Coach Zugelder is a graduate of Lockport High School and Canisius College, and has been involved in the Western New York Swimming community for over 30 years. He returned to the Lockport High School pool deck in 2020 and currently serves as the Girls' Varsity and Boys' JV coach. He has coached every level of the sport from learn to swim to national qualifiers, in additional to coaching both football and Lacrosse. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, he is a Physical Education Teacher at Lockport High School.