Entering his 16th season with the Behrend Lions, Coach Tristan works primarily with the sprint and breastroke specialists and has developed many AMCC and varsity record holders, most notably the development of NCAA All-American Dan Simon. He has also been an integral part of the 13 Men’s and 11 Women’s AMCC Team Championships.
 
Currently Coach Tristan is a certified Level 4 Coach with the American Swimming Coaches Association. He is a member of USA Swimming and from 2007-2014 he Directed and Coached the local swimming program Erie Aquatics Club.  In this time, he coached one athlete to the 2012 USA Olympic Trials, five athletes to Senior National Qualifying Standards, 10 athletes to Junior National Qualifying standards and guided his swimmers to Division I, II and III swimming programs around the country.
 
From 1998-00, Tristan was the graduate assistant coach for Eastern Michigan University where he was part of the 2000 Mid-American Conference team.  While at EMU, Tristan worked mainly with the Middle Distance program and helped develop multiple Conference Champions.