About Us
Coach John
Coach John grew up on the east coast of South Florida and has been a swimmer since age 3. After graduating from the University of Florida in 1970 he spent 6 years in the US Air Force as a Pilot and then 36 years in commercial aviation. In 2013 Coach Tom Bradbury introduced his 17 month old grandson to the pool and it was an amazing experience. Coach Bradbury had spent over 60 years in teaching over 94,000 children-he is the undisputed preeminent swim teacher of children in the entire world. Coach John spent 3 seasons with Coach Bradbury learning the system and techniques that Coach Tom had fine tuned over the years from swim lessons.
Coach Bobby
Coach Bobby grew up in Alabama spending his summers on the Gulf Coast, where he developed his love of swimming. After completing graduate school at the University of Alabama, he entered the world of scientific research. Through his time as a researcher in pediatric neurosurgery at Cornell, and most recently as the project manager for the Cleft Lip and Palate Program at Emory University, he found a passion in working with, and helping, young children. After enrolling his own young sons in one of Coach John’s sessions, he became fascinated with John’s proven, time-tested approach. He thought, what a wonderful way to continue helping children by teaching them this important life skill. Subsequently, he was mentored and trained by Coach John - officially joining him at Triton Tykes in 2024.
Christine
Christine is the Business Manager/IT Manager for Triton Tykes. She grew up in the Atlanta area and attended Florida State University where she majored in Management Information Systems. She has been married to her husband for 23 years and has two daughters. She has departed from corporate America and has enjoyed honing her IT and management skills with Coach John and Coach Bobby.
Patrick Cunningham
Patrick Cunningham is Coach John’s grandson who lives in San Diego. This is his second year teaching children how to swim after learning from Coach John and his extensive experience with thousands of kids. He is currently a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. His passion for helping others has led him to enjoy working with young kids in the pool.
Coach Tom
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.