Nate grew up in the northland attending the North Kansas City School District. After graduating from Winnetonka, Nate attended the University of Central Missouri and graduated with a degree in social studies education. Nate has been teaching at Kearney High School since 2014 working as a Special Education and Social Studies Teacher. Nate and his wife Kaitlyn have a son Hudson and daughter Chloe.

Nate started swimming in the Northland Swim Conference and has been part of the league for 20 years as both a swimmer and coach. During college, Nate coached the St. Pius X High School swim teams and had multiple all-state honorable mention relays as well as an all-state swimmer. Nate then took a job in Kearney as their head swimming coach and led the team to two 4th place and one 2nd place finishes at the MSHSAA State Swim Meet, in seven years. He coached 3 individual state champions, 2 state championship relay teams, and many all-state athletes while at Kearney.

As a swimmer, Nate was a 100 and 200 freestyle, while also specializing in the 100 and 200 backstroke. While Nate enjoys coaching all four strokes, nothing is as much fun as pushing and encouraging swimmers through a tough set. Nate has been coaching swimming since 2008 and has been with Club North since 2011. Nate enjoys working with all ages of swimmers and finds nothing more enjoyable than swimmers hitting their goal times and working through tough practices.

Riley was born and raised in the Northland. He graduated from Oak Park High School in 2009. Atfer high school he attended Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri where he graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor's in Elementary Education and a minor in Mass Media Production. After college Riley opened Squid Prints/Swim, a printing and swim supply store which he ran for 7 years until he began his teaching career. He is currently a 6th grade teacher at Eastgate 6th Grade Center in the north Kansas City School District.

Riley has been coaching swimming since 2007 and has been with Club North since it was started in 2011. He has also coached other club, school, and summer teams as well depending on the season. These teams include MSA in Springfield, Old Pike Country Club and the NKC Middle School swim program. While growing up, Riley swam for the Old Pike Sharks every summer and for Oak Park High School during the school year. Over the years, he swam for Northland United Swim Team and Blue Wave Swim Team. His favorite stroke to swim is breaststroke and his favorite race was the 100 breaststroke.

When it comes to coaching swimming, Riley believes that every child should learn how to swim; it is one of the necessary skills for life and it is a life-long sport. He loves to coach swimmers who may have had little experience but have a great drive to learn. Watching these kind of swimmers grow and improve is always so much fun. His philosophy for coaching is that it can be hard and challenging at times, but it is important to relax and have some fun sometimes as well to keep everyone invigorated and energized.

Kim was born and raised in the Northland. She graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Psychology and taught preschool for 15 years. She has two daughters, Morgan and Ty, who were born in Florida. Having a pool in the back yard, it was a necessity for the girls to learn to swim. Both girls began lessons at an early age and soon progressed to competing on swim teams. Kim has taught swim lessons and coached recreational, competitive, and high school swimmers. Kim started with CNS in August 2014. In addition to working with the young swimmers to develop their strokes, Kim wants to instill a love of swimming and to ensure that the swimmers have fun.

Ty grew up in the Northland and graduated from Oak Park High School. She started competitively swimming when I was 5 and carried on all the way through high school. She began coaching in 2018. Along with coaching Club North, Ty is also the head coach for the NKC high school teams for girls, and an assistant coach for the boys. She coaches the NKC middle school teams and Hills of Walden swim team in the summer. She loves coaching kids of all ages and being able to watch them grow into the sport no matter when they start. It amazes her to see them become great swimmers, teammates and friends over the years. Ty believes CNS does a great job at fostering such a positive atmosphere for the kids in and out of the pool.

Arial grew up in the Northland and graduated from Park Hill High School in 2016. She started competitively swimming from ages 5-18 and began coaching on a volunteer level at age 13. She has been coaching for CNS since the Summer of 2020. Along with coaching Club North, she has coached the Coves Swim Team for 6 years and have been the assistant coach for Kearney High School boys and girls since 2021. She also coaches the NKC Middle school team in the spring. Coaching has given her the opportunity to give back to the sport that changed her life. She has always said "I want to be the coach I never had growing up and will support my athletes however I can. CNS fosters a positive, inclusive, and hardworking environment. We push our athletes to be the best version of themselves in and out of the pool." 

With the White Group, Arial stresses the importance of hard work but to never forget why you love and have fun in this sport. In her group they work hard and play hard!