Coaches

Heidi Toft

Heidi Toft has been the Head Coach of the Evanston Masters Wild Catfish since the summer of 2003.
She has been a lifelong Evanston swimmer, beginning her swimming career as an age group swimmer
for the Evanston Wildkit Swimming Organization. While swimming for Evanston Township High School,
she became the Illinois High School State Champion in 1990 and All American in 1989 and 1990 in the 50 Free. She went on to swim for Arizona State and was an All-American in 1992. She has continued her swimming career by competing with us at meets and completing two Ironman Triathlons.

In addition to coaching Evanston Masters, Heidi also coaches Evanston Wildkit Swimming Organization and the Evanston Girls' High School Swim Team, teaching a variety of ages the technical and competitive sides of swimming. She is great at tailoring workouts and stroke technique instruction for a wide variety of skills from those new to organized swimming all the way up to past college swimmers