About Us

 Coach Tom Bradbury was born and raised in Chicago 92 years ago. He passed away on Friday May 30, 2025 in Ogden, Utah at the home of his daughter Amy Peckham.
Tom enlisted in the US Army after high school and was stationed in Germany for 2 years. Shortly after returning stateside, he enrolled at Springfield College in Massachusetts where he was a member of the baseball team. After graduation he headed west to the Pasadena, CA area where he began his career as a swim teacher. He met his lifelong partner Virginia Link while attending a friend’s wedding.
Tom taught swimming in the greater Los Angeles area for well over 50 years. The list of celebrity swimmers would be endless as he owned the area when it came to teaching toddlers. It was estimated that he trained over 90,000 youngsters over the years in Southern California as well as the Caribbean during the winter season. Coach Tom taught my 2 grandsons in the Atlanta area in 2013 after which I pestered him to train me as I was amazed what was accomplished in a mere 7 consecutive days with each child individually. I worked alongside Coach Tom for 3 seasons after which he retired and I became a free agent in the Atlanta and Ringgold, GA areas along with South Florida. I have trained 5 other teachers who work in Atlanta, Honolulu, Savannah, Seattle, and New Jersey. Each embraces the system that Tom taught me and was passed on to them. They all run successful businesses. It is unofficially termed the “Bradbury” system. Tom was and still remains a legend in the business of training youngsters to swim beginning at the tender age of 18 months. He will be sorely missed.