young athletes and hopes to instill in them that same enjoyment of the sport.