Michael spent his youth swimming competitively up to a national level in Australia before switching later to triathlon, but ultimately found coaching to be his calling. He is a self confessed ‘historian’ of several sports and continues to learn and pass on his learnings from the best athletes and coaches of years gone by.  

His open and engaged approach to his craft has paid dividends, with his athletes winning Regional, State and National titles in Australia as well as athletes competing at World Championship in every distance in triathlon. He is now Head Coach of a High Performance Centre for Junior Triathletes in Switzerland having also worked with juniors in both School Programs and the State Junior Development program across Victoria, Australia.