Coaching Staff

Jason Pullano is a swim coach and teacher in Dallas, TX. He has been the Head Swim Coach and Aquatics Coordinator for Dallas Highland Park High School since the fall of 2022 where he also serves in a teaching role as a physics teacher. Before working for Highland Park, Pullano was a teacher, coach, and school district administrator for Granbury ISD from 2014-2022. Pullano has also held swim coaching positions for the North Texas Nadadores, Dragon Stroke Team, and Jim Montgomery Masters Swimmers as well as serving on summer age group swim camp staffs at Indiana University and Texas A&M University. Pullano has been recognized multiple times as a UIL District and Region coach of the year and is a Timothy Welsh ASCA Fellow (Class of 2022).

Pullano swam collegiately at Ouachita Baptist University under Head Coach Ryan Killackey. He graduated from Ouachita with degrees in biology and secondary education in the spring of 2014. He will graduate with a Masters in Educational Leadership in the Spring of 2025 from Tarleton State University. Pullano also serves as a remote adjunct instructor at Ouachita Baptist University where he teaches undergraduate education courses to Ouachita students seeking bachelors degrees in education, kinesiology, and communication disorder fields. Pullano and his wife, Jennifer Pullano, have a daughter, Quinn, and son, Parker.

Michael Pullano is the Associate Director of Admission at Centenary College in charge of out of state recruiting. Michael has experience in both college athletics and academic recruitment and has previously worked as a high school counselor, helping students achieve their college athletic and academic goals. Michael has also worked as a swim coach in Shreveport, Louisiana for the East Ridge Country Club Summer Swim Program, and coordinating Centenary College's swim lesson program.

Michael swam collegiately at Centenary College of Louisiana, competing in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke, and successfully finishing the 1650. Michael graduated with his Masters in Business Administration from Centenary College in 2024. Michael got his start swimming with the Bedford Surf summer swim team at the age of 7. He is passionate about providing kids the same opportunity for growth, competition, and lifelong friendships that he experienced during summer league. Michael and his fiance Anna have two dogs, Goob and Doris (and is always willing to show pictures of them). The two are very excited to celebrate their wedding on September 13, 2025. Swim fast enough and you might even get an invite!

Coach Kate is an upcoming sophomore that is apart of the HP swim and waterpolo teams. Seeing her brother, Clark, join the school’s waterpolo team and wanting to join a sport herself, she was encouraged to try out waterpolo. She picked up the sport in the winter of 2023 for a club team and joined the high school water polo team at the beginning of her freshman year as well as joining the high school swim team in the fall of her freshman year.

"I’m volunteering for the Highlander Summer Swim Team because I want to  give back to the community and encourage kids to be passionate about swimming"

Coach Isabel is an upcoming sophomore at HPHS. She swam on a club team in 7th-8th and then joined the HPHS swim team as a freshman. Her friends persuaded her to try out water polo, so she started learning water polo halfway through freshman year and will be joining the HPHS water polo team in her sophomore year.

"I’d like to volunteer for the Highlander Summer Swim Team because I want to have a positive influence on my community and I want to share my love and passion for swimming with other kids."