Coaches
Frank Pitt - Swim Coach (Room C109)
Coach Pitt is in his tenth year as the Head Coach for the Boy’s Varsity Soccer team and sixth year for the Swim & Dive team at NHS. He holds a USSF “A” coaching license and he has coached at the youth, high school, and collegiate level. Overall, he’s been coaching for 30 years. He was a former soccer player at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Frank has extensive playing and coaching experience. Frank has a philosophy that sports should be fun and that practices should be developed with that in mind. He has a Bachelor's in History from UAB and a Master's of Education from the University of Montevallo. Since taking the reigns at Norcross, his teams have had six winning seasons and been Region Champs in 2018 and 2023. The 2023 team made it to the Elite 8 of the State Tournament. This is Coach Pitt's 5th year to work with the swim/dive team at NHS. He has overseen five very strong years as a team and also 2 swimmers who compiled 8 State Championships between them. Preston Lin's back to back 100 Breaststroke wins in 2021-22 and Catie Choate's 4-time 100 Backstroke titles as well the 200 IM (`23) and the 100 Fly (`22).
Mia Hahn - Swim Coach (Room B211)
This is Coach Hahn's fourth season coaching and fourth year teaching at Norcross High School. She moved here from Columbia, SC, and is teaching Algebra I at Norcross. She swam club throughout high school and was recruited to swim at Pomona College in California, where she was a school record holder and top 3 conference finisher in the 100 and 200 Backstroke. At Pomona, she also majored in Public Policy Analysis and Sociology. Mia and her husband like to hosting board game nights and trying new restaurants. They recently adopted two fluffy cats.
Heidi Cuticchia - Swim Coach (D202)
This is Coach Cuticchia's third year with Norcross Swim & Dive. She is a chemistry teacher at Norcross. Heidi has coached club, high school and college over the last 20 years. She grew up in St. Petersburg, FL and swam for St. Petersburg Aquatics. In high school she broke the school record in the 500 free and placed in the top 3 in the 200 and 500 her senior year at the State Championships. She attended and swam for Davidson College where she was an all-conference award winner for 2 years. As a high school coach, she took athletes (both swimmers and divers) to the FHSAA State Championships 5 consecutive years. She recently moved here from the Cincinnati area with her husband and 2 very adorable dogs.
Sydney Partlow - Dive Coach (C114)
Coach Sydney graduated from Parkview High in 2016 over in Lilburn, GA where she grew up. In high school, Sydney was a member of the tennis team, dive team, marching color guard, ultimate frisbee club, and swimming in the summers. She went on to earn her undergrad degree from Berry College (hook 'em vikes), majoring in Exercise Science and minoring in math. Sydney dove for Berry as well as played for their women's lacrosse team, ultimate frisbee club, and numerous intramurals teams. After graduating from Berry in 2020, she worked for Emory Healthcare before deciding to go back to school to earn her Master's of Teaching Secondary Mathematics from Mercer University in Atlanta. She is currently earning her Master's while working for Norcross as a Stellar Sub. Sydney enjoys long hikes on the weekends, running, and baking. As an Exercise Science major, she is also passionate about exercise, nutrition, and hydration.
