Coaches
Frank Pitt - Swim Coach (Room C109)
Coach Pitt is in his eleventh year as the Head Coach for the Boy’s Varsity Soccer team and seventh 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 reins 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).
Heidi Cuticchia - Swim Coach (D202)
This is Coach Cuticchia's fourth year with Norcross Swim & Dive. She is a chemistry teacher at Norcross. Heidi has coached club, high school, summer league 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 is married and has 2 very adorable dogs.
Emma Mock - Swim Coach
I am Emma Mock and I have been swimming since I was four years old. I started coaching swim team over 7 years ago for both summer league and middle school teams. I am a 2022 graduate of Norcross High and swam for both the high school and middle school teams as well as USA short and long courses. My favorite events were 500 free and 200 IM. I am currently a Senior at Georgia State University studying Criminal Justice. I’m very excited to return to Norcross and help coach the team.
Karen Hartpence - Dive Coach
I am Karen Hartpence, I am currently at Trickum Middle School teaching math after teaching high school math for just over ten years. I am super excited to be coaching Diving for Meadowcreek, Norcross and Duluth High Schools. I have years of experience coaching high school swimming and tennis. I have loved diving since the 1976 Olympics and can't wait to get started. In my spare time I enjoy tennis, gardening, and Block Blast on my phone.
